Summer 2009

Discover the best books of Summer 2009 with our curated list of top reads. Find your next favorite novel, thriller, or beach read from this must-have 2009 summer collection.

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Choke

by Chuck Palahniuk

Victor Mancini's a medical school dropout with a problem. He needs to pay for elder care for his mother, who's got Alzheimer's. So he comes …
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Speaker for the Dead

 

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The Testament

by John Grisham

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just …
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Velocity

by Dean Ray Koontz

A series of communications from a deranged killer in which he is offered a number of devastating choices and deadlines draws Bill Wiles into a …
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See Delphi and Die

by Lindsey Davis

Now married to his beloved Helena Justina, Marcus Didius Falco is hired to take on a murder investigation that will require him and Helena to …
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The good guy

 

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Life Expectancy

by Dean Ray Koontz

A dying man's clairvoyant prophesies about his grandson, Jimmy Tock, reveal five terrifying and horrific events, occuring on five different days at different periods in …
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Intensity

by Dean Ray Koontz

The sole survivor of a homicidal sociopath's latest killing spree, Chyna Shepherd unwittingly discovers the identity of the murderer's intended next victim and confronts her …
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Junot DĂ­az

Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine …
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Child 44

 

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Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

Three children on a holiday in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest for a grail that would reveal the …
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The Secret Speech

by Tom Rob Smith

A new thriller set in the turmoil and upheaval of the post-Stalinist Soviet Union follows former state security officer Leo Demidov as he strives to …
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The Strain

by Guillermo Del Toro

The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying …
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a …
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1)

 

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City of Thieves

by David Benioff

Documenting his grandparents' experiences during the siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he tried to …
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Congo

 

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Sphere

by Michael Crichton

"A page-turner...Chichton's writing is cinematic, with powerful visual images and nonstop action. This book should come with hot buttered popcorn." NEWSWEEK A group of American …
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The Spiderwick Chronicles (Boxed Set)

by Holly Black

It all started with a mysterious letter left at a tiny bookstore for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Its closing lines: "We just want …
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Artemis Fowl The Arctic Incident

by Eoin Colfer

Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he suddenly receives an urgent video-email from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who …
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard

 

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It

by Stephen King

A group of teenagers stumbles upon an evil force that will eventually draw them all back to Derry, Maine, for a final showdown. Reissue.
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