Books for Break

Are you looking for a good book to read over break? Before you  head off campus, stop by the library and borrow a book from our new books collection in Rockefeller Hall. Bestsellers, award winners, fiction, and non-fiction, the collection has something to appeal to all types of readers.

Don’t see what you’re looking for?  Feel free to peruse the paperbacks or childrens’ books in the Periodicals Room or wander up to the third floor to survey the multitude of options in the fiction and audiobooks sections.

To start you off with some suggestions, here’s a selection of titles that are currently the most borrowed in U.S. Libraries (Library Journal, Feb. 15, 2013).

Fiction Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn. Racketeer, John Grisham. The Black Box, Michael Connelly. Non-fiction Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed. Proof of Heaven, Eben Alexander ’72. Quiet: The Power of Introverts, Susan Cain.

See more from U.S. Libraries’ Most Borrowed on Good Reads.

If you’re looking for something that appeals to both young and adult readers, check out this selection of Alex Award Winners available at the library.

Caring is Creepy, David Zimmerman Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan Pure, Juliana Baggott The Round House, Louise Erdrich Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple Talk-Funny Girl, Roland Merullo ’71.

You might notice that a couple of PEA alums (Merullo ’71 and Alexander ’72) appear on both lists.