8 Serious Summer Reads

Have you spent too much of your reading time lately with books you think might be more of the quick and fun and less of the intellectually stimulating? NPR's Morning Edition recently featured selections from three booksellers. While the authors of these books aren't exactly Christopher Moore or Janet Evanovich (two of my personal favorites, actually), they come highly recommended. These titles are weighty, more demanding than a typical beach read, would make great book club selections, and are also available at the Arlington Public Library.

A Day for Night Frederick Reiken	Big Machine by Victor LaValle	Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming	The Postmistress by Sarah Blake	The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon	Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann