Library staffs have their own must-read book lists going all the time. Northeast Harbor Library staff members Judith Blank, Elly Andrews and Eilleen MacLean share their favorite titles.

Written from the dog’s point of view, “Dog On It & To Fetch a Thief” (Atria Books, 2011, $16.26) is Spencer Quinn’s latest Chet & Bernie mystery. It will make you laugh out loud. A new one is coming out in September. — Judith Blank

Nonfiction

The main character is so interesting, “Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption” (Random House, 2011) will have you hooked once you’ve read the first paragraph. Author Laura Hillenbrand also wrote “Seabiscuit.” — Judith Blank

Have You Read?

“Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory” by Ben Macintyre is a World War II story about people saving lives. In early 1943, Great Britain’s Operation Mincemeat delivered a masterful plan of deception wrapped in an innocuous name and a recycled corpse that washed up on a Spanish beach. — Elly Andrews

Children

“Press Here” (Chronicle Books, 2011, $8.82) by Herve Tullet is a delightful, interactive book that has you pressing the dots, shaking the pages, tilting the book! What will happen next? The dots multiply, change directions grow! A fun read-aloud for all ages. Preschool and up. — Eilleen MacLean

In Kathryn Lasky’s “Felix Takes the Stage” (Hyperion Books for Children, 2010, $15.99) the Deadlies are like any other family with a loving mother and bright, rambunctious children. Except they’re spiders; Really, really poisonous ones. But Edith and her children are kind and cultured. In fact, the Deadlies had been happily living in a symphony hall until Edith’s son, Felix, had a … misunderstanding with the maestro. Now they’re on the hunt for a new home. That is, if they can outwit the overzealous arachnologists and evil exterminators on their tail. Will they ever find a place to live in peace? For grades 2-4. — Eilleen MacLean

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