Summer Reads

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June 2024 View more

Books in a Naperville Public Library bag

Whether you’re hammocking or relaxing poolside, ’tis the season to log some reading time. With so many beach reads and page-turners out there, we asked our librarian friends at the Naperville Public Library for some of their top selections:

For adults

• Famous in a Small Town by Viola Shipman
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
• Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
• Meet Me at the Lake by Carly Fortune
• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

For teens

• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
• I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

For kids

• Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? by Helen Yoon
• Roll, Roll, Little Pea by Cécile Bergame, illustrated by Magali Attiogbé, translated by Angus Yuen-Killick
• Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin
• How to Catch a Polar Bear by Stacy DeKeyser
• Don’t Trust the Cat by Kristen Tracy

 

Photo: Julie Duffin