Where will your summer reading take you?

At the New Canaan Library we love to recommend summer reading for adults. This summer we have two ways that we can help you find great summer reads: one is through our series "The Well-Read Traveler" and the other is a new set of brochures called "Read...Read Again".

The Well Read Traveler suggests books appropriate to your summer destinations. You can start reading before you go, and put yourself in the mindset of your destination just through reading some great fiction, mystery, or suggested non-fiction. Destinations that we have lists for are: London, Paris, Italy, China, India, Tropical Island Destinations, Cape Cod and the Islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Florida, Vermont, and the American Southwest.

Look for the Well Read Traveler Series, because the right book will enhance the journey! And of course if we don't have your destination covered (it's a big world out there!) ask a Librarian. We will be glad to make reading recommendations that are right for wherever your summer reading wants to go!

Read...Read Again is a series of brochures that will encourage you to revisit the classic literature of the past. After all, some books deserve a second look!

We have lists for Classic Mystery and Detective Fiction, Nineteenth Century Literature, Early Twentieth Century Literature, and Postwar Fiction.

Some of the titles listed may be familiar to you, and others may be new to you. We encourage you to go Beyond the Best Seller List by revisiting these books that have withstood the test of time.

Every few years I reread Jane Austen and F.Scott Fitzgerald classics. While I was compiling the Read ...Read Again lists I remembered reading Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio in college. I plan to reread that one this summer.

So wherever your travels...and travel reading...takes you this summer, use your Library and get the best of summer reading from us!