Books to Read This Summer

With the summer comes warm weather, a bit of down-time and the chance to kick back with a good book. Here's a list of recommendations to get you started on your summer reading list.

A Classic

There's no better time to tackle the 960-page Gone With the Wind than the summer. You need not be a fan of the romance or historical fiction genres to appreciate Margaret Mitchell's timless classic. 

Non-fiction

On the top of the New York Times best seller non-fiction list is Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage. Open polygamists and stars of the TLC reality show 'Sister Wives' the Brown family has been in the lime light for some time. But now they explain, in their own words, why their marriage works and how they came to establish this life.   

A Book for Those Young Adults 

Any young adult that hasn't been made to read J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye by now should take it upon themselves to do so. Another timeless classic, it details the two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Although written in 1951, the themes and messages of the novel hold true to this day. 

A Chart Topper

Everyone is raving about Gone Girl: A Novel, the latest thriller by Gillian Flynn. After a woman dissapears on her fifth wedding anniversary, her husband quickly becomes the prime suspect. Flynn alternates between the perspective of husband and wife, creating an unreliable and increasingly nerve-wracking narrative, and one that this Editor cannot wait to read. 

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