Maine Reads

Summer in Maine – what a great time to read a book about Maine, written by an author who was born here, lived here, or has spent summers here. From June 15 – August 21, read as many of the books on this list as you can, and for each book you read, enter a drawing for a gift certificate at The Fertile Mind Bookshop.

Amos, Diane Outlaw Hearts FIC AMO

Bonnie, Fred Too Hot & Other Maine Stories FIC BON

Bryers, Paul The Prayer of the Bone FIC BRY

Carey, Lisa In the Country of the Young FIC CAR

Carpenter, William Wooden Nickel FIC CAR

Carroll, Gladys Hasty The Light Here Kindled FIC CAR

Chase, Mary Ellen Silas Crockett FIC CHA

Chute, Carolyn The School on Heart’s Content Road FIC CHU

Clark, William S. Hills of Maine FIC CLA

Coatsworth, Elizabeth Mountain Bride FIC COA

Colwell, Miriam Contentment Cove FIC COL

Connolly, John Bad Men FIC CON (PBK)

Coomer, Joe Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God FIC COO

Cooney, Ellen Gun Ball Hill FIC COO

Copeland, Lori The Island of Heavenly Daze FIC COP

Cummings, Rebecca Kaisa Kilponen FIC CUM

Demarco, Tom Dark Harbor House FIC DEM

Deveraux, Jude The Summerhouse FIC DEV

Fahy, Christopher Limerock FIC FAH

Fairfield, Roy Amanda’s Cove FIC FAI

Fickett, David Nectar FIC FIC

Gautreau, Norman Sea Room FIC GAU

Gilbert, Elizabeth Stern Men FIC GIL

Gould, John No Other Place FIC GOU

Hand, Elizabeth Generation Loss FIC HAN

Hawthorne, Nathaniel Fanshawe 813 HAW

Jewett, Sarah Orne Deephaven FIC JEW

King, Owen We’re All in This Together FIC KIN

King Tabitha One-on-One FIC KIN

Kline, Christina Baker Desire Lines FIC KLI

Knickerbocker, Charles Summer Doctor FIC KNI

Knowles, Ardeana Pink Chimneys FIC KNO

Landay, William Mission Flats FIC LAN

Langan, Sarah The Keeper FIC LAN (PBK)

Martin, Sarah Beth The One True Ocean FIC MAR

McLane, Charles Red Right Returning FIC MCL

Moore, Ruth Speak to the Winds FIC MOO

Ogilvie, Elisabeth High Tide at Noon FIC OGI

Pelletier, Cathie The Weight of Winter FIC PEL

Phippen, Sanford People Trying to Be Good FIC PHI

Preston, Douglas Riptide FIC PRE

Reid, Van Fiddler’s Green FIC REI

Roberts, Kenneth Arundel FIC ROB

Robinson, Lewis Water Dogs FIC ROB

Robinson, Roxana Cost FIC ROB

Russo, Richard The Whore’s Child and other Stories FIC RUS

Scott, Peter Something In the Water FIC SCO

Shetterly, Susan Hand The Tinker of Salt Cove FIC SHE

Siddons, Ann Rivers Colony FIC SID

Stephens, C.A. Sailing on the Ice FIC STE

Strout, Elizabeth Abide With Me FIC STR

Thayer, Cynthia A Brief Lunacy FIC THA

Turner, Philip I Am General Eaton FIC TUR

Williams, Ben Ames Come Spring FIC WIL

Wilson, Robley The Victim’s Daughter FIC WIL

Wood, Monica Ernie’s Ark FIC WOO

Wood, Sally Tales of the Night FIC WOO

Wuori, G.K. Nude in Tub: Stories of Quillfarkeag, Maine 813.54 WUO

Blanchard, Alice Darkness Peering MYS BLA (PBK)

Borthwick, J.S. The Down East Murders MYS BOR (PBK)

Boyle, Gerry Deadline MYS BOY, MYS BOY (PBK)

Clark, A. Carmen The Maine Mulch Murder MYS CLA

Coursen, H.R. Murder Under the Pines MYS COU

Crossman, D.A. Dead of Winter MYS CRO

Emerson, Kathy Lynn Deadlier than the Pen MYS EME

Erwin, Page Bloodsport at Hiram Bog MYS ERW

Flora, Kate Playing God MYS FLO

Graves, Sarah Dead Cat Bounce MYS GRA (PBK)

Greenlaw, Linda Slipknot MYS GRE

Hanstein, Woody Not Proven MYS HAN

Kenney, Susan Graves in Academe MYS KEN

Kimball, Michael Mouth to Mouth MYS KIM

King, Stephen The Colorado Kid MYS KIN (PBK), CD KIN

MacInerney, Karen Murder Most Maine MYS MAC

MacLeod, Charlotte Something in the Water MYS MCL

Morison, B.J. Beer and Skittles MYS MOR

Oliver, Teagan Obsidian MYS OLI

Page, Katherine Hall The Body in the Kelp MYS PAG (PBK)

Saum, Karen I Never Read Thoreau MYS SAU

Van De Wetering, Jan The Maine Massacre MYS VAN, CAS VAN

Wait, Lea Shadows on the Coast of Maine MYS WAI, MYS WAI (PBK)

Beam, Lura A Maine Hamlet 917.41 BEA

Beston, Henry Northern Farm 630.1 BES, LT 630.1 BES

Braestrup, Kate Here if You Need Me B BRA

Corson, Trevor The Secret Life of Lobsters 595.384 COR

Hanna, Thomas Shoutin’ into the Fog 974.185 HAN

Kennedy, Kate More Than Petticoats 920.72 KEN

Loxterkamp, David A Measure of My Days 610 LOX

MacDougall, Pauleena The Penobscot Dance of Resistance 974.004 MAC

Moore, James Human Sacrifice 364.152 MOO

Nelson, James L. George Washington’s Secret Navy 973.35 NEL

Shulman, Alix Kates Drinking the Rain B SHU

Wilson, Dorothy Clark The Big-Little World of Doc Pritham B PRI

Contemporary Maine Fiction FIC CON

The Eloquent Edge 810.8 ELO

The Maine Reader 810.8 MAI

Maine Speaks 810.8 MAI

A Place on Water 508.741 KIM

The Way Life Should Be FIC WAY

White Pine and Blue Water 810.8 WHI

On Wilderness: Voices from Maine 508.741 ONW