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Over 16,000 people voted in NPR's recent "Best Beach Reads Ever " poll. The top twenty results are posted here. You can find the rest of the list at the NPR website, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106983620 . 1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling 2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells 7. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams 9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg 10. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver 11. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger 12. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel 13. The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan 14. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien 15. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger 16. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell 17. Bel Canto, b...

We would just like to thank everyone who participated in this year's Adult Reading Program. Over 200 reviews were submitted. Even though the program ended Friday, July 17th; you can still visit the ARP site and read through those reviews. The direct link is http://host7.evanced.info/calcasieu/sr/homepage.asp Also a reminder, the End of Summer ARP party is Thursday July 23rd @ 6pm in the upstairs Central Library meeting room. For those who completed the program, prize drawings will be held. If completed the program but are unable to attend the party, don't worry, we'll send the prize to you later.

Take a walk through a period of history by checking out one of these books. The Forgotten Legion by Ben Kane is set in the Republic Era of Rome 265-230 B.C. The Fall of the Templars by Robyn Young takes place during the last days of the Templar Knights, during the rule of Richard I, 1239-1307 A.D. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe alternates between the Salem Witch Trials of Colonial Massachusetts and a grad student in the 1990's studying them. Roanoke by Margaret Lawrence is a reimaging of what could have happened to the lost colony of Roanoke during the 16th century. The Disagreement by Nick Taylor is about a Med Student during the American Civil War.