Dog Days of Summer

The "dog days of summer" refer to the hottest, most humid, and uncomfortable part of summer, usually lasting from early July to mid-August. Historically, this period (roughly July 3 to August 11) was linked to the heliacal rising of the "Dog Star" (Sirius), which ancient Greeks/Romans believed added to the sun's heat, causing drought and sluggishness. This list is a fiction books about dogs.

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Dog Days of Summer

The "dog days of summer" refer to the hottest, most humid, and uncomfortable part of summer, usually lasting from early July to mid-August. Historically, this period (roughly July 3 to August 11) was linked to the heliacal rising of the "Dog Star" (Sirius), which ancient Greeks/Romans believed added to the sun's heat, causing drought and sluggishness. This list is a fiction books about dogs.

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A dog in Georgia : a novel
Grodstein, Lauren
Paper Book
In this beautiful story of connection and self-reflection, a missing dog in Georgia sets Amy Webb on an adventure away from her tumultuous marriage and towards a journey of self-discovery and joy.  Amy Webb is a chef. Or rather, she was a chef.  Somewhere...
No one would do what the Lamberts have done : a novel
Hannah, Sophie
Paper Book
The twistiest murder mystery you are ever likely to read? A story about a family that does the unthinkable? Both? Or something else altogether? You think it will never happen to you. The doorbell. The policeman. The words that turn your world inside out: I'm afraid there's...
The Orchard
Heller, Peter
Paper Book
Peter Heller's masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past. Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains....
The hitch : a novel
Levine, Sara
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Pick * A People Best Book of the Month * An NPR Book of the Day "Winningly zany . . . [Levine's] commitment to boinging around the loopy little world she's built is total. Only a killjoy would refuse to join her."--...
Dying cry
Mizushima, Margaret
Paper Book
Newlyweds Mattie and Cole Walker are teaching Cole's daughters how to snowshoe in a remote canyon when a shattering scream pierces the air. They know that somewhere ahead, someone has been injured or worse. Cole takes the girls while Mattie and Robo go deeper into the canyon to search for the source...
How to age disgracefully
Pooley, Clare
Paper Book
"An uproarious romp!" --People "Pooley weaves together the most cleverly flawed and lovable characters and then sets them free to prove that we are limitless at any age." --Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Summer Romance A senior citizens' center and...
A farewell to arfs
Quinn, Spencer
Paper Book
Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" (Boston Globe) and his human partner PI Bernie Little are on to a new case, and this time they're entangled in a web of crime unlike anything they've ever seen before. Their elderly next door neighbor, Mr....
When the cranes fly south : a novel
Ridzén, Lisa
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD * A profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man's attempts to mend his relationship with his son before it's too late: an emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, dogs, and atonement that is already an...
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