There have been some great summer reading lists for teachers posted on LM_NET recently. Here is one that I thought was especially well done. I do wish they had included some YA literature as well though.
Informational
How Doctors Think-Jerome Groopman
Best American Food Writing of 2007
The Art of Aging- Sherwin Nuland
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the
Supreme Court- Jeffrey Toobin
Eat, Pray, Love-Elizabeth Gilbert
Girls of Tender Age- Mary Ann Tirone Smith
Three Cups of Tea-Greg Mortenson
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman
Goes Behind the Veil-Rodriquez and Ohlson
The Glass Castle- JeannetteWalls
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Ghosts Among Us by James Van Praagh
The Zookeeper’s Wife-Diane Ackerman
Mystery
New England White- Stephen L. Carter
Shoot Him if He Runs- Stuart Woods
T is for Trespass- Sue Grafton
Sweet Revenge- Diane Mott Davidson
The Miracle at Speedy Motors-(Series- #1 Ladies Detective Agency-Alexander McCall Smith)
Santa Fe Dead- Stuart Woods
Fearless Fourteen- Janet Evanovich
Beverly Hills Dead- Stuart Woods
The Appeal- John Grisham
I Heard That Song Before-Mary Higgins Clark
Newer Fiction
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted-Elizabeth Berg
The Third Angel-Alice Hoffman
Off Season-Anne River Siddons
Skeletons at the Feast-Chris Bohjalian
Skylight Confessions-Alice Hoffman
What Matters Most- Luanne Rice
The Double Bind- Chris Bohjalian
Run –Ann Patchett
Bridge of Sighs-Richard Russo
The Almost Moon- Alice Sebold
Songs Without Words- Ann Packer
Family Tree-Barbara Delinsky
Past Perfect-Susan Isaacs
The Plague of Doves- Louise Erdrich
The Girl With No Shadow-Joanne Harris
More Great Fiction!
Change of Heart- Jodi Picoult
The Uncommon Reader- Alan Bennett
The Lady Elizabeth-Alison Weir
The Blood of Flowers-Anita Amirrezvani
Across a Hundred Mountains- Reyna Grande
Those Who Save Us- Jenna Blum
The Kommandant’s Girl- Pam Jenoff
Belong to Me- Marisa de los Santos
The Gathering-Anne Enright
The Edge of Winter-Luanne Rice
Light of the Moon-Luanne Rice
The Book Thief-Zusak
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Simply Perfect (and others in this series) By Mary Balogh
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan-Lisa See
World Without End- Ken Follett (sequel to Pillars of the Earth)
The Secret Between Us-B.Delinsky
The Kindness Of Strangers- Katrina Kittle
Did you miss these?
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith
A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
Daughter of Fortune-Isabel Allende
The Red Tent- Anita Diamant
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan-Lisa See
The Shadow of the Wind- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Poisonwood Bible-B. Kingsolver
Empire Falls-Richard Russo
Girl with a Pearl Earring-T. Chevalier
A Lesson Before Dying-Gaines
House of Spirits- Isabel AllendeÂ
A Thousand Acres- Jane Smiley
The Accidental Tourist-Anne Tyler
Mozart’s Sister- Rita Charbonnier
Plain Truth- Jodi Picoult
The Pact- Jodi Picout
Pillars of the Earth- K. Follett
Water for Elephants-Sara Gruen
One Thousand White Women-J. Fergus
Black and Blue- Anne Quindlen
Informational
How Doctors Think-Jerome Groopman
Best American Food Writing of 2007
The Art of Aging- Sherwin Nuland
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the
Supreme Court- Jeffrey Toobin
Eat, Pray, Love-Elizabeth Gilbert
Girls of Tender Age- Mary Ann Tirone Smith
Three Cups of Tea-Greg Mortenson
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman
Goes Behind the Veil-Rodriquez and Ohlson
The Glass Castle- JeannetteWalls
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Ghosts Among Us by James Van Praagh
The Zookeeper’s Wife-Diane Ackerman
Mystery
New England White- Stephen L. Carter
Shoot Him if He Runs- Stuart Woods
T is for Trespass- Sue Grafton
Sweet Revenge- Diane Mott Davidson
The Miracle at Speedy Motors-(Series- #1 Ladies Detective Agency-Alexander McCall Smith)
Santa Fe Dead- Stuart Woods
Fearless Fourteen- Janet Evanovich
Beverly Hills Dead- Stuart Woods
The Appeal- John Grisham
I Heard That Song Before-Mary Higgins Clark
Newer Fiction
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted-Elizabeth Berg
The Third Angel-Alice Hoffman
Off Season-Anne River Siddons
Skeletons at the Feast-Chris Bohjalian
Skylight Confessions-Alice Hoffman
What Matters Most- Luanne Rice
The Double Bind- Chris Bohjalian
Run –Ann Patchett
Bridge of Sighs-Richard Russo
The Almost Moon- Alice Sebold
Songs Without Words- Ann Packer
Family Tree-Barbara Delinsky
Past Perfect-Susan Isaacs
The Plague of Doves- Louise Erdrich
The Girl With No Shadow-Joanne Harris
More Great Fiction!
Change of Heart- Jodi Picoult
The Uncommon Reader- Alan Bennett
The Lady Elizabeth-Alison Weir
The Blood of Flowers-Anita Amirrezvani
Across a Hundred Mountains- Reyna Grande
Those Who Save Us- Jenna Blum
The Kommandant’s Girl- Pam Jenoff
Belong to Me- Marisa de los Santos
The Gathering-Anne Enright
The Edge of Winter-Luanne Rice
Light of the Moon-Luanne Rice
The Book Thief-Zusak
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Simply Perfect (and others in this series) By Mary Balogh
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan-Lisa See
World Without End- Ken Follett (sequel to Pillars of the Earth)
The Secret Between Us-B.Delinsky
The Kindness Of Strangers- Katrina Kittle
Did you miss these?
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith
A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
Daughter of Fortune-Isabel Allende
The Red Tent- Anita Diamant
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan-Lisa See
The Shadow of the Wind- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Poisonwood Bible-B. Kingsolver
Empire Falls-Richard Russo
Girl with a Pearl Earring-T. Chevalier
A Lesson Before Dying-Gaines
House of Spirits- Isabel AllendeÂ
A Thousand Acres- Jane Smiley
The Accidental Tourist-Anne Tyler
Mozart’s Sister- Rita Charbonnier
Plain Truth- Jodi Picoult
The Pact- Jodi Picout
Pillars of the Earth- K. Follett
Water for Elephants-Sara Gruen
One Thousand White Women-J. Fergus
Black and Blue- Anne Quindlen
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