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May 23, 2014 10:40AM

132749 Current Bestsellers



Hardcover Fiction


Unlucky 13 (Women’s Murder Club, #13) by James Patterson Unlucky 13
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt The Goldfinch
Field of Prey (Lucas Davenport, #24) by John Sandford Field of Prey
The Target (Will Robie, #3) by David Baldacci The Target
Natchez Burning (Penn Cage, #4) by Greg Iles Natchez Burning
Any Other Name (Walt Longmire, #10) by Craig Johnson Any Other Name
The Son by Jo Nesbø The Son
The Skin Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #11) by Jeffery Deaver The Skin Collector
Walking on Water (The Walk, #5) by Richard Paul Evans Walking on Water
The Kill Switch A Tucker Wayne Novel by James Rollins The Kill Switch
The Kraken Project (Wyman Ford, #4) by Douglas Preston The Kraken Project
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd The Invention of Wings
The Last Kind Words Saloon by Larry McMurtry The Last Kind Words Saloon
Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy Chestnut Street
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr All the Light We Cannot See
The Collector by Nora Roberts The Collector



Hardcover Nonfiction


Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Think Like a Freak The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven D. Levitt Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Stress Test Reflections on Financial Crises by Timothy F. Geithner Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
Everybody's Got Something by Robin Roberts Everybody's Got Something
No Place to Hide Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald No Place to Hide
Where Does It Hurt? An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care by Jonathan Bush Where Does It Hurt?
The Closer My Story by Mariano Rivera The Closer: My Story
Everybody's Got Something by Robin Roberts Everybody's Got Something
Flash Boys A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis Flash Boys
A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren A Fighting Chance
James Madison A Life Reconsidered by Lynne Cheney James Madison: A Life Reconsidered
President Me The America That's in My Head by Adam Carolla President Me
Good Call Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl by Jase Robertson Good Call
Unbroken A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand Unbroken
Thrive The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington Thrive
Lean In Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg Lean In
Prizes!!! (1 new)
May 23, 2014 07:51AM

132749 Read (or listen to) anything you like at your own pace.

Get entered into weekly prize drawings just for signing up!

Get another entry for each book you read! Forms are in your bag that you received upon signing up(if you signed up in the library) or at the Reference Desk.

On the reading logs provided, record the books you've read.

Read 7 books (1 completed reading log) and get entered into the grand-prize drawing.

Part of the fun is sharing what you've read with others. Write your own reviews and we'll post for others to read.

The grand prize is a Google Nexus 7, which has been kindly donated by the Dunedin Friends' of the Library

You must read 7 books to qualify.
May 22, 2014 08:42AM

132749 We recommend the following Science Fiction title under our Adult Summer Reading Theme: Literary Elements.


Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert
Dune

Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet, #1) by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game

The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3) by Isaac Asimov
The Foundation Trilogy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1) by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games

Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven
Lucifer's Hammer

Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy, #1) by Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake

The Oxygen Murder by Camille Minichino
The Oxygen Murder

The Passage (The Passage, #1) by Justin Cronin
The Passage

Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker
Raptor Red

The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) by Mary Doria Russell
The Sparrow
132749 We are happy to release our Adult Summer Recommended Reading List! The following titles tie into our Literary Elements reading theme in that is fiction with a focus on science, but not necessarily science fiction. Enjoy and let us know what you think!

1984 by George Orwell
1984

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013 by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time

Chicks Unravel Time Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who by Deborah Stanish
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who

Conned Again, Watson Cautionary Tales Of Logic, Math, And Probability by Colin Bruce
Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales Of Logic, Math, And Probability

Death Match by Lincoln Child
Death Match

Deception Point by Dan Brown
Deception Point

Gravity by Tess Gerritsen
Gravity

The Disappearing Spoon And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Eco Craft Recycle Recraft Restyle by Susan Wasinger
Eco Craft: Recycle Recraft Restyle

The Edible Front Yard The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden by Ivette Soler
The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden

Eighty Days Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World

The Fractal Murders by Mark Cohen
The Fractal Murders

The Genie in the Bottle 67 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life by Joe Schwarcz
The Genie in the Bottle: 67 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life

The Host (The Host, #1) by Stephenie Meyer
The Host

The Idea Factory Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time

Nikola Tesla Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century by Sean Patrick
Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

The Oxygen Murder by Camille Minichino
The Oxygen Murder

Packing for Mars The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Periodic Tales The Curious Lives of the Elements by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements

The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss
The Physics of Star Trek

Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1) by Daniel H. Wilson
Robopocalypse

Prey by Michael Crichton
Prey

Rocket Girl The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist by George D. Morgan
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist

The Scientific Sherlock Holmes Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O'Brien
The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics

Space by James A. Michener Space

State of Fear by Michael Crichton
State of Fear

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2) by Alan Bradley
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

Who is Who? The Philosophy of Doctor Who by Kevin S. Decker
Who is Who?: The Philosophy of Doctor Who
Week of June 2 (2 new)
Apr 21, 2014 09:13AM

Apr 17, 2014 12:18PM

132749 According to Travelers Today, the following books are great beach reads!


Blood Will Out The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade by Walter Kirn Flash Boys A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis Panic by Lauren Oliver Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1) by Joan D. Vinge The Noble Hustle Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death by Colson Whitehead The Lobster Kings by Alexi Zentner Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons Armada by Ernest Cline

Traveler's Today: 10 Great Beach Books for Summer 2014
Places To Read (6 new)
Apr 17, 2014 09:04AM

132749 Where do you enjoy your summer reading the most?
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