Iowa City library staff suggests summer reads

Many readers anxiously await new titles released this time of year. Others tackle classics or revisit old favorites.

I asked the Iowa City Public Library staff: “What books are you looking forward to reading this summer?”

Here are their answers:

Children's Services Assistant Casey Lambert: “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner. “It is one of my all-time favorites that seems to grow and change with every reading.” She also wants to explore some Virginia Woolf: “I'll start with ‘The Waves,' because I have heard good things and have not read anything by her in years.”

Adult Services Coordinator Maeve Clark: “The Redeemer” by Jo Nesbo: “He is one of the dark Scandinavian mystery authors that write such evocative prose that feel like you are right in the middle of the action.”

Bond Drager, IT services assistant: Joe Hill's “NOS4A2.” Drager just finished his other book, “Horns,” and really liked it: “‘Horns' is a great summer book - a fast read with a lot of interesting characters and horror/modern fantasy elements.” Hill came to the library to speak recently and his talk is available online at the library website.

Library Director Susan Craig: The fourth in a mystery series by Imogen Robertson called “Circle of Shadows.” “One review calls these books a cross between Anne Perry and Tess Gerritsen. They are set in late 18th century England and feature Harriet Westerman, the unconventional wife of a sea captain and reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther.”

These books are available at the library in many formats, including regular print, large print, book on disc, eBook and eAudiobook.

Brian Visser is the young adult librarian at the Iowa City Public Library.