Summer Booklists

LOOKING FOR A GREAT SUMMER READ? CHECK OUT THESE BOOK LISTS!

Bloomberg 10 Books for a Summer Reading List

Business Insider 20 Books Bill Gates Says You Should Read This Summer

Bustle 32 New Fiction Books Coming Out This Summer That You’ll Definitely Want In Your Travel Bag

Buzzfeed 30 Summer Books to Get Excited About

Coastal Living The Best New Books for Summer 2018

Elle Magazine The 40 Best Books to Read This Summer

Entertainment Weekly Summer 2018 Book Preview: 7 Thrillers You Need to Read This Summer

LOOKING FOR A GREAT SUMMER READ? CHECK OUT THESE BOOK LISTS!

Bloomberg 10 Books for a Summer Reading List

Business Insider 20 Books Bill Gates Says You Should Read This Summer

Bustle 32 New Fiction Books Coming Out This Summer That You’ll Definitely Want In Your Travel Bag

Buzzfeed 30 Summer Books to Get Excited About

Coastal Living The Best New Books for Summer 2018

Elle Magazine The 40 Best Books to Read This Summer

Entertainment Weekly Summer 2018 Book Preview: 7 Thrillers You Need to Read This Summer

Entertainment Weekly Summer 2018 Book Preview: The Best Beach Reads for Vegging Out

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2018… So Far

Esquire The 20 Smart Books You’ll Want to Read at the Beach This Summer

Esquire The Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 (So Far)

Esquire The Best Books of 2018 (So Far)

Fodor’s 22 New Books to Read on Your Summer Vacation

Fortune 8 Business Books That Are Actually Great Summer Beach Reads

Glamour Magazine The 17 Best Books to Read This Summer

Good Housekeeping The 25 Best New Books for Summer 2018

Harper’s Bazaar The 15 Best Beach Reads of 2018

Indie Next Summer 2018 List for Reading Groups

InStyle 11 Books to Bury Your Nose In This Summer

LitHub The Ultimate Summer Books Preview

New York Magazine 10 Book Editors on What They’re Reading for Fun This Summer

New York Magazine The Best Books of the Year (So Far)

New York Magazine 18 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer

New York Times 17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer

New York Times 73 Books to Read While the Sun Is Out and the Days Are Long

Newsday Best Summer Books 2018

Newsweek The 50 Coolest Books to Read This Summer: 2018’s Best Fiction and Non-Fiction (So Far)

Nylon 46 Great Books to Read This Summer

Oprah Magazine Top Books of Summer

Parade Magazine The Top 26 Hottest Books of Summer 2018

People Magazine The Best Summer Books

Popsugar This Summer’s Hottest New Books for Every Type of Reader

Popsugar The 25 Best New Books to Put in Your Beach Bag This Summer

Publishers Weekly Summer Reads 2018

Real Simple 7 Authors on the Books They’re Packing for Their Summer Vacations

Southern Living The Best New Books Coming Out Summer 2018

Time Magazine Best Novels of 2018 So Far

Time Magazine Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 So Far

Time Magazine 22 New Books to Read This Summer

Town & Country 16 Books to Read This Summer

USA Today 10 Hot Books for Summer Reading

Vanity Fair Summer Reading: This Season’s Ultimate Fiction List

Vogue Magazine 13 Books to Thrill, Entertain, and Sustain You This Summer

Washington Post The 39 Books We’re Talking About This Summer

 

 

