2026 Adult Summer Reading Booklist - HPL

Join the Haverhill Public Library for our 2026 Adult Summer Reading Program! On this list, you'll find book recommendations that match this year's iRead theme, Plant a Seed, Read. You'll find tons of romance, mystery, and other general fiction books centered around the culinary world. If you're searching for non-fiction, you'll find cookbooks, memoirs, biographies, and more with environmental, gardening, and farm to table themes.

Learn how you can join the summer reading fun at HaverhillPL.org

Updated May 5, 2026
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2026 Adult Summer Reading Booklist - HPL

Join the Haverhill Public Library for our 2026 Adult Summer Reading Program! On this list, you'll find book recommendations that match this year's iRead theme, Plant a Seed, Read. You'll find tons of romance, mystery, and other general fiction books centered around the culinary world. If you're searching for non-fiction, you'll find cookbooks, memoirs, biographies, and more with environmental, gardening, and farm to table themes.

Learn how you can join the summer reading fun at HaverhillPL.org

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Against the currant
Matthews, Olivia
Paper Book
In Olivia Matthews's Against the Currant, the first Spice Isle Bakery Mystery, investigating a murder was never supposed to be on the menu... Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York: Lyndsay Murray is opening Spice Isle Bakery with her family, and it's everything she's...
Arsenic and adobo
Manansala, Mia P.
Paper Book
A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes-one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical...
Be ready when the luck happens : a memoir
Garten, Ina
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten--aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon--shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table....
The container garden recipe book : 57 designs for pots, window boxes, hanging baskets, and more
Williams, Lana (Gardener)
Paper Book
Over 50 step-by-step recipes for stunning outdoor planters of all shapes and sizes, in Artisan's bestselling flower recipe book format. We're taking the Recipe Book series outside! In the Container Garden Recipe Book, Lana Williams of the Oakland-based...
Death by bubble tea
Chow, Jennifer J.
Paper Book
Two cousins who start a food stall at their local night marketget a serving of murderin this first novel of a delicious new cozy mystery series by Jennifer J. Chow, bestselling author of Mimi Lee Gets a Clue. When Yale Yee discovers her cousin Celine is visiting from Hong...
The garden refresh : how to give your yard big impact on a small budget
Holmes, Kier
Paper Book
Grow more, spend less So you want a stylish, healthy, and productive garden that is budget and Earth-friendly? Of course you do. Garden designer Kier Holmes shows you how, in this accessible and spunky guide. She shares everything you need to create a productive and...
The golden spoon : a novel
Maxwell, Jessa
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bake Off kept me turning the pages all night!" --Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author Only Murders in the Building meets The Maid<...
Good husbandry : growing food, love, and family on Essex farm
Kimball, Kristin
Paper Book
From the celebrated author of the beloved bestseller The Dirty Life, a "beguiling memoir about the simple life" (Elle), Kristin Kimball describes the delicious highs and sometimes excruciating lows of life on Essex Farm--a 500-acre farm that produces a full diet for a community of...
Good lookin' cookin' : a year of meals : a lifetime of family, friends, and food
Parton, Dolly
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * You're invited to pull up a chair to a year of meals, friends, and fun with the Partons, as Dolly and her sister (and favorite cook) Rachel share beloved, crowd-pleasing recipes and family stories.   "Hey, good lookin'--what ya got cookin...
The last garden in England
Kelly, Julia
Paper Book
From the author of the bestseller The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes a poignant and unforgettable tale of five women living across three different times whose lives are all connected by one very special garden. Present day: Emma...
Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2022 A Library Reads Pick An Indie Next Pick A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high...
The light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth
Schlanger, Zo
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker's Best Books of 2024 * TIME's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 * New York Magazine's 10 Best Books of the Year * Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 *...
Pride, prejudice, and other flavors : a novel
Dev, Sonali
Paper Book
Award-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco... It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be...
Rosaline Palmer takes the cake
Hall, Alexis J.
Paper Book
Fans of Casey McQuiston, Christina Lauren, and Abby Jimenez will love this scrumptious and sweet romantic comedy from the author of Boyfriend Material. "[Hall] crafts some of the most sparkling prose in contemporary romance ... we give this fully baked concept...
The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world....
Sourdough
Sloan, Robin
Paper Book
From Robin Sloan, the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, comes Sourdough, "a perfect parable for our times" (San Francisco Magazine): a delicious and funny novel about an overworked and under-socialized software engineer...
What I ate in one year : (and related thoughts)
Tucci, Stanley
Paper Book
From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year's worth of meals. "Sharing food is one of the purest human acts." Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's...
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