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Summer Reading 2017

All summer long, we at Bookreporter.com have been sharing some great summer book picks with our Summer Reading Feature. While our series of 24-hour contests have ended, we encourage you to take a look at our featured titles for some sizzling summer reading ideas.

Best Books for Dad 2017

Father’s Day is a time to celebrate the men in our lives who have raised and loved us. Why not show him your appreciation by inspiring him with a great book? We have 12 titles that are perfect gift-giving suggestions for Dad, keeping him busy through the rest of the year.

Congratulations to the five winners of our 12th Annual Father’s Day Contest! Each winner received a prize package that includes all of the titles in this year’s feature.

May 2016

May's roundup of History titles includes FIVE PRESIDENTS, in which Secret Service agent Clint Hill reflects on his 17 years protecting the most powerful office in the nation, walking alongside Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford; VALIANT AMBITION by Nathaniel Philbrick, a surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution, and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold; THE ROMANOVS: 1613-1918, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s gripping chronicle that reveals the secret world of the Romanovs' unlimited power and ruthless empire-building; PAPER, Mark Kurlansky's definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today’s world; and DRIVE!, a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile from Lawrence Goldstone, who tells the fascinating story of how the internal combustion engine, a “theory looking for an application,” evolved into an innovation that would change history.

Week of May 15, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of May 15th include THE VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS, an enthralling collection of nonfiction essays from Neil Gaiman on a myriad of topics --- from art and artists to dreams, myths and memories; THE WRONG SIDE OF GOODBYE by Michael Connelly, the 19th thriller starring Detective Harry Bosch, who must track down someone who may never have existed; THE CITY OF MIRRORS, the breaktaking finale of the Passage Trilogy that finds Justin Cronin’s band of hardened survivors awaiting the second coming of unspeakable darkness; and Lesley M. M. Blume's EVERYBODY BEHAVES BADLY, which tells the full story behind Ernest Hemingway’s legendary rise for the first time, revealing how he created his own image as the bull-fighting aficionado, hard-drinking literary genius and expatriate bon vivant.

Summer Reading 2017: May Prize Books

Summer will be here before you know it! At Bookreporter.com, this means it's time for us to share some great summer book picks with our Summer Reading Contests and Feature. We will be hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days through August 24th, so you will have to check the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter to win.