Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Bettyville by George Hodgman
The Blood of the Lamb by Peter De Vries. Recommended by Michael Krasny
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
Broken Treaty: The True Story of a Father's Recovery of His Missing Son from Southern Mexico by Steven Fenton
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
California: A History Kevin Starr
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case by Agatha Christie
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty: A Novel by Vendala Vida. Recommended by Michael Krasny*
Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Area Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall
Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary Krist
Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell
A Fireproof Home for the Bride by Amy Scheibe
The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
A History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
It by Alexa Chung
It's What I Do: A Photographers Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario*
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth by John Hubner
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry
Lovers at the Chameleon Club by Francine Prose
Me & Lee: How I Came to Know, Love and Lose Lee Harvey Oswald by Judyth Vary Baker
The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
books by Milan Kundera Recommended by Michael Krasny
Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonand by Suzanne Marrs and Tom Nolan. Recommended by Michael Krasny
My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews
The Paper Moon by Joe David Brown
Pidgeon English by Stephen Kelman
The Road Presents Itself by T. Phillips Holland
The Road to Character by David Brooks*
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown. Recommended by Michael Krasny
The Sage Carrington series by Justin Scott Parr
The Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Simple Dreams by Linda Rondstadt*
The Spinoza Problem by Irv Yalom*
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
The Tea Rose series by Jennifer Donnelly
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittian
The Unwinding by George Packer*
The Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
A Wedding in Provence by Ellen Sussman
Z a Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Ann Fowler
Zealot:The Life And Times Of Jesus Of Nazareth* by Reza Aslan. Recommended by Michael Krasny*
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel*
Booksellers' Suggestions for Summer Reads
Recommendations from Kevin Hunsanger, co-owner, Green Apple Books
The Animals by Christian Kiefer
This lyrical and evocative noirish novel is a haunting portrait of a man attempting to escape his brutal past by caring for wild animals in an Idaho refuge.
Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Dana Thomas
This duo-biography splits its tale between the parallel rise and fall of two revolutionary geniuses in the world of haute couture: John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, while also exposing the underside of this $150 billion industry.
Hold Still by Sally Mann
An astounding memoir of family, place, art and memory, deftly told by one of America's premier fine art photographers.
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena and Christian Robinson
The recipient of 2015's E.B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Honor Award recounts a bus trip taken by a young African American boy and his grandmothe, with the intent "… to write books featuring diverse characters in a story that has nothing to do with diversity."
Recommendations from Luisa Smith, head buyer at Corte Madera's Book Passage
Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews
Passion for Paris by David Downie
Pieces of My Mother by Melissa Cistaro
The Rocks by Peter Nichols
Recommendations from Luan Stauss, owner, Laurel Books
In a Village By the Sea written by Muon Van and illustrated by April Chu
Beautifully illustrated story told in short text about a family waiting for the father to come home from fishing. Told in a fresh way that includes soup, a dog, a baby, a cricket and some surprising artworks. Great bedtime book with rhythmic text and soft colors.
Welcome to Mamoko by Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielinski
These are hands down favorites for the 4 and up set. There are 20 characters on the first page to get to know and then the rest of the book is wordless. Turn the page and find the character you want to follow to the end of the book as each page furthers the story. Great interactive book that both kids and the adults they let near it will love.
Whisper Hollow by Chris Cander
Set in a coal mining town in West Virginia, the story follows two women, Myrthen and Alta, whose lives cross paths along the way growing up. It's a great read with memorable characters and a story that surprised me with the treachery as well as joyousness of living.
100 Things A's Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Susan Slusser
