Paperbacks are the perfect choice for summer reading!
Everybody likes paperback books. They’re handy for traveling, inexpensive, and the best value out there for hours of literary entertainment and enjoyment. True, they do tend to fall apart if you drop them in the lake or pool, but you can afford to replace them, too………..
And these books will take you into the fall and beyond! They’re ideal for book clubs and reading groups, so get a head start on choosing your favorites to recommend to your fellow book lovers. Many of the paperbacks listed here have reading group guides or similar materials available, which you can download from each book’s individual Midwest Connections Pick page. (Click on the book title to go to that book’s page.)
Our list of recommended Midwest Connections PAPERBACK Picks begins below — read on! (Click on “read more” or “click to continue.”)
Buy these books from your favorite locally owned and operated Midwest independent bookseller! Click here for the new searchable directory of our MBA member bookstores.
MBA BOOKSELLERS –
Display, recommend, and sell these paperbacks this summer and earn up to $100 in Midwest Connections rebates for this special promotion! More details below.
- Earn $25 for photos of your group display of these paperbacks
- Earn $25 for promoting these paperbacks on your store’s website and/or in your newsletter or e-newsletter
- Earn $25 for running print, radio, or website ads for these paperbacks in your local media
- Earn $25 for recommending 3 or more of these paperback titles to your store’s book clubs and reading groups
- Get the special Midwest Connections Paperbacks Picks Rebate Form you’ll need here.
Our Midwest Connections PAPERBACK Picks
STALKING SUSAN
by Julie Kramer
Anchor / Random House
$7.99 Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-38851-3
Award-winning mystery/suspense fiction set in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
A PRAYER FOR THE DYING
10th Anniversary Edition
by Stewart O’Nan
Picador USA / Macmillan
ISBN 13: 978-0-312-42891-4
$14.00 Trade Paperback
Historical fiction set in a small town in Wisconsin, mid-1800s.
THE MOONFLOWER VINE
by Jetta Carleton
Harper Perennial / HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 978-0-06-167323-8
$14.99 Trade Paperback
A rediscovered classic and timeless bestselling novel of family relationships, originally published in 1963. Set on a farm in western Missouri.
RED KNIFE
A Cork O’Connor Mystery
by William Kent Krueger
Atria Books / Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5675-6
$15.00 Trade Paperback
Mystery and suspense fiction set on an Indian reservation in Minnesota.
DRIFTLESS
by David Rhodes
Milkweed Editions / PGW
ISBN-13: 978-1-57131068-2
$16.00 Paperback
A major American writer has returned after a 30 year silence. Fiction set in rural Wisconsin.
SO LONG AT THE FAIR
by Christina Schwarz
Anchor Books / Random House
ISBN-13: 9780307275493
$15.00 Paperback
Contemporary fiction set in and near Madison, Wisconsin.
by Lee Martin
Three Rivers Press / Random House
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-38125-5
$14.00 Trade Paperback
Contemporary fiction set in a small town in the Midwest.
Grove Press / Grove/Atlantic
ISBN-13: 978-0802144171
$14.00 Trade Paperback
Fiction set in the Midwest and West.
SUN GOING DOWN
by Jack Todd
Touchstone / Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5049-5
$16.00 Trade Paperback
Historical fiction set in the Great Plains and Midwest.
ABBEVILLE
by Jack Fuller
Unbridled Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-932961-90-4
$14.95 Trade Paperback
Fiction set in a small farming community in Illinois.
by Alison McGhee
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 978-0545033497
$6.99 Trade Paperback
The first book in the Julia Gillian series for middle grade readers.
Read the second book, too — JULIA GILLIAN (AND THE QUEST FOR JOY)
A Motor Novel
by Will Weaver
Square Fish
ISBN: 978-0-312-56131-4
$7.99 Trade Paperback
Young adult fiction about stock car racing, set in central Minnesota.
Read the second book in the series, too – SUPER STOCK ROOKIE
