What is a “Summer Sizzler”

A summer sizzler is an engaging book that is a quick enough read that you can finish most of it on the beach before your sunscreen wears off. Here are some reading suggestions for new releases and past “sizzlers.”

Try a Summer 2010 New Release

Think of a Number by John Verdon (thriller)
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares (time travel fiction)
Crashers by Dana Haynes (thriller)
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory (historical fiction)
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (non Fiction)
Wanna Get Lucky by Deborah Coonts (mystery)
Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie (contemporary fiction/romance)
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (fantasy)
They’re Watching by Gregg Hurwitz (thriller)
Seven Year Itch by Claire Cook (women’s fiction)
Stay by Allie Larkin (contemporary fiction)
Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James (thriller/YA)
Thin, Rich, Pretty by Beth Harbison (contemporary fiction)
Captive Queen by Alison Weir (historical fiction)
Last Dog on the Hill by Steve Duno (dog memoir)

Past Years
Deborah Smith
The Little Sleep & No Sleep Until Wonderland by Paul Tremblay
The Song Reader & The Promised World by Lisa Tucker
Pieces of Sky & Open Country by Kaki Warner
C. J. Box
Luanne Rice
Meg Cabot
Lisa Scottoline
Ladies With Options & Ladies With Prospects by Cynthia Hartwick
Lee Child
Anya Seton
Tess Gerritsen
Carl Hiaasen
Elizabeth Adler
Julie Kramer
Naomi Novik
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
Outtakes from a Marriage by Ann Leary
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen