Have Book, Will Travel
Posted by: Karen Kleckner Keefe
Be ready to redirect readers who only know the books on the best seller list this week. For many people, those far too few consecutive days off work are when the bulk of their recreational reading takes place. Don’t disappoint them by sending them home with the hopes that one of their holds will come in. Handsell some dusties and delight a beleagured book borrower.
- Essays: Fraud by David Rakoff
- Fantasy: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- Historical Fiction: The Rising Tide by Jeff Shaara
- Horror: Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card
- Humor: Fool by Christopher Moore
- Literary Fiction: Last Night at the Lobster by Stuart O’Nan
- Memoir: Just Kids by Patti Smith
- Mystery: Still Life by Louise Penny
- Poetry: Sailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins
- Romance: Lord Perfect by Loretta Chase
- Science Fiction: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Short Stories: Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
- Thriller: Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
