Rain or Shine: Librarians of the Ridgefield Library Suggest Popular Summer Reads

Despite the various weather conditions we've been experiencing lately, one thing always remains the same – summer is the perfect time to relax and pick up a book, whether it be on the beach during 90 degree weather or curled up in a chair during a thunderstorm.

Some of the Ridgefield Library librarians suggested summer reads. Geri Diorio, head of children's services and teen services librarian, sent suggestions to Patch via email.

Popular series for teens:

1. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
2. The Divergent series by Veronica Roth
3. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

Other popular teen reads:

1. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
2. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Children's fiction books:

1. "Can’t keep Harry Potter (JK Rowling) or the Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan) series in," Diorio said in the email. 
2. The Books of Umber series by PW Catanese
3. Wonder by RJ Palacio
4. The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
5. Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
6. Wild Fire Run by Dee Garritson. Diorio added that the Ridgefield Library "Nutmeg Nibblers book group just Skyped with this author!"

Adult non-fiction favorites, courtesy of Victoria Carlquist, head of reference:

1. The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home by George Colt
2. Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart
3. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden
   
4. The Story of America: Essays on Origin by Jill Lepore
5. Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story by Amanda Vaill
6. The Circus Fire by Stewart O’Nan
   

Popular adult fiction, courtesy of Dorothy Pawlowski, head of adult services fiction librarian:

1. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
2. The Engagements by Courtney Sullivan
3. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Visit the Ridgefield Library at 21 Governor St. during the renovation on its Main Street location and check out its website for more details.