For most of us, summer is the time to catch up on good reads, whether on the beach or the in sunny comfort of our own backyards. If you’re looking for a great place to begin, the members of One Book of Rutherford County has created a list of their favorite titles to share with readers.

One Book Summer Reading List 2013

The 100 –year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson

1356, Bernard Cornwellrich

The Age of Desire, Jennie Fields

The Anti-Romantic Child, Priscilla Gilman

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution, Holly Tucker

Bossy Pants, Tina Fey

Brain on Fire, Susannah Cahalan

Defending Jacob, William Landay

Digging to American, Anne Tyler

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King

Blue Asylum, Kathy Hepinstall

Emma Jean's Bad Behavior, Charlotte Rains Dixon

The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson

Half-Broke Horses, Jeanette Walls

Help, Thanks, Wow, Anne Lamott

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros

Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn

Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon

Looking for Alaska, John Greene

The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles), Patrick Rothfuss

Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
A Question of Freedom, R. Dwayne Betts

Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward

The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Turn of Mind, Alice LaPlante

While promotions for the 2012 One Book title, “The Fault in Our Stars,” will continue through the summer, the committee is well on their way to reading for a 2013 title. One Book invites readers to join them in the search for the 2013 book choice to be announced this fall.

Community members can participate in the search by taking the One Book online survey to give feedback and ideas. A random drawing will be held July 31, and two lucky participants will receive a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble for their comments. Readers can find the survey at http://bit.ly/OBSurvey13. Readers can also follow the One Book conversation on Facebook at Facebook.com/OneBookRutherford.

What is One Book?

One Book is an initiative of Read To Succeed that invites - and challenges - residents of Rutherford County, Tennessee to read a selected book. Read To Succeed is the community literacy collaborative in Rutherford County to promote reading, with an emphasis on family literacy. RTS supports literacy programs and fosters awareness of the importance of reading.