Voting with their library cards, New Yorkers have picked out the most popular summer reads—the 10 books most frequently checked out from the New York Public Library between June 1 and August 31. This list includes print books from collections in NYPL’s 92 branches, spread all across the city.

And if you’re among the busy summer readers who’ve already gotten through all the titles on this list, here are some suggestions for other books you might enjoy. Happy almost-fall!

#1 For readers who enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, more suspense novels told from multiple perspectives:

And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Son by Jo Nesbø

#2 For readers who enjoyed Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, more Southern Gothic fiction:

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash

The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor

#3 For readers who enjoyed Truth or Die by James Patterson, the 2015 RUSA shortlist in the Adrenaline category:

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

The Runner by Patrick Lee

Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta

#4 For readers who enjoyed In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume, more intergenerational novels:

Panic in a Suitcase by Yelena Akhtiorskaya

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Married Love and Other Stories by Tessa Hadley

#5 For readers who enjoyed Grey by E.L. James, more novels about sexual dominance and submission:

The Submissive by Tara Sue Me

Bared to You by Sylvia Day

Beautiful Oblivion by Jamie McGuire

#6 For readers who enjoyed 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, more women detectives:

Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman

#7 For readers who enjoyed Country by Danielle Steel, more romances featuring country musicians:

Small Town Girl by LaVyrle Spencer

Sweet Harmony by LuAnn McLane

Hillbilly Rockstar by Lorelai James

#8 For readers who enjoyed Memory Man by David Baldacci, more mysteries dealing with memory:

Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Lost by Michael Robotham

#9 For readers who enjoyed All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, more titles with blind protagonists:

Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow

How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall

What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

#10 For readers who enjoyed The Stranger by Harlan Coben, more fast-paced techno-thrillers:

Ripper by Isabel Allende

A Philosophical Investigation by Philip Kerr

Spiral by Paul McEuen

 

Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your picks, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend.

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