Celebrate 2012 National Book Festival with a Good Read
Sept. 22-23 on the National Mall
The DC Public Library will be participating in the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival, which will be held Sept. 22-23 on the National Mall.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are honorary chairs for the event, which is authors, poets, illustators, book signings and various other forms of entertainment. For more information, such as event details and times, feel free to check out the National Book Festival's main website.
D.C.'s featured read for 2012 is Eliza's Cherry Trees by Andrea Zimmerman. It tells the story of traveler and writer Eliza Scidmore, her dream of beautifying D.C. and Japan's gift of what are now the city's iconic cherry trees.
Library employees will be on hand at the National Book Festival with gifts, goodies and a wide selection of suggested books that relate to life in Washington, including Eliza's Cherry Trees.
And while you're there, show us your library card on the National Mall, tweet your picture, and we'll share with others!
Take a peek at some of our other suggested selections and share with us some of your favorites on our Facebook page or reply to us on Twitter.
Fiction
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| The Collectors by David Baldacci |
Executive Orders by Tom Clancy |
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury |
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| Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich |
Long Distance Life by Marita Golden |
The Street Lawyer by John Grisham |
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| Hail to the Chef by Julie Hyzy |
Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon |
Lost in the City by Edward Jones |
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| The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu |
The Tenth Justice by Brad Meltzer |
Alex Cross series by James Patterson |
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| Drama City by George Pelecanos |
The 500: A Novel by Matthew Quirk |
A Student of Living Things by Susan Richards Shreve |
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| A Detailed Man by David Swinson |
Non-Fiction
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| Lost Washington, D.C. by John DeFerrari |
District Comics by Matt Dembicki, ed. |
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| Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City By Natalie Hopkinson |
National Pastime: Sports, Baseball and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C. by Barry Svrluga |
Children’s Books
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| Saving Grace by Priscilla Cummings |
Washington is Burning by Marty Rhodes Figley |
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| Melonhead series by Katy Kelly |
Underground Train by Mary Quattlebaum |
Teen Books
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| Capital Girls by Ella Monroe |
You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn |