Written by Around First Book there is a lot of talk about books. Go figure, right? We talk about the bilingual edition of Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar, Ezra Jack Keat’s Snowy Day, Rosemary Well’s Bunny Money, Curious George, The Cat in the Hat and even what books got us hooked. And while we spend a lot of time discussing children’s books, we rarely talk about, well, what we’re reading. So I set out to find out what books my fellow First Bookers were reading to wrap up the summer. And so now, I present to you (drumroll, please . . . ) the 2010 Summer Reading Superlatives:
Most Read Around the Office
Committed, a Skeptic’s Guide to Marriage, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Yummiest Reads for Foodies
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, by Michael Pollan
My Life in France, by Julia Child
A Cook’s Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines, by Anthony Bourdain
Most Likely to Have Been Read in a High School English Class
Native Son, by Richard Wright
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
1984, by George Orwell
A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
Best Reads for Sport-Lovers (and Football Season)
The Hurricanes: One High School Team’s Homecoming After Katrina, by Jere Longman
Best Books to Exercise Your Brain
Blink, by Malcom Gladwell
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs, by Muhammad Yunus
Pink Brain, Blue Brain, by Dr. Lise Eliot
Best Reads for the Worldly Kind
Half the Sky, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Temple of My Familiar, by Alice Walker
The White Night of St. Petersburg, by Prince Michael of Greece
Most Likely to be Read for Professional Development
The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World, by John Elkington
Delivering Happiness, by Tony Hsieh
Best Books to Pair with a Major Motion Picture
Lovely Bones, by Alice Seabold
Up in the Air, by Walter Kirn
So that’s it! We hope this list will help you avoid that sinking feeling when you finish an amazing book and then wonder “What In the world will I read next? So head to your bookstore or library and dive into one of these First Book Staff recommended books today!
And if you care to share what you are reading, post a comment below . . . we’d love to hear about it!
