Some Summer Reading Lists

I've meant to post the following book lists since the STRANGER HERE BELOW paperback launch on June 1. Now, back from travel to visit family in the Midwest (southern Michigan, southern Indiana, and Cincinnati, with husband, daughter, and new puppy along), I'm finally getting around to it.

The paperback launch at the Moravian Book Shop was also a celebration of area book groups and area authors, so the first list I'll include here is a list of books by Lehigh Valley (PA) authors, many of whom came to the Book Shop on June 1. Second is a really random list of novels I've particularly enjoyed in the last few years. I'm always asked what books I especially like, and it's always too hard to answer that question on the spot. I'm sure I've left some wonderful novels off the list I'm including here, but at least it's a place to start.

It's summer! And it's supposed to hit the upper 90s here in eastern PA by tomorrow. A good time to grab a book and a cold drink, find some shade, and start reading.

Books by Lehigh Valley, PA Authors

Paul Acampora, RACHEL SPINELLI PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE; DEFINING DULCIE

Amra Brooks, CALIFORNIA

Mark Harris, GRAVE MATTERS

Bathsheba Monk, NOW YOU SEE IT . . .: STORIES FROM COKESVILLE, PA; NUDE WALKER

Alix Ohlin, THE MISSING PERSON; BABYLON AND OTHER STORIES; INSIDE; SIGNS AND WONDERS

Ruth Knafo Setton, THE ROAD TO FEZ

Lee Upton, THE GUIDE TO THE FLYING ISLAND

Stephanie Powell Watts, WE ARE TAKING ONLY WHAT WE NEED

A Random List of Some of Joyce’s Recent Favorites

Barbara Kingsolver, THE LACUNA

Per Petterson, OUT STEALING HORSES