Read any good books lately? We open the phone lines for our annual show featuring listeners’ suggestions for the best books to enjoy this summer on the beach and beyond.
Here is a list of books mentioned on air during the show:
- Going Postal by Terry Prachett
- Murder in the Marais An Aimée Leduc Investigation, Vol. 1 by Cara Black
- Genius on the Edge: The Bizarre Double Life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted by Gerald Imber
- Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
- Project Moses – A Mystery Thriller by Robert Lowe
- Why The West Rules — for Now by Ian Morris
- Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
- Wolf Whistle by Lewis Nordan
- Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
- Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal
- The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz
- The Occult by Colin Wilson
- Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru
- Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
- The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls by Jason Turbow and Michael Duca
- Blue Nights by Joan Didion
- The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris
- Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
- The Gun: The AK-47 and the Evolution of War by C.J. Chivers
- Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
- Alone in the Universe by John Gribbin
- The Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
- Dalva by Jim Harrison
- By Blood: A Novel by Ellen Ullman
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Hotel Honolulu: A Novel by Paul Theroux
- Epicurean Simplicity by Stephanie Mills
- The Chinese Jars by William Gordon
- Dog On It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn
- Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laury R. King
- Love Medicine: Newly Revised Edition by Louise Erdrich
- Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm
- Last Teardrop by A.M. Washington
- Reamde by Neal Stephenson
- When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man by Nick Dybek
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessi
- Antes de Ser Libres by Julia Alvarez
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- 1Q84 Vol: 1-2 by Haruki Murakami
- Malibu Murders by Hope Newman
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
- West With The Night by Beryl Markham
- The Physician by Noah Gordon
- Three Boys Like You by William Gould
- Body and Soul by Frank Conroy
- House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- Elegy for Eddie: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear
- A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
- Nightwoods: A Novel by Charles Frasier
- This is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. by Augusten Burroughs
- Girl Genius, Vol.1: Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank by Phil Foglio
- Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
- And Now You Can Go by Vendela Vida
If you are interested in buying one of these books, you can support KQED by clicking on the title, which will take you to that book on Amazon.com. A portion of the profit will go to KQED.