Blind date with a book ended on March 31st. I thought I would share some statistics and a reading list of participating titles, so that you can continue to find something good to read.
The category with the most books checked out was: Picture Books 21 Books!
The category with every recommended book checked out was: Romance
The surprisingly successful category was: Fantasy/Adventure 10 Books!
The categories that were popular as expected were: Fiction 11 Books and Mystery 10 Books
Young Reader books were new this year and did very well: 10 Books!
The Categories that I really though would do better: Historical Fiction and Teen 8 Books total
Number of books checked out for the length of Blind Date With a Book : 80 – that was more than last year and the event ran two months less!
We hope you enjoyed all the fun. Here are the lists of the participating books by category to keep you reading all summer.
Teen
| A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray |
| Carry On by Rainbow Rowell |
| City of Bones by Cassandra Claire |
| Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell |
| Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue By Mackenzie Lee |
| Gravemaidens by Kelly Coon |
| Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larsen |
| Inkheart by Cornelia Funke |
| Lovely War by Julie Berry |
| Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth (originally from Miles City) |
| Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard |
| Speak by Laura Halse Anderson |
| Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco |
| The Cruel Prince by Holly Black |
| The Fault in Our Stars by John Green |
| The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes |
| The Selection by Kiera Cass |
| Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas |
| Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck |
Fantasy/Adventure
| Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse |
| Dark Matter by Blake Crouch |
| Deal With the Devil by Kit Rocha |
| End of Watch by Stephen King |
| Finders Keepers by Stephen King |
| Game of Thrones by George R R Martin |
| Gods of Jade and Shadow by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia |
| Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill |
| Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher |
| House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune |
| Jennifer Government by Max Barry |
| Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey |
| Laurentine Spy by Emily Gee |
| Mister Mercedes by Stephen King |
| Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman |
| Ready Player One by Ernest Cline |
| Recursion by Blake Crouch |
| Red Leopard Black Wolf by Marlon James |
| Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel |
| The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem |
| The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| The Fireman by Joe Hill |
| The Plague Tales by Ann Benson |
| The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon |
| The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern |
| Tropic of Night by Michael Gruber |
Fiction
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith |
| Country by Danielle Steel |
| Crossings by Alex Landragin |
| Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes |
| Fall Back Down When I Die by Joe Wilkins |
| Good Son by Michael Gruber |
| Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar |
| I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark |
| Jackie and Maria by Gill Paul |
| March by Geraldine Brooks |
| Memorial by Bryan Washington |
| Moloka’I by Alan Brennert |
| New Wilderness by Diane Cook |
| No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole |
| Run Away by Harlan Coben |
| Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan |
| Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart |
| Survivor Song by Paul G Tremblay |
| Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley |
| The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak |
| The End of October by Lawrence Wright |
| The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood |
| The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall |
| The Need by Helen Phillips |
| The Night Watchman by Louise Erdich |
| The River by Beverly Lewis |
| The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wrowblewski |
| We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter |
| Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand |
Historical Fiction
| A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabelle Allende |
| Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi |
| In the Shadow of Denali by Kimberly Woodhouse |
| Outlander by Diana Gabaldon |
| Patty Jane’s House of Curl by Lorna Landvik |
| Roma by Stephen Saylor |
| The Alienist by Caleb Carr |
| The Promise of Dawn by Lauraine Snelling |
| The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donohue |
| The Sea Before Us by Sara Sundin |
| The Terror by Dan Simmons |
| What Once Was Lost by Kim Vogel Sawyer |
| With You Always by Jody Hedlund |
Picture Books
| A Boy, a Horse, a Fox and a Mole by Charlie Mackesy |
| A Girafffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein |
| Ananzi and the Magic Stick by Eric Kimmel |
| Are You Eating Candy Without Me by Draga Jenny Malesevic |
| Bark George by Jules Ffeifer |
| Bess the Barn Stands Strong by Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia |
| Carnivores by Aaron Reynolds |
| Chapter 2 Is Missing by Josh Lieb |
| Click Clack Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin |
| Crickwing by Janelle Cannon |
| Duck and Penguin Are Not Friends Julia Woolf |
| East of the Sun West of the Moon by Marianna Mayer |
| Friday Night Wrestlefest by JF Fox |
| Giraffe Problems by Jory John |
| Help Wanted Must Love Books by Janet Sumner Johnson |
| Jules Vs the Ocean by Jessie Sima |
| Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes |
| Little Bo by Julie Andrews Edwards |
| Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley |
| Olivia by Ian Falconer |
| Olivia the Spy by Ian Flaconer |
| Shark vs Train by Chris Barton |
| Skippyjon Jones by Judith Schachner |
| Someone New by Jill Twiss |
| Sulwe by Lupita Nyongo |
| There’s an Alligator Under the Bed by Mercer Mayer |
| The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Noble |
| Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis |
| What to Do With a String by Jane Yolen |
| Wild Symphony by Dan Brown |
Young Reader
| Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix |
| Amulet #1 by Kazu Kibuishi |
| Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer |
| Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi |
| Bunnicula by James Howe |
| Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet |
| Cleopatra VII Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory |
| Leon and the Spitting Image by Allen Kurzweil |
| Magician’s Apprentice by Kate DiCamillo |
| Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy |
| The House of Secrets by Chris Columbus |
| The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary |
| The Name of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch |
| The Unteachables by Gordon Korman |
| They Called us Enemy by George Takei |
| Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke |
| True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi |
Mystery
| A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas |
| Big Picture by douglas Kennedy |
| Death Comes to Pemberly by PD James |
| Devil and Dark Water by Stuart Turton |
| Garden of the Beasts by Jeffrey Deaver |
| Harvest by Tess Gerritsen |
| Non-FictionMurder in Old Bombay by Nev March |
| Out of Time by David Klass |
| Piranesi by Susanna Clarke |
| The Boy from the Woods by Harlen Coben |
| The Guest List by Lucy Foley |
| The Husband’s Secret by Lianne Moriarty |
| The Invitation by Lucy Foley |
| Agatha Christie’s The Killings at Kingfisher Hall by Sophie Hannah |
Non-Fiction
| A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer |
| All Creatures Great and Small by james Herriot |
| Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly |
| Home Body by Rupi Kaur |
| Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh |
| Mary Fields by James A Franks |
| Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca |
| None to Give Away by Elsie doig Townsend |
| Reflection of a Country Doctor by Jimmie Ashcraft |
| She Come by It Natural by Sarah Smarsh |
| The Book Collectors by Delphine Minoui |
| The Devil in the White City by Eric Larsen |
| The Feather Thief by Kirk W Johnson |
| The Yellow House by Sarah M Broom |
| Tombstone by Tom Clavin |
| Tough Times Strong Women by Mike Beno |
| Unbroken by Lauren Hilderbrand |
| Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman |
Romance
| After by Anna Todd |
| Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall |
| No Offense by Meg Cabot |
| Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston |