Good Summer Reading 2010 List

Anthony Doerr's Picks

• The Lonely Polygamist, by Brady Udall
• Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel, by Gary Shteyngart
• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender
• State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey
• Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada
• Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, by Steve Almond
• Insectopedia, by Hugh Raffles
• The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson
• For young adults: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick

IdahoPTV Staff Picks

• Marcia: A Single Square Picture, by Katy Robinson
• Joan: The Brain that Changes Itself, by Norman Doidge
• Ron: The Big Burn, by Tim Egan.
• Kevin: Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen
• Cassandra: Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
• Melanie: Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Rick: Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides

Viewers' Picks

• Marilyn: Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson
• Margaret: Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James
• Kim: Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, by Fannie Flagg
• Kelsey: Everything I Want to Do is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front, by Joel Salatin.
• Monica: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver
• Sue: Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Cec: Little Bee, by Chris Cleave.
• Jeff: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett.
• Fran: Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis, by Rosalynn Carter
• Sarah: Ornament of the World, Maria Rosa Menocal
• Georgia: Lake Overturn, by Vestal McIntyre.
• Janna: Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry
• Diane: A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
• Scott: The Black Minutes, by Martin Solares