Monday, Dec 23rd

What Scarsdale Is Reading This Summer

infernoInferno, Dan Brown's mystery thriller set in Florence, is the red-hot favorite of Scarsdale readers this summer. It ranks first in both print and downloaded fiction at the Scarsdale Public Library. It is followed in the print category by And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini and Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight in the downloaded category.
David Sedaris' Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, a compilation of humorous essays, is the most popular non-fiction book followed by Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook.
Cloud Atlas, the German drama and science fiction thriller, is the most borrowed movie followed by Jack Reacher, the thriller starring Tom Cruise as the title character.
"The list shows the diversity of reading interests and tastes of Scarsdale residents," says Elizabeth Bermel, library director. "We update the list frequently so our librarians can recommend books that they know other Scarsdale residents are enjoying."

The list of what Scarsdale is reading follows:

Fiction
Inferno – Dan Brown
And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
The Hit – David Baldacci
The Interestings – Meg Wolitzer
The Engagements – J. Courtney Sullivan

Non-fiction
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls – David Sedaris
Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead – Sheryl Sandberg
Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Europe 1944-1945 – Rick Atkinsonthe interestings
Unwinding: an Inner History of the New America – George Packer
The Outsider: a memoir – Jimmy Connors

What Scarsdale Is Watching
Cloud Atlas
Jack Reacher
Side Effects
The Guilt Trip
Quartet

What Scarsdale Is Downloading
Inferno – Dan Brown
Reconstructing Amelia – Kimberly McCreight
Wedding Night – Sophie Kinsella
Paris – Edward Rutherfurd
The Elite – Kiera Cass