Laura Bush’s Summer Reading List

Laura Bush signs the guest registry after touring the home of Russian author Feodor Dostoevsky June 2, 2003, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Challenger Park by Stephen Harrigan
the story of a married female astronaut who has an affair in space

Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
a No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency mystery set in Botswana 

Digging to America by Anne Tyler
the tale of two families who adopt infants from Korea 

The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook
historical fiction about a single woman searching for her place in the world

The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
a historical novel set in Burma 

City Life by Witold Rybczynski
a historical survey about the growth of America’s cities

courtesy of The Washington Post