Suggestions For Great Summer Reads

If you’re looking for some a great summer reads, then look no further.

Librarians at the East Brunswick Library are never short on ideas for how to spend a lazy summer afternoon at the beach, by the pool, or just relaxing with a good book. Here are just a few great books they recommend you pick up this summer.

“Don't Breathe a Word,” by Jennifer McMahon. A literary thriller about childhood fantasies with a supernatural twist. Years ago, a young girl disappeared in the woods after telling her friends she was going to live with the King of the Fairies. Fifteen years later, she reappears and her brother and his girlfriend take a frightening psychological journey to try to find out what really happened the night she disappeared. Is the girl really his sister? Has she been living in a fairyland all these years? The character of the girlfriend, Phoebe, is particularly good and much of the book is told from her point of view. Her own childhood memories drive her to find the truth in this mystery, but she is also terrified what that truth might be. This book will keep you turning the pages long into the night with its twists and turns.

“Before I Go To Sleep,” by S.J. Watson. A psychological thriller about a woman with a rare form of amnesia who wakes up each morning with no memory of who she is. Relying on her husband and a journal she's been keeping to fill in the blanks, she begins to worry when things in her journal do not match with what her husband is telling her. So thrilling, you could read through the book in one night. This book is getting rave reviews from readers and critics.

“Night Road,” by Kristin Hannah. At its heart, this is a story about the agonizing choices parents face daily as they try to raise their children to be happy, independent, and well-adjusted adults.  A leader in contemporary women's fiction.