With tests, projects, school activities, and other academic events (mostly) out of the way, it’s time to take a well-deserved break! Summer is the perfect time to catch up on your summer reading list 2017—whether that be the latest bestseller or a classic you’ve been meaning to get to.
While part of your summer should definitely be dedicated to college prep, ACT/SAT studying, or a part-time job / internship, there will still be plenty of hours left in those warm summer days to curl up with a good book. Be it by poolside, hammock, beneath your favorite tree, or right on your own couch, here are some summer reading suggestions!
Summer Reading List:
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream—William Shakespeare
- To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper Lee
- The Sun is Also a Star—Nicola Yoon
- Room—Emma Donoghue
- The Martian—Andy Weir
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time—Mark Haddon
- Ender’s Game—Orson Scott Card
- I am Malala—Malala Yousafzai
- Frankenstein—Mary Shelley
- The Book Thief—Markus Zusak
- Mrs. Dalloway—Virginia Woolf
- The Poetry of Edgar Allen Poe—Edgar Allen Poe
- The Call of the Wild—Jack London
- The Handmaid’s Tale—Margaret Atwood
- The Odyssey—Homer
- Misery—Stephen King
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep—Philip K. Dick
- The Kite Runner—Khaled Hosseini
- Their Eyes Were Watching God—Zora Neale Hurston
- Life of Pi—Yann Martel
- 1984—George Orwell
- Gone Girl—Gillian Flynn
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian—Sherman Alexie
- The Death of a Salesmen—Arthur Miller
- Ivanhoe—Sir Walter Scott
- Murder on the Orient Express—Agatha Christie
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings—Maya Angelou
- The Poetry of Robert Frost—Robert Frost
- A Farewell to Arms—Ernest Hemingway
- Emma—Jane Austen
Are your favorites on the list? Which books or authors do you recommend to others? Let us know in the comments below!
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