By WGBH News
What are you reading this summer? These are some recommendations from Emily Rooney's panel — including your input.
JOCELYN KELLEY’S PICKS
FICTION
- The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
- Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon
- Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
- The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. by Nichole Bernier
NON-FICTION
- Wild by Cheryl Strayed
- The Mansion of Happiness by Jill Lepore
- Quiet by Susan Cain
- Imagine by Jonah Lehrer
- Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
YOUNG ADULT: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
ELIN HILDERBRAND’S PICKS
FICTION
- This Bright River by Patrick Somerville — This I have not actually read but I'm dying to read.
- Arcadia by Lauren Groff
- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
- The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
NON-FICTION
- Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
- Island Practice by Pam Belluck
- Townie by Andre Dubus III
- Mrs. Nixon by Ann Beattie — Technically this is fiction, but if anyone's read it, it sort of defies category.
GUILTY PLEASURE
Lulu Powers Food to Flowers: Simple, Stylish Food for Easy Entertaining
YOUNG ADULT
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
OTHER GUESTS' PICKS
Steve Almond picked Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.
Donna Eden Cohen recommended Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry.
Kathryn Flynn says The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg is a great non-self-help book for people who want to take better care of themselves.
She also picked The Kissing List by Stephanie Reents.
Casey Sherman suggested both James Bradley's The Imperial Cruise and The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva.
YOUR PICKS
Margaret Howell, via Twitter
Drift by Rachel Maddow
Elisabeth, Arlington
Birth 2012 and Beyond by Barbara Marx Hubbard
Tom, Lynn
Was by Geoff Ryman
Louis, Swansea
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Peter, Yarmouth
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
Lauren, Newton
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Pete, Marlborough
The Vegas Knockout by Tom Schreck
Emma
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeanette Walls
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Eric, Boston
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
Warren, Lowell
The Brass Bonanza Plays Again by Robert Muldoon
Nancy, Leicester
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
Eileen, Arlington
The Temporary Detective by Joanne Sidney Lessner
Donna, Marion
Louis D. Brandeis: A Biography by Melvin Urofsky
Mark, Arlington
In the Blue Light of African Dreams by Paul Watkins
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