It’s full steam ahead with the summer reading! Booklovers are blazing through some of the best books of the season, including both of Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s fabulous novels. Children’s series are going gangbusters and for nonfiction, don’t miss “The Waxman Report.” For more of the best, come to the store for our booksellers’ recommendations!
Fiction
1. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” by Stieg Larsson, paperback, Vintage, $14.95
2. “Olive Kitteridge,” by Elizabeth Strout, paperback, Random House, $14
3. “The Elegance of the Hedgehog,” by Muriel Barbery, paperback, Europa Editions, $15
4. “Netherland,” by Joseph O’Neill, paperback, Vintage, $14.95
5. “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” by Garth Stein, paperback, Harper, $14.99
6. “The Shadow of the Wind,” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, paperback, Penguin, $16
7. “The Angel’s Game,” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, hardcover, Doubleday Books, $26.95
8. “Shanghai Girls,” by Lisa See, hardcover, Random House, $25
9. “The Little Book,” by Selden Edwards, paperback, Plume Books, $15
10. “Trouble,” by Kate Christensen, hardcover, Doubleday Books, $26
Nonfiction
1. “Man, Interrupted: Welcome to the Bizarre World of OCD, Where Enough is Never Enough,” by James Bailey, paperback, Mainstream Publishing, $14.95
2. “Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival,” by Norman Ollestad, hardcover, Ecco, $25.99
3. “When You Are Engulfed in Flames,” David Sedaris, paperback, Back Bay Books, $15.99
4. “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Piece…One School at a Time,” by Greg Mortenson, paperback, Penguin Books, $15
5. “Grandma’s Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals,” by Amanda McCall, paperback, Collins, $9.99
6. “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia,” by Elizabeth Gilbert, paperback, Penguin Books, $15
7. “Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously,” by Julie Powell, paperback, Back Bay Books, $14.99
8. “The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works,” by Henry Waxman, hardcover, Twelve, $24.99
9. “Outliers: The Story of Success,” by Malcolm Gladwell, hardcover, Little Brown, $27.99
10. “Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul and, of Course, Surfing,” by Laird Hamilton, hardcover, Rodale Press, $27.99
Children
1. “Twilight,” by Stephenie Meyer, paperback, Megan Tingley, $10.99
2. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, $12.95
3. “The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1),” by Rick Riordan, paperback, Miramax $7.99
4. “Speak,” by Laurie Halse Anderson, paperback, Puffin Books, $10
5. “The Clique #11: Boys R Us,” by Lisi Harrison, paperback, Poppy Books, $9.99
6. “Max and Ruby’s Show-and-Tell,” by Rosemary Wells, paperback, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99
7. “The Tail of Emily Windsnap,” by Liz Kessler, paperback, Candlewick Press, $5.99
8. “The New Girl #3 (English Roses, The),” by Madonna, hardcover, Puffin Books, $9.99
9. “The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger’s Apprentice, #1),” by John Flanagan, hardcover, $7.99
10. “Travels of Thelonious (Fog Mound, #1),” by Susan Schade, paperback, Aladdin, $8.99
Book list provided by Diesel, A Bookstore