Monday, August 10, 2009

Summer is Short, Read a Story



Summer is soon coming to an end, but there is still time to get some reading done. The library has a number of story collections that are perfect for reading when you are short on time. Try one of the titles on this list, or check the library's online catalog for more suggestions.


The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: and Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg


Wild Nights: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James and Hemingway by Joyce Carol Oates


Coronado by Dennis Lehane


The Gardens of Reading: an Anthology of 20th Century Short Fiction About Gardens and Gardeners


Just After Sunset by Stephen King


Happy Families by Carlos Fuentes


Immortals: the Reckoning by Jennifer Ashley


Cheating at Canasta by William Trevor


Two of the Deadliest: new Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder From Outstanding Women of Mystery edited by Elizabeth George


The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


The View From the Seventh Layer by Kevin Brockmeier


The Send-Away Girl by Barbara Sutton


Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

1 comment:

mpartyka said...

I also recommend olive kitteridge. It's one of the better Pulitzer books (an enjoyable story).

The Omaha Bookworm's read the pulitzer every year and this might be my favorite to date. We are discussing this later this year.