What is On Your Summer Reading List?

Do you need book recommendations for this summer? The list below offers a variety of novels to choose from. For example, Dell’s Keeper of the Door is a love story about the obstacles and triumphs of relationships and the interactions between the heroine of the story and the “keeper of the door”–a physician who can, but will not, cause death to the sufferers. Or perhaps you are interested in a detective novel. Bonner’s Girl at “Central” describes a telephone operator who helps solve a murder.

This article is featured in July 15, 1916 Perth Amboy Evening News.

"25 of the Best Novels at the Public Library" provides a sample list of books recommended by a local librarian.

Believe it or not there was a time when New Jersey was known for its good roads. The article below, featured in July 1, 1916 Perth Amboy Evening News, recommends books on asphalt paving, which was a relatively new innovation at the time, and highway engineering.

"Information on 'Good Roads' At the Library" provides information on asphalt paving, construction, and highway engineering.

Do any of the books listed spark your interest?

(Contributed by Kristi Chanda)

Source:

Dell, E. M. E. M. (1954). By request: the love story of Noel and Peggy from “The keeper of the door” written by request of some of my readers. Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/Keeper-Door-Ethel-M-Dell/dp/1535310081.

You can listen to a recording of Bonner’s Girl At “Central” free, open access in the website listed below!

Librivox. (n.d.). Librivox. Retrieved from https://librivox.org/the-girl-at-central-by-geraldine-bonner/

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