Summer Reading 2023
The Gold Coast Summer Reading Challenge was a great success. Here’s our Top 12 books, as reported by all the summer readers:
1. Elin Hilderbrand – The Five Star Weekend
2. David Grann – The Wager
3. Geraldine Brooks – Horse
4. Harlan Coben – I Will Find You
5. Emily Henry – Happy Place
6. John Aldridge – A Speck in the Sea
7. Emma Cline – The Guest
8. Colleen Hoover – It Ends With Us
9. Mary Beth Keane – The Half Moon
10. James Patterson – Private Moscow
11. James Patterson – Cross Down
12. Prince Harry – Spare
For a complete list of all the reported books from Summer Reading 2023, click here.
New Fiction
Come and browse the fiction collection – either online or in person – to find these titles. Gold Coast Public Library cardholders can call the Reference Desk at 759-8300 ext. 106 to have a librarian hold a book for you; or, if the book is checked out, to place your name on the reserve list. Holds can be placed from home. Click on the cover of the book to check for availability.
Upcoming Book Clubs at the Library!
Staff Picks
Fiction A to Z
NY Times Fiction Bestsellers
Historical Fiction
Set in the past with a serious respect for historical accuracy and details.
Mystery
Puzzles, filled with clues that readers and detectives attempt to solve to discover ‘whodunit’.
Romance
Focuses on the development and satisfactory resolution of the love relationship.
Authors of interest: Mary Balogh – Barbara Delinsky – Jude Deveraux – Julie Garwood – Rachel Gibson – Jayne Anne Krentz/ Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle- Debbie Macomber – Susan Elizabeth Phillips – Nora Roberts
Thrillers & Suspense
Thrillers – Gripping, plot centered stories set in the detailed framework of a particular profession that
places heroes/heroines in dangerous situations from which they must extricate themselves.
Thriller Authors of interest: David Baldacci – Dan Brown- Robin Cook – Michael Chichton – Tess Gerritsen – James Grippando – John Grisham – Steve Martini – Douglas Preston and Lee Child – Lisa Scottoline – Stuart Woods
Suspense Authors of interest: Lee Child – Mary Higgins Clark – Harlan Coben – Michael Connelly – Jeffery Deaver – Greg Iiles – James Patterson – Thomas Perry – John Sandford
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