The Rutherford County One Book Committee is busy reading books to select a title for the 2016 program.

Each summer before the One Book selection is announced in fall, the One Book Committee, a group of Read To Succeed volunteers, read a variety of books to narrow down the choices.

The group just finished up activities revolving around Graeme Simsion's "The Rosie Project" this spring, like Book Crossings where free copies of the book could be found.

As anyone who has been a member of a committee can attest, sometimes some great suggestions are nixed because they don't quite fit the criteria. This past year, committee members wanted to pick a fun read that brought attention to a worthy cause and finally decided on "The Rosie Project."

The remaining books are offered by the committee as a Summer Reading List.

Our first suggestion is "The Rosie Effect," Simsion's follow-up to the One Book Choice.

Secondly, we recommend "The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II" by Denise Kiernan. This nonfiction work profiles the women of Oak Ridge who worked on the Manhattan Project, including one woman who grew up in Eagleville.

Keep in mind that while many of the titles can be enjoyed by all ages, most are geared toward adults, so use discretion when choosing titles for families and younger readers.

• Dog Tripping by David Rosenfelt
• From Baghdad with Love: A Marine, The War and a Dog by Jay Kopelman
• Yes Please, by Amy Poehler
• The Silver Star, by Jeanette Walls
• On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, by Andrew Peterson
• The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
• Dog Songs by Mary Oliver
• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (both adult and youth adult versions)
• Station Eleven by Emily Mandel
• Delicious! by Ruth Reichel
• Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
• The Girl with All the Gifts by MR Carey
• The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• Redeployment by Phil Kay
• Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
• Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Read To Succeed is a community partnership created to promote reading in Rutherford County, with emphasis on family literacy. For more information, visit readtosucceed.org.