Best Books of 2017

The A.V. Club’s Favorite Books of 2017

Bloomberg The Best Books of 2017

Booklist Top 10 Cookbooks: 2017

Booklist Top 10 First Novels: 2017

BookPage Best Books of 2017

The A.V. Club’s Favorite Books of 2017

BBC Culture The 10 Best Books of 2017

Bloomberg The Best Books of 2017

Booklist Top 10 Cookbooks: 2017

Booklist Top 10 First Novels: 2017

BookPage Best Books of 2017

BookPage 10 Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2017

BookPage 10 Best Romance Novels of 2017

Bustle The 9 Best True Crime Books of 2017

Bustle The 17 Best Fiction Books of 2017

BuzzFeed The 24 Best Fiction Books Of 2017

Chicago Review of Books The Best Fiction Books of 2017

CNBC 13 of the Best Business Books of 2017

The Economist Books of the Year 2017

Elle Magazine Best Books of 2017

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2017

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Debut Novels of 2017

Esquire The 50 Best Books of 2017

GQ These Are the Best Books of 2017

Harper’s Bazaar The 19 Best New Books of 2017 (So Far)

Huffington Post The Best Fiction Books Of 2017

Kirkus Best Fiction of 2017

Kirkus Most Page-Turning Nonfiction of 2017

Library Journal Best Books 2017

LibraryReads Favorite of Favorites 2017

LitHub The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2017: Fiction

Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2017: Nonfiction

National Geographic 12 Books We Loved in 2017

New York Magazine The 10 Best Books of 2017

Newsday Best Books of 2017

NPR’s Guide To 2017’s Great Reads

NY Times 10 Best Books of 2017

NY Times 100 Notable Books of 2017

NY Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017

O Magazine Our Favorite Books of 2017

Paste Magazine The 20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2017

Paste Magazine The 25 Best Novels of 2017

People Magazine The Top 10 Books of 2017

Publishers Weekly Best Books 2017

Rolling Stone 10 Best Music Books of 2017

Shelf Awareness Our Best Adult Books of 2017

Time Magazine Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2017

Time Magazine Top 10 Novels of 2017

USA Today 10 Books We Loved Reading in 2017

Vogue Magazine The 10 Best Books of 2017

Washington Post Best Books 2017

Fall Booklists

FIND SOMETHING NEW TO READ THIS FALL!

AARP 12 New Books for Fall

BookPage First Fiction: What’s Next in 2017?

BookPage Fall 2017: Most Anticipated Fall Nonfiction

BookPage 2017 Preview: Most Anticipated Fall Fiction

BookPage Fall’s Most Anticipated Mysteries

FIND SOMETHING NEW TO READ THIS FALL!

AARP 12 New Books for Fall

BookPage First Fiction: What’s Next in 2017?

BookPage Fall 2017: Most Anticipated Fall Nonfiction

BookPage 2017 Preview: Most Anticipated Fall Fiction

BookPage Fall’s Most Anticipated Mysteries

Buzzfeed 28 Exciting New Books You Need To Read This Fall

Chicago Review of Books 18 Books You Need to Read This Fall

Elle Magazine 27 of the Best Books to Read This Fall

Entertainment Weekly 20 Books to Read This Fall

Esquire Magazine The Best Books of 2017 (So Far)

Goodreads 21 Big Books of Fall

Harper’s Bazaar Magazine 9 New Books You Need to Read in October

Huffington Post 28 New Fiction Books to Add to Your Must-Read List This Fall

Kirkus Popular Fiction Writers’ Latest Books You Must Read

Kirkus This Fall’s Can’t-Miss, Most Noteworthy Memoirs

The Millions Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2017 Book Preview

New York Magazine 44 New Books to Read This Fall

Newsday Best Fall Books

NY Daily News 9 of the Most Anticipated Books of Fall

PBS 13 Fall Books That Will Make You Think

POPSUGAR The 25 Must-Read Books Hitting Bookshelves This Fall

Publishers Weekly The Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2017

Refinery29 These Are Our Favorite Books Of 2017 — So Far

Southern Living Magazine Books Coming Out in the Fall That We Can’t Wait to Read

USA Today 10 Cool Books for Fall

Washington Post 9 Short-Story Collections We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall

Summer Booklists

LOOKING FOR A GREAT SUMMER READ? CHECK OUT THESE BOOKLISTS!

