August Book Recommendations - 2013

Update your summer reading list with these new recommendations that are perfect for the lazy, hot days of August. Browse our subscriptions for children , men and women to find fun and unique summer gifts.


August Book Recommendations

Children’s Book Recommendations

For Ages 2 to 5
Pomelo's Opposites ( Pomelo the Garden Elephant ) by Ramona Badescu

Part of our Educational Picture Books Age 2-5 collection.
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For Ages 5 to 8
Cousin Irv from Mars by Bruce Eric Kaplan

Part of our Laugh Out Loud Age 5-8 collection.
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For Ages 8 to 10
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

Part of our Page Turners Age 8-10 collection.
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For Ages 10 to 12
Romeo Blue by Phoebe Stone

Part of our Historical Fiction Age 10-12 collection.
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For Ages 12 to 14
Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper

Part of our Historical Fiction Age 12-14 collection.
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Teen Book Recommendations

For Teen Girls
The Whole Stupid Way We Are by N Griffin

Part of our Great New Fiction for Teens collection.
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For Teen Boys
September Girls by Bennett Madison

Part of our Fiction for Teen Boys collection.
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Adult Book Recommendations

For Women
The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel

Part of our Favorites for Women collection.
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For Men
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw

Part of our Fiction for Men collection.
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For Fiction Fans
The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan

Part of our Great New Hardcover Fiction collection.
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For Nonfiction Fans
Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century by Orville Schell

Part of our Great New Hardcover Nonfiction collection.
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For Couples
River Cottage Veg: 200 Inspired Vegetable Recipes by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Part of our Cooking & Entertaining collection.
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For Mystery Fans
Unseen by Karin Slaughter

Part of our Mysteries & Thrillers collection.
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Family Book Recommendations

Family Activities
Dozens of Cousins by Shutta Crum

Part of our Read Aloud Ages 4-8 collection.
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Family Reads
Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan

Part of our Parent & Teen Hardcover Fiction collection.
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