Our adult summer reading program, Escape the Ordinary, is
underway. While you can read any type of book you would like to complete the
program, here are some on-theme recommendations!
Vicious by V. E. Schwab. Ten years ago, Victor and Eli were college roommates
researching EOs – those with ExtraOrdinary powers, and attempting to create
such powers for themselves. Now Victor has just broken out of prison, and the
two men will stop at nothing to eliminate each other. But which one of them is
the hero, and which is the villain?
After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn. Celia West is the only daughter of Commerce City’s most
famous superheroes. With no powers herself, she has been a kidnapping target of
every wannabe supervillain in town since she was a teenager. She has tried to
build a quiet life for herself outside with limited contact with her parents,
but when their arch nemesis, the Destructor, is put on trial, Celia is forced
back into the world of superheroes and villains.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by MichaelChabon. If you want to keep with the theme this summer, but would
rather read historical fiction than fantasy or science fiction, this
Pulitzer-winner from 2001 is for you! No one in this novel actually has
superpowers – instead it is the story of Jewish cousins who create the comic
book hero the Escapist during World War II. This exquisitely written book is by turns both
laugh-out-loud funny and heartbreakingly sad.
Do you have a favorite superhero novel?
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