Summer is officially here! As we look forward to warm weather, lazy afternoons, plane rides and weekends at the lake the Brown County Democrat asked two local bookstores what books people are reading this season. If you’re loading up your beach bag and looking for your next summer read, we have a compiled list for all ages to enjoy:

Cassie Cole

Franklin

Summer Read: The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

Christina Long

Solsberry

Summer Read: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab

Hazel Patterson

Chicago, Illinois

Summer Read: Flamingos are Pretty Funky by Abi Cushman

Ellen Polk

Evansville

Summer Read: The Book-makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives by Adam Smyth

January Rutherford

Seymour

Summer Read: The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore

Sabrina McKillip

Seymour

Summer Read: If the Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert

Terri Arnold

Bloomington

Summer Read: The Island by Adrian McKinty

William Arnold

Bloomington

Summer Read: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

Evelyn Cashman

Bloomington

Summer Read: Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Axl Baker

Brown County

Summer Read: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Ethan Gibson

Indianapolis

Summer Read: The Plague by Albert Camus

Jakob Prairie

Nashville

Summer Read: IT by Stephen King

Becca Prairie

Nashville

Summer Read: the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas

Amy Stover

Nashville

Summer Read: Total Cat Mojo by Jackson Galaxy

Claire Mountcastle

Anderson

Summer Read: None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

Meridith Miller

Bedford, Virgina

Summer Read: Death by Laura Thalassa

Kacilynn Bartosz

Nashville

Summer Read: Love and Responsibilty by St. John Paul II, Summer Island by Kristin Hannah and Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen

Jon Prairie

Nashville

Summer Read: Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Brittany Ramirez

Fort Myers, Florida

Summer Read: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

Kayla Day

Lawrenceburg

Summer Read: Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver

Kelsey Seymour

Whiteland

Summer Read: Crescent City House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas and The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Holly Gordon

Nashville

Summer Read: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Sidney Bolam

Nashville

Summer Read: The Stand by Stephen King and Revenge by Yoko Ogawa

Carey Spain

Owner of Fallen Leaf Books

Summer Read: You Like it Darker by Stephen King, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Information and photos are courtesy of the Naughty Dog Books staff (76 1/2, E Main Street) and Carey Spain and the team at Fallen Leaf Books (45 S Jefferson Street #7055).