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NEW SUMMER BOOKS

Some of these titles may be available as books on cd, large print or as a downloadable version.

Blume, Judy. In the Unlikely Event.
(FIC BLUME, J.)
Thirty-five years after a series of airplanes crashed in New Jersey, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth to attend a commemoration of the worst year in her life. Fiction

Carter, Jimmy. A Full Life : Reflections at Ninety.
(BIO CARTER, J. )
President Carter tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and made a new life and second and third rewarding careers. He is frank about the presidents who have succeeded him, world leaders and his passions. Biography

Coulter, Catherine. Nemesis.
(FIC COULTER, C.)
When Special Agent Lacey Sherlock foils a terrorist attack at JFK airport, she thinks her job is done and turns the reins over to the New York FBI. But stopping the grenade-carrying crazy was only the beginning. Another plot unfolds nearly simultaneously with a bomb at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The terrorist at JFK refuses to speak to anyone but Sherlock. Fiction

George, Nina. The Little Paris Bookshop : A Novel.
(FIC GEORGE, N.)
Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can’t seem to heal through literature is himself; he’s still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened. Fiction

Hilderbrand, Elin. The Rumor: A Novel.
(FIC HILDERBRAND, E.)
Madeline King and Grace Pancik are best friends and the envy of Nantucket for their perfect marriages, their beautiful kids, their Sunday night double dates with their devoted husbands. But this summer, something’s changed, and if there’s anything Nantucket likes better than cocktails on the beach at sunset, it’s a good rumor. Fiction

Hoffman David E. The Billion Dollar Spy.
(BIO NELSON, W.)
The riveting story of a spy who cracked open the Soviet military research establishment and a penetrating portrait of the CIA’s Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold War. Biography

James, E. L. Grey.
(FIC JAMES, E.L.)
In Christian’s own words, and through his thoughts, reflections, and dreams, E L James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the world. Fiction

King, Stephen. Finders Keepers: A Novel.
(FIC KING, S.)
A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far—a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes. Fiction

Lee, Harper. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel.
(FIC LEE, H.)
Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch “Scout” struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her. Set some twenty years after To Kill a Mockingbird, this story explores how some of the characters are adjusting to the turbulent events of mid-1950s America. Fiction

Reichs, Kathy. Speaking in Bones: A Novel.
(MYS REICHS, K.)
Forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan finds herself drawn into a world of dark secrets and dangerous beliefs, where good and evil blur. Her personal life is another story. She’s at a loss, wondering how to answer police detective Andrew Ryan’s marriage proposal. But the matter of matrimony takes a backseat when murder rears its head. Mystery

Rousey, Ronda. My Fight / Your Fight.
(BIO ROUSEY, R.)
The undefeated UFC champion and Hollywood star charts her difficult journey to fame, revealing her tragic childhood, her secrets behind her achievements, and her experiences as pioneering woman athlete. Biography

Thor, Brad. Code of Conduct: A Thriller.
(FIC THOR, B.)
Four seconds of video is captured halfway around the world and anonymously transmitted to D.C., covert wheels are set in motion, and counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is tapped to undertake the deadliest assignment of his career. What begins as a favor will evolve into a globe-spanning drama of highly personal stakes. Fiction