What do you think will be remembered as the book of summer for 2009?

Jana Harver
SCARECROW by Michael Connelly

Mary Roberts
FAMILY TREE by Ann Tyler
I feel this is a book, even though it's fiction, that should be on every counselor's shelf.

Bea
The White Tiger

Jean Hogue
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett

Ashley Kemp
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Debbie Miller
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Rosalie Sambuco
The Help

Coral Harrison
THE CHILI QUEEN by Sandra Dallas

Coral Harrison
The Guersney Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Jerri Patton
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE and JULIE & JULIA

Julie Machtemes
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett was a great and read with an important story to tell and has been sitting on the bestseller list all summer. I think at very least, it was the "sleeper" of the summer of 2009.

Barbara Clark
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett is my pick. This book rates as one of my all-time favorites.

Alexis Cotterell
The Weight of Silence

Gaye
Definitely THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett. She writes with great "voice" and touches on Civil Rights, inequities, and prejudices. Not afraid to see through another's eyes she ventures further and touches on the love, care and affection that also made up the lives of three in Jackson Mississippi during the 1960s. I'm giving it to everyone I know!

Judy Jones
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett. This book takes place in my lifetime, yet at that time I was not aware of the level of segregation in that part of the South. The book is also a thriller of a sort and left the reader to imagine the future of some of these characters.

Cheryl Huck
The Help

Helen
STILL ALIVE by Lisa Genova will be the book that I remember. I read it as a book club read but since have bought copies for friends. It may be a fiction but the facts in the book about the life of someone going through Alzheimer's was really heartbreaking and real.

Carol
The Fixer Upper

Lisa Hawks
The Hunger Games

Shirley Smith
Pat Conroy's SOUTH OF BROAD

Carolyn Stewart
The Help

Diana Huey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

F Tessa Bartels
THE ANGEL'S GAME by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Teresa Mcallister
The Help

Janet Cross
RAIN GODS by James Lee Burke

Karen Stigers
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN or THE HELP.

Barb Cammack
THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett --- I thought I wouldn't like it, but ended up not being able to put it down.

Mary Q.
THE HELP --- no question! I haven't read it (yet) but have heard nothing but positive comments. My own personal summer favorite was HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET.

Albert
INHERENT VICE by Thomas Pynchon

Sharon
The Help

Lynn Clifford
The Help

Katherine Stephens
FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN by Janet Evanovich

Sherman Hughes
Probably the most remembered book of the 2009 summer is THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC by Richard Russo.

ck
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Stephanie Wilson
Still Alice

Kathy
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett

Judy Oswood
It would have to be THE HELP by Kate Stockett. I have recommended it to dozens of people, and it has been solid on the NewYork Times Best Seller list most of the summer.

Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D.
LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave

Debbie
Without a doubt, SOUTH OF BROAD. Love. That. Book.

Christine Boylan
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer

Sandra D
THE WHITE QUEEN by Philippa Gregory

Liz E.
South of Broad

Richard Bartels
THE ANGEL'S GAME by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Karen
The Help

Kathryn McNamara
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Steig Larsson

Phyllis Pearson
The Rooftops of Tehran

Cam
I think SOUTH OF BROAD by Pat Conroy will be remembered as the book of the summer. Those of us who love reading his books have been so looking forward to his book to come out!

Elizabeth V
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Lisa
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO or THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson

THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett

Julia Child?

Gerald Rosen
The Scarecrow

Sandy Sizemore
The Help

Tanya
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson

T. Semidey
Jodi Picoult's MY SISTER'S KEEPER

Linda
THE JUSTICE GAME by Randy Singer.

Rushelle Barsa
Twilight

Robert E Brown Sr
I've read quite a few good books during the summer, but the one I am sure will the most remembered is MUTINY by David Hagberg and Boris Gordin. This story inspired Tom Clancy to write the book THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. It was chock-full of Russian history and was a very exciting read.

Becky Haase
THE he Help by Kathryn Stockett

Jean Kruse
I keep hearing about THE HELP. I read it at the beginning of summer but is hearing about it more and more.

Susan Lemey
The Help

Sandra Stiles
CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins

Irene
EVERY MAN DIES ALONE by Hans Fallada. I could not put it down until I finished it.

Linda M. Johnson
The Girl Who Played with Fire

Barbara Bocan
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett

Ginny Cernick
So far, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Steig Larsson

Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D.
LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave humanely deals with issues of immigrant detention.

Bernice Spier
SHANGHAI GIRLS by Lisa See

Nancy Filer
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett

Peggy Kincaid
I would say it has to be Dan Brown's book coming out next month. It isn't quite summer or fall, but it is the book that is the most talked about. THE LOST SYMBOL is eagerly awaited by all us readers.

Curt Jarrell
THE ANGEL'S GAME by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Marion Miller
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY. I acquired a copy of this and passed in on to all my beach friends. There was not negative response about this book!

Ruby Steele
THE HELP!
a heart-wrenching story, anchored in truth of a shameful time.

Ruby Steeele
The Art of Racing in the Rain

Patty Shogren
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Jill
THE SHACK by William P. Young

Julie Sorum
SHANGHAI GIRLS by Lisa See

Linda Molitor
Catastrophe

Jennifer Malinowski
Sworn to Silence

Fran
Finger Lickin' Fifteen