Adult Summer Reading Program

  • Book Bingo: Banned

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Every year, the American Library Association compiles reports of challenged and banned materials from libraries around the country.  The Top Ten Frequently Challenged Books are reported annually, and the results can… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: From your childhood

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our second annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Today, suggestions for your “Read a book from your childhood” square: We all have fond memories of books from our childhoods, but just how well do they hold up? Will you love… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Cookbooks and food memoirs

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our second annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Today, suggestions for your “Read a Cookbook or a Food Memoir” square: A cookbook might seem like an odd choice for summer reading, but nowadays chefs are including more narrative next to… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Local Authors

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Today, suggestions for your “Read a Book by a Local Author” square: The Pacific Northwest is host to more authors than a mere blog post could even venture to do justice. A… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Nonfiction

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category.  Fancy a walk in the countryside? The English love a long walk through the rainy countryside– much like Seattleites! We here in Seattle tend to like our countryside a bit wilder,… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Translated From Another Language

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. We truly live in a global age, where events half a world away can impact us here the next day. When it comes to cultivating a better understanding of people living… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Prize-winner

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Yes, you should probably check out the big prize winners of the Pulitzer, Man Booker, and National Book Awards. But why not shake things up and try a lesser-known award, like… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Seattle Arts and Lectures Author

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Our guest blogger today is Ruth Dickey, executive director of Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL). She’s here to share some titles by authors who are coming up in the new SAL… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Recommended by an Independent Bookstore

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Our guest blogger today is Emily from Ada’s Technical Books & Café in Capitol Hill; Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe is home to the kinds of books, gifts, workshops and events that… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Collection of Short Stories

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. I read a lot of fiction every year and every year I have a hard time fitting in a collection of short stories. I prefer long-form,… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: You Finish Reading in a Day

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Slim volume, big story or paperback page turner, reading a book in one day immerses you in worlds and moods that stay with you like a… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Memoirs

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. From gossipy tell-alls to the extraordinary lives of ordinary individuals, the popularity of memoirs endure. Here are some memoirs to consider for Book Bingo – and… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: #WeNeedDiverseBooks

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. The #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign launched in April 2014 by calling out the lack of diverse narratives in children’s literature. This grassroots effort advocates for essential changes in the publishing… Continue reading

  • It’s back: Summer Book Bingo!

    Are you ready to play along with the most fabulous adult summer reading program around? Great — because today Seattle Arts & Lectures and Seattle Public Library launch Summer Book Bingo, the 2016 edition! Pick one up at any of our Libraries or download this PDF of the Book Bingo card. Here’s a brief rundown… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Translated from Another Language

        – Posted by Selby This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on each… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Short Stories II: Essays

        – Posted by Andrea This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on each… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Short Stories

        – Posted by Andrea This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on each… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Memoirs

    This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on each category. Follow this series… Continue reading