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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Antiques foe
Allan, Barbara
Paper Book
Eccentric antiques dealer and amateur sleuth Vivian Borne finds herself in jail - again! - when a podcast star is found dead in her hotel room in this new Trash 'n' Treasures cozy mystery - "one of the funniest cozy series going" (Ellery Queen Magazine)When popular podcaster Nicole Chatterton wants...
You're my home
Burns, Debbie (Romance author)
Paper Book
Coming home will always give you a second chance... When Riley Leighton and Levi Duncan finally meet again, the chemistry between them is as hot as ever. But as much as Levi has missed Riley all these years, he still remembers the heartbreak when she left him the first time... ...
Housebroke
Burton, Jaci
Paper Book
A millionaire and a woman who thinks he's a house flipper are stuck living in a house together with a menagerie of rescue dogs as roommates, in this heartfelt romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton. After her ex took all their money and bailed,...
Deadly Trade
Driscoll, Sara
Paper Book
FBI K-9 handler Meg Jennings can never walk away from her job, even amid her Hawaiian Islands honeymoon, where she and her search-and-rescue black Lab encounter a double threat from wildlife poachers and Mother Nature. After a difficult assignment and the excitement of her...
Summit's edge
Driscoll, Sara
Paper Book
FBI handler Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner, Hawk, vie to rescue plane crash survivors from a Colorado mountain-and contend with a hijacker determined to stop them. For fans of harder-edged crime fiction by authors like Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot, Iris Johansen, and Robert Crais.
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...
Dogs and monsters : stories
Haddon, Mark
Paper Book
From the "terrifyingly talented" (London Times) author of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG-IN THE NIGHT-TIME and THE PORPOISE, eight mesmerizingly imaginative, deeply-humane stories that use Greek myths and contemporary dystopian narratives to examine mortality, moral choices and the...
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....
On the hunt
Johansen, Iris
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces a bold new heroine--and her search-and-rescue dog--as Kira Drake begins an international search for an elusive killer.  Kira Drake has come to Paris with her highly trained Golden Retriever,...
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...
Gathering mist
Mizushima, Margaret
Paper Book
Secrets hide within the fog deep in the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest in this ninth thrilling installment in award-winning author Margaret Mizushima's Timber Creek K-9 mystery series. Deputy Mattie Wray, formerly Mattie Cobb, is summoned to Washington's Olympic peninsula...
The snow lies deep
Munier, Paula
Paper Book
The latest thrilling installment in the bestselling Mercy Carr mystery series Mercy and Troy are looking forward to baby Felicity's first holiday season, and they're determined to make it a Christmas to remember. At Northshire's annual Solstice Soirée, hosted by Northshire's...
How to age disgracefully
Pooley, Clare
Paper Book
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...
Dog day afternoon
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
Paterson, New Jersey's favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the next mystery in this fan favorite series from National Bestselling Author David Rosenfelt. Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter has run the Tara Foundation--the dog rescue...
Dogged pursuit
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
In Dogged Pursuit, David Rosenfelt takes readers back to the start of this beloved series as Andy Carpenter begins his career as a defense attorney in Paterson, New Jersey. Andy Carpenter has spent the three years since graduating law school working as a prosecutor in...
Familiaris
Wroblewski, David
Paper Book
Oprah's Book Club Pick for Summer 2024 "An extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure, and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship, and living your life's true purpose."--Oprah Winfrey The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times...
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