Summertime is a great time for reading!
Annotation:This list, compiled in honour of our national holiday, includes novels which take place on or around Canada Day, as well as non-fiction titles which explore Canadian history, humour, travel, and identity.
Annotation:An thought provoking non-fiction book about society's ideas of the term "cleanliness" throughout the ages.
Annotation:Exceptionally well written, this look at the Wild West through the engaging historical figure of Doc Holliday. You feel like you're right there with him and the Earp brothers in Dodge City, as they meet and create friendships that ultimately go down in American history. This is the story that comes before the shootout at the OK Corrall. Mary Doria Russell's storytelling and sensibilities are a delight, as always.
Annotation:Neurologist Patrick Lazerenko travels to The Hague to witness the war crimes trial of his beloved mentor, Hernan García, a Honduran doctor accused of involvement in torture.
Annotation:The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.
Annotation:Described as similar to Bridget Jones' Diary, this book is a witty take on a woman's attempt to find love while dealing with weight issues.
Annotation:With the final movie coming out in July, you may want to re-read this one before you go.
Annotation:Drawing on more than five hundred interviews with loved ones and fellow baseball players, the author crafts a deeply personal biography of the Yankee great...
Annotation:From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa, among several others.
Annotation: Cal Stephanides, raised as a girl but now living as a man, looks back on 80 years of family history from war-torn Turkey to Detroit of the 1920's and 1930's and finally to suburbia as he explores what it means to be both male and female.
Annotation:Don't judge this book by its cover. From the reviews: "Killham's rollicking second novel (after How To Cook a Tart) cleverly sends up the romance genre while standing as a funny, romantic novel in its own right." Such fun for the summer!
Annotation:"Hobbes, for instance, believed that life is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.' Why then, the authors ask, did he complain about it being short?" [from the back cover of the audiobook]
Annotation:This is the summer you MUST meet the Spellmans - a family of private detectives who don't know how to be a 'normal' family. Instead of asking questions, they tail each other, bribe other family members for info and tap each others phones. In the midst of this, Isabelle, a 30-something woman, tries to solve cases as well. First in a series of four, this is a fun, funny read with lots of dialogue and odd hijinks. For fans of Janet Evaonvich and beyond.
Annotation:The first in a series of mysteries, described as similar to Alxender McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.
Annotation:What do subprime mortgages, Atlantic salmon dinners, SUVs and globalization have in common? They all depend on cheap oil...
Annotation:Set in a not-so-distant future, a group of born-again naturalists try to survive the mass extinction of the human race. Set in parallel time to Atwood's Oryx and Crake, but is not a sequel.
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Here is a mixture of fiction and non-fiction; easy reads and thought-provoking titles; popular works and read-alikes to enjoy at a cottage or anywhere else.
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