Recommended Reading Summer 2010

61 Hours by Lee Child
A Painted House by John Grishman
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Wizard Under Fire by Jim Butcher
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler
Dead In the Family by Charlaine Harris
Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Innocent by Scott Turow
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
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Run by Ann Patchett
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush
The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
The Promise by Jonathan Alter
The Spy by Clive Cussler
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Spring/Summer 2010 Featured Book

A Painted House
by John Grishman

Set in rural Arkansas in 1952. The story centers around 7-year old Luke, his family, and the migrant Mexicans hired to help them harvest their 80 acres of cotton.

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