Ten reads to spend the summer with

Susan Creed, managing librarian of Spokane Public Library , had asked for any reading lists that might be out there – from teachers or others who might be interested in sharing.

She had her own list, too, and here it is. She calls it the …

Top 10 Recent Novels that Should be More Widely Read (book groups take notice!)

10. “Lost Art of Keeping Secrets” by Eva Rice . Society girls come of age in 1950s London.

9. “Winkie” by Clifford Chase . Teddy Bear comes to life and is mistaken for terrorist.

8. “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier . Could there be a place where the dead live on as long as someone on earth remembers them?

7. “My French Whore” by Gene Wilder . Adventure befalls an amateur actor turned soldier during World War I.

6. “The Welsh Girl” by Peter Ho Davies . Unusual love story involving German prisoner in Wales during World War II.

5. “Talk, Talk” by T.C. Boyle . Deaf woman becomes identity theft victim and sets out for revenge.

4. “Amagansett” by Mark Mills . Moody historical mystery set in early 1950’s Long Island.

3. “The Whistling Season” by Ivan Doig . Unusual man becomes teacher at one-room schoolhouse in small Montana prairie town.

2. “On Agate Hill” by Lee Smith . Southern woman recalls her life at a once prosperous plantation during and after the Civil War.

1. “Love Walked In” by Maria de los Santos . Wonderful language elevates this book above the average love and family story.