Top 12 Things to Check Out

Fiction Titles for Adults

Barbara Taylor Bradford’s A Woman of Substance chronicles the life, loves, and extraordinary career of Emma Harte. This is the first book in a family saga that chronicles most of the twentieth century.

Shattered Silk by Barbara Michaels depicts a hot summer in Georgetown, as Karen learns to cope with her newly single status, tries to get back in shape, starts working on her own business, and deals with a variety of crimes targeting her.

Robert B. Parker’s Spenser is inimitable in Mortal Stakes as a Boston private investigator.

Nonfiction Titles for Adults

Anna Quindlen’s two books of photo essays are amazing. Quick reads but sure to stay with you long after you put them down, don’t miss A Short Guide to a Happy Life and

Being Perfect.

Trump: Think Like a Billionaire by the energetic Donald Trump details how you too can achieve fame and fortune!

Teen Titles

Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas is a classic young adult novel—Steve York must find the road to redemption after plunging into a morass of drugs and alcohol.

Meg Cabot’s The Princess Diaries follows Mia as she finds out she is not just a typical New York teen—she is the heir to the throne of Genovia. All-American Girl also by Cabot traces a young teen’s ascent to fame after she foils an assassination attempt on the President of the United States.

Books for Children

Virginia Lee Burton penned a classic with Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel—a story that promotes the power of hard work.

Sophie’s Tom by Dick King-Smith, acclaimed author of Babe, features young Sophie’s determination to own a farm once she grows up.

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner features the Alden children as they struggle to survive after the deaths of their parents.