The summer is fully and officially upon us and that means summer reading is here! In fiction, our local Point Dume still tops the list-a great read for beach or travel. Otherwise, Stieg Larsson continues to figure prominently on the list, as latecomers get started and avid fans complete his trilogy of novels. In nonfiction, local books on Malibu dominate with a birding guide, a local history and a personal memoir; along with books on food by Alice Waters, Michael Pollan and Geneen Roth. Check out Rick Riordan’s takeover of the children’s list with his tales of epic adventure continuing in the new Kane Chronicles series. Kids summer reading selections from local schools are on display at our store, so come on in and stock up on fun summer reading for young and old alike.
Fiction
1. “Point Dume,” by Katie Arnoldi, cloth, Overlook Press, $24.95
2. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” by Stieg Larsson, paper, Vintage,$14.95
3. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson, cloth, Knopf,$27.95
4. “Tinkers,” by Paul Harding, paper, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95
5. “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” by Stieg Larsson, paper, Vintage, $15.95
6. “Little Bee,” by Chris Cleave, paper, Simon & Schuster, $14
7. “Imperial Bedrooms,” by Bret Easton Ellis, cloth, Knopf, $24.95
8. “Cutting for Stone,” by Abraham Verghese, paper, Vintage, $15.95
9. “The Imperfectionists,” by Tom Rachman, cloth, The Dial Press, $25
10. “Brooklyn,” by Colm Toibin, paper, Scribner, $15
Nonfiction
1. “The Promise: President Obama, Year One,” by Jonathan Alter, cloth, Simon & Schuster, $28
2. “Man, Interrupted: Welcome to the Bizarre World of OCD, Where Once More is Never Enough,” by James Bailey, Mainstream Publishing, $14.95
3. “Malibu: California’s Most Famous Seaside Community,” by Marian Hall, cloth, Marian Hall, $40
4. “My Fifty Years in Malibu,” by Dorothy Stotsenberg, cloth, Pepperdine University Press, $20
5. “Eat, Pray, Love,” by Elizabeth Gilbert, paper, Penguin, $15
6. “Food Rules,” by Michael Pollan, paper, Penguin, $11
7. “In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart,” by Alice Waters, cloth, Clarkson Potter, $28
8. “Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything,” by Geneen Roth, cloth, Scribner, $24
9. “Los Angeles, Portrait of a City,” by Heimann, Ulin & Starr, cloth, Taschen, $69.99
10. “Birds of the Los Angeles Region,” by Bob Morse, paper, R.W. Morse & Company, $15.95
Children’s Books
1. “The Kane Chronicles, The Book One: Red Pyramid,” by Rick Riordan, cloth, Hyperion Books, $17.99
2. “The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1),” by Rick Riordan, paper, Disney-Hyperion, $7.99
3. “When You Reach Me,” by Rebecca Stead, cloth, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99
4. “Speak,” by Laurie Halse Anderson, paper, Speak, $10
5. “Wanted (Pretty Little Liars #8),” by Sara Shepard, cloth, Harper Teen, $16.99
6. “Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” by Sherman Alexie, paper, Little Brown, $8.99
7. “The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson #2),” by Rick Riordan, paper, Disney-Hyperion, $7.99
8. “Out from Boneville (Bone #1),” by Jeff Smith, paper, Scholastic, $10.99
9. “The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson #4),” by Rick Riordan, paper, Disney-Hyperion, $7.99
10. “Leonardo the Terrible Monster,” by Mo Willems, cloth, Hyperion, $16.99
Book list provided by Diesel, A Bookstore