Library Recommended Books

The metro area libraries have some excellent recommendations of titles to read this summer. Click the links below to see all of the great book adventures you can have.

Kids

Award Winning

Based on History

For Infants and Toddlers

For Preschoolers

Laugh Out Loud Books

Minnesota Stories

New Titles for June 2012

If you liked Percy Jackson

Poetry Power!

True Books

Teens

Award Winning

Banned Books

Books to Film

Fantasy Forever!

GLBT books

If you liked The Hunger Games

Minnesota Authors

New books for June 2012

Nonfiction

Science Fiction

Adults

Award Winning Poetry

Authors from Across the Globe

Banned/Challenged Books

Minnesota Books, Don't cha know!

Myster, Suspense, Thriller, Oh My!

New Fiction

New Nonfiction

Romance

Random MELSA Library System Staff Picks

Recommended by You!

Any summer reader can suggest a book – from pre-K through grown-ups. Your suggestions will help spark countless imaginations. Thank you for contributing your favorite book titles to the list below!

Into the Wild
By Erin Hunter
Rating: Zero stars
He Came with the Couch
By David Slonim
Rating: Zero stars
John, Paul, George & Ben
By Lane Smith
Rating: Zero stars
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same
By Grace Lin
Rating: Zero stars
How Many Stars in the Sky?
Written by Lenny Hort, Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Rating: Zero stars