AARP Best Beach Reading 2017

BookPage 2017 Summer Reading Preview

Boston Globe Summer Reading

BuzzFeed 22 Exciting New Books You Need to Read This Summer

CNN Travel Best Beach Reads for Summer 2017

LOOKING FOR A GREAT SUMMER READ? CHECK OUT THESE BOOKLISTS!

AARP Best Beach Reading 2017

BookPage 2017 Summer Reading Preview

Boston Globe Summer Reading

BuzzFeed 22 Exciting New Books You Need to Read This Summer

CNN Travel Best Beach Reads for Summer 2017

Coastal Living 50 Best Books for the Beach This Summer

Elle The 24 Best Books to Read This Summer

Entertainment Weekly 20 Books to Read This Summer

Harper’s Bazaar The Best New Books of 2017 (So Far)

Marie Claire 8 New Page-Turners to Pack in Your Beach Bag This Summer

New York Magazine The Best Books of 2017 (So Far)

New York Times Books to Breeze Through This Summer

Newsday Best Summer Books 2017

PBS 19 Summer Books That Will Keep You Up All Night Reading

Publishers Weekly Best Summer Books, 2017

Refinery29 The Best Beach Reads of 2017

Southern Living The Best New Summer Books of 2017

TED Ideas 101 Books to Dive Into This Summer: A Massive Reading List

Time Out The Best Summer Beach Reads for 2017

Town & Country 13 Books to Read This Summer

Travel & Leisure The Best Books to Read on Vacation This Summer

USA Today 10 Hot Books You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer

Vogue The 27 Best Books to Pack for Your Summer Vacation

The Washington Post 37 Books We’ve Loved So Far in 2017

Wired 9 Essential Summer Reads

Entertainment Weekly: The Best Fiction & Nonfiction of 2016 So Far…

FICTION

The Girls by Emma Cline
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book, large print

LaRose by Louise Erdrich
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Also available: eBook, audio download

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Also available: eBook, audio download

FICTION

The Girls by Emma Cline
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book, large print

LaRose by Louise Erdrich
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Also available: eBook, audio download

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Also available: eBook, audio download

Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
Also available: eBook

This Too Shall Pass by Milena Busquets

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book, large print

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

Smoke by Dan Vyleta
Also available: eBook

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book, large print

NONFICTION

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book, large print

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Also available: eBook, audio download

All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
Also available: eBook

Grunt by Mary Roach
Also available: eBook, CD book

Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Also available: eBook, audio download

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
Also available: eBook

Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
Also available: eBook

A Mother’s Reckoning by Susan Klebold
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

Time Magazine Best Books of 2016 So Far

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich
Also available: eBook

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

The Past by Tessa Hadley
Also available: eBook, audio download

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
Also available: eBook

The Fireman by Joe Hill
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Also available: eBook

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich
Also available: eBook

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

The Past by Tessa Hadley
Also available: eBook, audio download

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
Also available: eBook

The Fireman by Joe Hill
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Also available: eBook

The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Also available: eBook, audio download

Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide by Michael Kinsley

My Struggle: Book Five by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Gone With the Mind by Mark Leyner

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
Also available: eBook, audio download

Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride
Also available: eBook

Missing Man: The American Spy Who Vanished in Iran by Barry Meier
Also available: audio download

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Also available: eBook

Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney
Also available: eBook

My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa
Also available: eBook

New York Magazine: The Best Books of 2016 (So Far)

In Gratitude by Jenny Diski
Also available: eBook

Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte
Also available: eBook

What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
Also available: eBook

Hystopia by David Means
Also available: eBook

Zero K by Don DeLillo
Also available: eBook, audio download

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
Also available: eBook, audio download

The Girls by Emma Cline
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book, large print book

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Also available: eBook

Bullies: A Friendship by Alex Abramovich
Also available: eBook, audio download

Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine by Diane Williams

In Gratitude by Jenny Diski
Also available: eBook

Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte
Also available: eBook

What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
Also available: eBook

Hystopia by David Means
Also available: eBook

Zero K by Don DeLillo
Also available: eBook, audio download

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
Also available: eBook, audio download

The Girls by Emma Cline
Also available: eBook, audio download, CD book, large print book

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Also available: eBook

Bullies: A Friendship by Alex Abramovich
Also available: eBook, audio download

Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine by Diane Williams

FYI Friday – Novelist Plus Can Help Select Your Next Book!

