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Color Your World Summer Reading 2021 |
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The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacâihuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically reborn by feeding on vengeance and worship. Belinda and the new owner of the farmhouse - Hector, find themselves immersed in the legend and realize it is part of their fate as well.
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The Good Son by Yu-jng ChngA young man with seizure-related memory loss wakes up one morning to find his mother brutally murdered and embarks on a frantic three-day search for answers. By the award-winning author of Seven Years of Darkness.
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The Library Book by Susan OrleanReopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, the 1986 Los Angeles Public Library fire, while exploring the crucial role that libraries play in modern American culture.
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The Lying Life of Adults by Elena FerranteThe best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend presents the story of an Italian teen who searches for a sense of identity and clear perspectives when she finds herself torn between the refinements and excesses of a divided Naples.
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People We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryBest friends Alex and Poppy try to repair their relationship two years after a disastrous vacation together by planning another vacation together in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Beach Read.
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The Rock Eatersby Brenda PeynadoA collection of short stories that incorporate magic and strange worlds include the tales of suburban families that perform oblations to angels who live on their roofs and of flying children who must eat rocks to stay grounded.
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The Soulmate Equation by Christina LaurenPerfect for fans of The Rosie Project and One Plus One, this entertaining novel follows single mom and data and statistics wizard Jess Davis as she, using a revolutionary new scientific dating app, is matched with the app’s arrogant creator who is not what he seems.
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The Rose Code by Kate QuinnJoining the elite Bletchley Park codebreaking team during World War II, three women from very different walks of life uncover a spy's dangerous agenda against a backdrop of the royal wedding of Elizabeth and Philip.
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The Postscript Murders by Elly GriffithsDetective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur investigates the seemingly unsuspicious death of a 90-year-old woman with a heart condition who had a very extensive collection of crime novels, each one dedicated to her and each containing a mysterious post-script.
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Build Your House Around My Body by Violet KupersmithThe fate of an unhappy woman who disappears in 2011 while living in Saigon is entwined with a teenager who gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation in 1986 and a woman who captures a two-headed cobra in 2009.
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Grand Union by Zadie SmithThe award-winning author of White Teeth presents a first collection of 10 original short stories and selections from her most-lauded pieces as first published in The New Yorker and other prestigious literary magazines.
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The Heartbeat of Trees by Peter WohllebenDrawing on science and cutting-edge research, a renowned forester proves that, despite an era of cell phone addiction, climate change and urban life, the age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact.
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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidFour famous siblings throw an epic end-of-summer party that goes dangerously out of control as secrets and loves that shaped this family’s generations come to light, changing their lives forever.
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Island Affair by Priscilla OliverasA social-media influencer in recovery from an eating disorder enlists the aid of a firefighter and dive captain to play the part of her boyfriend after her actual one is a no-show for a family vacation in Key West.
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After decades of peace between the white and Native American communities of early American Wyoming, a young man who was once convicted for raping a Cheyenne girl is found dead, prompting sheriff Walt Longmire, his deputy Victoria Moretti, and friend Henry Standing Bear to investigate. |
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The Cold Millions by Jess WalterEnduring the corruption of their union employment, two young day laborers are respectively drawn to a feminist activist and a vaudeville singer whose experiences reflect an unjust world on the brink of upheaval.
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Djinn Patrol on the Purple Lineby Deepa AnapparaIn an award-winning debut based on true events, a 9-year-old reality-television enthusiast in India uses crime-show approaches to investigate the disappearance of a classmate, before additional abductions shatter life in his sprawling city home.
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The Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerSecretly dispensing poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them, a London apothecary triggers unintended consequences that shape three lives across multiple centuries. A first novel.
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The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-sue HitchcockIntertwined stories of love, tragedy, wild luck and salvation on Alaska's wild frontier in the 1970s follows the experiences of four very different teens whose lives become entangled and who try to save each other, sometimes succeeding when they least expect it.
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Hang the Moon by Alexandria BellefleurWhen his sister’s best friend, on whom he has had a crush for years, comes to Seattle, dating app creator Brendon Lowell, taking cues from his favorite rom-coms, plans to woo her until he discovers that real love doesn’t need to be a perfect as the movies.
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