Summer Reading for Staycations and Vacations
From Butt Stories to Short Stories
Whether you’re enjoying a staycation by the AC, lounging at the beach, or traveling on vacation, the long days of summer are a welcome time to catch up on reading some good books. Dover has put together their latest new picks for summer reading; from great adventures to affordable Thrift Edition classics, mysteries and thrillers, short story collections, and award-winning children’s books. So sit back, relax, and start your summer with these great books for all ages.
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Agatha Christie
When King’s Abbot resident Roger Ackroyd is found murdered in his study, the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called in to help solve the mystery. As the clues and suspects add up, Christie masterfully weaves several possible scenarios, only to surprise readers at the end. Over ninety years after its initial publication, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd still stumps readers as a methodical, detailed, and suspenseful whodunit.
The BIG FOUR: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Agatha Christie
In The Big Four, the follow-up to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie has crafted an action-packed plot filled with colorful characters whose aim is world domination. Renowned private detective Hercule Poirot, pulled into a world of intrigue and espionage, sets out to break up an international group of four criminal masterminds. This offbeat novel takes readers on a fast-paced thrill ride from England and France to Belgium and Italy.
The Tower Treasure: The Hardy Boys Book 1
Franklin W. Dixon
Readers of all ages will enjoy the classic first book of The Hardy Boys teen mystery series, The Tower Treasure, published in 1927. Brothers and amateur sleuths Frank and Joe Hardy investigate the murmurs of a dying man who claims to have “secreted” his loot in the dilapidated towers of a mansion. Written by a group of ghostwriters under the name Franklin W. Dixon, the popular series has sold more than seventy million copies.
The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure
O. Henry, Richard Connell, John Kruse, Clark Ashton Smith, Jack London
Readers seeking exotic locales and nonstop pulse-pounding thrills will love this collection of six classic adventure stories, beginning with The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, one of the best-known short stories, about a hunt for human prey. Frequently anthologized and studied in schools, it has inspired several film adaptations.
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin, Gregory Zilboorg
This classic dystopian novel, inspired George Orwell and many other science fiction writers with its prescient depiction of totalitarianism. Set in the future in a society in which mathematics is an object of worship, and conformity and mass surveillance are the rules, spaceship engineer D-503 must face his beliefs about individuality and humanity head-on after an encounter with the beautiful dissident I-330. A cornerstone of the dystopian genre, We is a page-turning adventure that will find a place on every science fiction fan’s bookshelf.
Men Without Women: Stories
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway’s second collection of short stories, Men Without Women, published in 1927, examines men who are estranged from the women in their lives as they navigate situations involving bullfighting, prizefighting, infidelity, divorce, and death. Fourteen compelling stories exploring themes of alienation, loss, and grief include “Hills Like White Elephants,” “In Another Country,” and “The Killers.”
Soldiers’ Pay
William Faulkner
William Faulkner’s first novel, Soldiers’ Pay, published in 1926, is an unforgettable narrative capturing the post–World War I atmosphere of the Lost Generation on American soil. Faulkner explores the war’s emotional impact on three weary veterans and their Southern hometown in Georgia. The story reflects Faulkner’s gift for keen observations, embracing his Southern experience, as well as his experimental narrative techniques blended with literary modernism.
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
One of the most innovative authors and distinguished literary critics of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf examines family dynamics and the tensions between men and women in her 1927 novel To the Lighthouse. She explores multiple perspectives of the members of the Ramsay family as they navigate experiences of disappointment and loss. Divided into three parts, the story takes place pre– and post–World War I during visits to the Ramsays’ summer residence on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
My Butt is SO SILLY!
Dawn McMillan, Ross Kinnaird
Join in the fun with My Butt is SO SILLY!, the laugh-until-you-jiggle story about a silly butt that won’t stop moving! Follow everyone’s favorite character from I Need a New Butt!, I Broke My Butt!, and My Butt is So Noisy!, as he deals with a bothersome backside that leads to all kinds of hilarious hijinks.
I Need a New Butt!, I Broke My Butt!, My Butt is So NOISY!: 3 Hilarious Stories in one NOISY Book
Dawn McMillan, Ross Kinnaird
Brimming with fun, this hilarious collection combines all three bestselling books about the boy with the troublesome backside: I Need a New Butt!, I Broke My Butt!, and My Butt is SO NOISY!, offering laugh-out-loud humor in delightful rhyming stories.
Dinotopia: Journey To Chandara
James Gurney
Enraptured by those prehistoric creatures called dinosaurs? Journey to Chandara offers the perfect introduction to James Gurney’s dinosaur fantasy world for readers of all ages. Professor Denison, the intrepid 19th-century explorer and his dinosaur companion Bix, have been summoned to the forbidden empire of Chandara. But when they lose their invitation from the emperor, the adventurers must cross the border penniless and in disguise. A vivid narrative, accompanied by enchanting illustrations of a 50-foot-tall Brachiosaurus outfitted for firefighting, an Allosaurus tending its hatchlings, and other memorable scenes.
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