Whether you enjoy spending the afternoon by the Craig Ranch pool at the Cooper Fitness Center or out in one of the community green spaces and parks near your new home in McKinney, TX, summer days are great for catching up on some reading. Here is a list of some of the top selling fiction and nonfiction e-books for your Kindle, Nook or other e-reader. Share some of your favorite summer reads with us on Facebook.

Fiction

1. The Kingdom by Clive Cussler. In Sam and Remi’s third adventure, they agree to track down some missing people instead of treasure. The journey across the world takes the Fargos to places they never expected.
2. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Jacob Jankowski joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. While working at the circus, he has to train an un-trainable elephant and ends up falling for a married woman.
3. Big Machine by Victor LaValle. Ricky Rice, a hustler, former addict, and recovering suicide cultist, wrestles with faith, doubt and his inner demons.
4. Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton. In this vampire thriller, U.S. Marshall Anita Blake is called in to hunt down a Pacific Northwest serial killer.
5. Summer Secrets by Barbara Freethy. The three McKenna sisters won a sailing race around the world several years ago. Now a reporter is asking questions about what really happened out on the high seas. Find out if their secrets will bind the sisters closer together or rip them apart.

Non Fiction

1. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. Follow William E. Dodd, American Ambassador to Germany during the rise of the Third Reich, and his family during their year in Germany in 1933.
2. Bossypants by Tina Fey. Tina Fey reveals what her life was like before Sarah Palin impressions, her time as Liz Lemon and her stint on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update.
3. The Greater Journey by David McCullough. American pioneers journey to Paris between 1830 and 1900 before returning home and changing their lives and American history forever.
4. Reckless Endangerment by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. New York Times columnist Gretchen Morgenson reveals overt corruption that caused America’s financial meltdown and economic crisis. 
5. Seal Team Six by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin. Dive deep into the world of Navy Seals and Special Forces Snipers with former seal and sniper Howard Wasdin.