This Summer at the Library we are happy to share a selection of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults to enjoy. These books will be perfect to pack in your beach bag, take on your next vacation, or to help get your summer reading list in order. A few of the titles we have recommended are currently on order, so get your spot in line by placing a hold on them now.
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Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende
Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell
Three women’s lives shockingly collide in the latest thriller from bestselling Jewell (None of This Is True) as they find that the men in their lives may not be who they say they are.
Coded Justice by Stacey Abrams
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
Never Been Shipped by Alicia Thompson
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton
Clayton, author of the GMA pick The Postmistress of Paris, sets her newest in 2018 Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, where a screenwriter finds out secrets about her family, and in 1950s Hollywood, where an actress hopes to become Alfred Hitchcock’s newest star.
This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister by Ry Herman
It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
The Tiny Things Are Heavier by Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston
These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
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She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena
The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Roman Carruthers returns home to find his younger brother is in debt to dangerous criminals, who are demanding payment.
The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten
Don't Open Your Eyes by Liv Constantine
We Don't Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry
The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
In this novel of heartache and hope, a new research center allows people suffering from loss to sleep through their pain and wake up healed, with some potential side effects.
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Total Dreamboat by Katelyn Doyle
If I Told You, I’d Have To Kiss You by Mae Marvel
The First Gentleman by James Patterson and Bill Clinton
The Irresistible Urge To Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
- Florida Fiction
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A Season of Light by Julie Iromuanya
Ambition by Natalie Keller Reinert
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
Break Every Rule by Brian Freeman
Camino Island by John Grisham
Cocoa Beach Cottage by Cecelia Scott
Cold Florida by Phillip Depoy
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Dominoes, Danzón, and Death by Raquel V. Reyes
Don't Lose Her by Jonathon King
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Escape on the Gulf Coast by Andi Lodge
Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey
FastasticLand by Mike Bockoven
Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen
The Float Test by Lynn Steger Strong
Florida Girls by L.L. Kirchner
Grave Danger by James Grippando
Happy Wife by Meredith Lavender & Kendall Shores
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca
Hunted in the Keys: A Logan Dodge Adventure by Matthew Rief
Lake County by Lori Roy
Meet Me at the Starlight by Rachel Hauck
Missing on the Gulf Coast by Andi Lodge
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My Darling Boy by John Dufresne
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive
Pucking Around by Emily Rath
Revenge in the Keys: A Logan Dodge Adventure by Matthew Rief
Silver Alert by Lee Smith
The Sirens of Soleil City by Sarah C. Johns
Summerlin Groves by Elizabeth Camden
Tropical Blues: Two Molly DeWitt Mysteries in One by Sherrly Woods
We Would Never by Tova Mirvis
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The Story of ABBA: melancholy undercover by Jan Gradvall
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance by A'Lelia Bundles
John Hancock : First to Sign, First to Invest in America's Independence by Willard Sterne Randall
Belle Starr: The Truth Behind the Wild West Legend by Michael Wallis
How To Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast
On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women’s Sports by Christine Brennan
Sports columnist and commentator Brennan (Edge of Glory) profiles basketball player Caitlin Clark and her remarkable rookie year in the WNBA, along with highlighting her effect on the increased attention for women in sports.
Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution by Molly Beer
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Midnight on the Potomac : The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America by Scott Ellsworth
Bestselling and award-winning Ellsworth (The Secret Game) examines the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, arguing that the murder was likely ordered by the Confederate Army.
We All Want to Change the World: my journey through social justice movements from the 1960s to today by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie by Dave Hage
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao
Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip by B. Dylan Hollis
The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission To Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature by Charlie English
English, a former journalist for The Guardian, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and author of The Gallery of Miracles and Madness, writes about the CIA program that smuggled millions of books across the Iron Curtain to Eastern Europe.
How to be Well: navigating our self-care epidemic, one dubious cure at a time by Amy Larocca
Steve Martin Writes the Written Word: Collected Written Word Works by Steve Martin
Bestselling Kean (The Disappearing Spoon) delves into how researchers are discovering the tastes, textures, sounds, and smells of history and relays his adventures with these experimental archaeologists.
Lone Wolf : Walking the Line Between Civilization and Wildness by Adam Weymouth
Rich Girl Nation : Taking Charge of Our Financial Futures by Katie Gatti Tassin
The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan