Great Summer Reads!

Looking for something to read while on that long car ride? Need something to bring to the beach or pool? Then check out these summer reading suggestions from librarians at the East Brunswick Public Library. thanks to librarian Stephanie Nye for these great recommendations!

What comes next by John Katzenbach

A retired college professor vows to track down a young girl he witnessed being snatched off the street, kidnapped by a sadistic couple who put their victim’s slow torture up for public display on the Internet.  Adding further complications to the terror, the college professor suffers from a rare degenerative disease that causes him to lose his memory quickly.  Already met with international acclaim, this will be in high demand for psychological thriller fans.    

Nocturnal by Scott Sigler

Experiencing vivid dreams about serial murders taking place in San Francisco, homicide detective Bryan Clauser fears he is losing his sanity and discovers a link between the victims and a young boy who is gripped by the same nightmares.  Sigler, inspired by science, infuses his horror with technology.  Nocturnal is not for the faint of heart, but readers who follow Bryan’s journey will get a satisfyingly creepy ending.   

Savages by Don Winslow

Running a lucrative marijuana operation in Laguna Beach, sometime environmentalist Ben and mercenary Chon confront a dangerous adversary in the Mexican Baja cartel, which kidnaps their shared girlfriend Ophelia.  The men plot ingenious ways to get her back while trying to stay alive.  With a summer theatrical release directed by Oliver Stone and starring Blake Lively, expect major buzz to circle around this violent, but savagely funny, novel.  

Song of Ice and Fire (series) by George R.R. Martin

Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin is the one to beat.  In the shadow of an oncoming winter likely to last longer than a decade, families ruthlessly vie for power in the Seven Kingdoms.  As war threatens to erupt, the last heirs to a fallen dynasty wander the continent, and dragons make their return to the world.  A complex, gripping, multi-person perspective makes for one wild ride.  Start with A game of thrones, the first novel in the series.