Summer Book Recommendations from Scarsdale Readers

Looking for a summer read? We’ve got some suggestions– and below these find the list of the most borrowed print books, audiobooks and e-books from the Scarsdale Library.

Take a look below and send us your additions to the list in the comments section below.

Here are a few recommendations:

The Doorman - by Chris Pavone. New Yorkers’ are sure to recognize some type they know in this thriller, filled with upper class residents of an iconic Upper West Side apartment building and the doormen, drivers, nannies and assistants who serve them. Bookshop.com calls this “A pulse-pounding novel of class, privilege, sex, and murder.”

There Are Rivers in the Sky – by Elif Shafak – A complex novel that time travels from ancient Nineveh, to Charles Dickens London, and modern day Turkey, weaving together a tale connected by a single drop of water. Shafak, a Booker Prize finalist is a masterful storyteller.

The Names – by Florence Knapp, “explores the painful ripple effects of domestic abuse, the messy ties of family, and the possibilities of autonomy and healing.” Ann Napolitano, author of “Hello Beautiful,” calls the Names “a truly gorgeous, heart-opening novel. I couldn’t put it down. What a wonderful book.”

Broken Country – by Claire Leslie Hall. I was swept away by this mystery about a love triangle in Dorset, England and did not want to hit pause on the audio. Reese Witherspoon had this to say about this captivating novel: “Broken Country is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives…but it’s also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming.”

These Summer Storms – Sarah MacLean: “Sarah MacLean’s first foray into contemporary fiction, with a sharp, sexy novel about a wealthy New England family's long-overdue reckoning with hidden desires, destructive secrets…and one week that threatens to tear them apart.”

Three Days in June – Anne Tyler. “A socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding. Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph for the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer at the height of her powers.”

And here’s what the library reports you are reading:

Most Borrowed Items at Scarsdale Library for 2025, so far…

Top Audiobooks

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

The Heiress : a novel by Rachel Hawkins

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

How to sleep at night : a novel by Elizabeth Harris

Resurrection walk by Michael Connelly

The Hunter : a novel by Tana French

Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

The personal librarian by Marie Benedict

By any other name by Jodi Picoult

Pick-up by Nora Dahlia

Top Print Books

Long Island : a novel by Colm Toibin

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Camino Ghosts by James Patterson

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness by Jonathan Haidt

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

James by Percival Everett

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

The Blue Hour: by Paula Hawkins

Top Ebooks and eAudiobooks

All Fours by Miranda July

Broken Country by Leslie Claire Hall

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

Audition by Katie Kitamura

James by Percival Everett

Careless People by Sarah Wynn Williams

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Table for Two by Amor Towles

Happy reading –- and please share your book suggestions in the comments section below.