5 Summer Reads to Add to Your List

Last year, we assigned Michael Buzzelli to give you for summer reading. This year, the staff at is sharing theirs. 

Here are five book suggestions to add to your summer reading list: 

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson:

Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors and colleagues—Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing.

Calico Joe by John Grisham:

A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball.

Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich:

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum’s life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerously close to home.

The Lion by Nelson DeMille:

John Corey, former NYPD homicide detective and now a special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. Unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as "The Lion."

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain:

Brilliantly capturing the voice and heart of Hadley Hemingway as she struggles with her roles as a woman—wife, lover, muse, friend and mother—and tries to find her place in the intoxicating and tumultuous world of Paris in the '20s.

Barefoot Contessa, how easy is that? by Ina Garten:

Quick and easy solutions for your summer entertaining!

These titles are all part of the library's collection. The facility is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

During the summer, the library will be closed on Sundays. Sunday hours will resume on Sept. 9. For more information, visit the library's website by clicking here.

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