Have you ever finished a book and then not known what you should read next, or how you should go about picking a title? Or wanted to find something similar to a novel you absolutely loved? Then you’re in luck, because the Novelist Plus database is a great readers’ advisory resource to help you with these exact situations.

Have you ever finished a book and then not known what you should read next, or how you should go about picking a title? Or wanted to find something similar to a novel you absolutely loved? Then you’re in luck, because the Novelist Plus database is a great readers’ advisory resource to help you with these exact situations.

In its own words, Novelist Plus is “a comprehensive readers’ advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction. With an intuitive interface and extensive proprietary content, NoveList Plus answers the question: What should I read next?” Once inside the database, you can enter a title into the search box and discover all sorts of information about it. In addition to a suggested list of similar titles you might like to read, Novelist also offers author read-alikes, published reviews of the book, and data such as genre, character, tone, writing style, and more. This tagged data is even linked, so that by clicking on something like “Genre: Adaptations, retellings, and spin-offs,” you will come up with a list of recommended books with this genre.novplus200

If you need assistance using the database, you can click the “Help” link at the top right of the screen for an extensive list of instructions.  Novelist Help

To access Novelist, visit the Library’s website at www.cshlibrary.org. On the right side of the page, under the “Find” column, click on the “Novelist Plus – Find the perfect book!” link. Log in with your CSH Library card barcode and password.NoveListPlus_ProductButton_200

Bonus: Keep an eye out for our monthly “If you liked [this book], then try one of these [other books]” displays! Using recommendations from Novelist Plus, we create a poster with six read-alikes for a currently popular book and hang it in the lobby of the Library. For those on the go, we also post the list on our twitter and facebook pages!

April’s list is for Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend”:

My Brilliant Friend

FYI Friday: Placing a Book Purchase Request

Did you know? If you’re looking for a specific book and no library in either Suffolk or Nassau has it, you can ask the Cold Spring Harbor Library to consider purchasing it.

Did you know? If you’re looking for a specific book and no library in either Suffolk or Nassau has it, you can ask the Cold Spring Harbor Library to consider purchasing it.

Should you discover that the book you’re looking for is unavailable, talk to a librarian at the Information Services Desk either in person or via phone at 631-692-6820. The librarian will first look to borrow a copy from another library in either Suffolk or Nassau. If the book still isn’t available, you can ask the librarian to place a purchase request, so that the Library will consider ordering it.

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Following this, the Information Services Department will determine whether to buy the book, based on availability, price, and suitability for our collection. If it’s purchased, a hold will be placed on the title for you, and you will be notified when the book comes in.

FYI Friday: The Environmental Collection

The full name of the Library is, of course, the Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center. But did you know that the “Environmental Center” part derives from the Library’s large collection of environmental books?

When the Cold Spring Harbor Library needed to move from its former location on Goose Hill Road, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation offered to allow a new library to be built upon park land with the agreement that the Library would have a dedicated environmental collection. Thus the Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center came into being.

Enviro Books

Our Environmental Collection houses books on a variety of subjects related to the environment, environmentalism, and environmental science. These include works on solar energy, fracking critiques, guides to living a greener, more environmentally friendly life, and much more.

This collection is located in the Environmental Center, the round room connected to the lobby on the main level. Patrons may access the collection at any time, even when the room is being used as a study area or meeting room, and all are welcome to check out any non-Reference title.

Enviro room