40 Below Reading List
Summer may be nearing an end but there's still time to squeeze in a few of these recommended reads. 40 Below members submitted their favorite fiction, nonfiction, career and hobby books. Special thanks to the Peter White Public Library for providing call number information for most of the titles so they can be quickly located through the Peter White Public Library, Inter Library Loan (ILL) or MI Electronic Library (MELCAT). View the full list of titles and call numbers here.
ADULT FICTION
South of Superior by Ellen Airgood
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Z a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
Strange But True by John Searles
NEW ADULT FICTION
The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
ADULT NONFICTION
The Defining Decade by Meg Jay
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Buddhist Boot Camp by Timber Hawkeye
Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Knowing Your Value by Mika Brzezinski
20th Century Photography by Museum Ludwig
The Complete Guide to Black & White Digital Photography by Michael Freeman
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcom X
The Diary of Anne Frank by Ann Frank
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach
No Easy Day by Mark Owen
Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff
Working with You is Killing Me by Katherine Crowley, Kathi Elster
Eames: Beautiful Details by Eames Demetrios
ADULT BOOK ON CD
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
TEEN FICTION
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Walker Evans: Photographer of America by Thomas Nau
AVAILABLE THROUGH INTER LIBRARY LOAN (ILL)
Wanderlust: A Love Affair with Five Continents by Elizabeth Eaves
Hunger Point by Jillian Medoff
Looking at Architecture by G.E. Kidder Smith
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Robust Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon
Ghost Stories Of Michigan by Dan Asfar
American Wife by Taya Kyle
Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color by Eiseman/Recker
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
AVAILABLE THROUGH MICHIGAN ELECTRONIC LIBRARY (MELCAT)
Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook by Thug Kitchen
Ballsy: 99 Ways to Grow a Bigger Pair and Score Extreme Business Success by Karen Salmansohn
What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman