Summer Reading Ideas
4th Period
The SparrowMary Doria Russell (July 6 at U. Bookstore)
Ender’s GameOrson Scott Card
Daughter of Smoke and BoneTrilogy: Prague, Demons, Teeth (by Laini Taylor)
Unbroken Laura Hildenbrand
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
An Abundance of KatherinesJohn Green (read anything by him!)
Between Shades of GrayRutaSepetys (Gulag—Stalin era)
Tuesdays with Morrie; For One More DayMitch Albom
The GiverLois Lowry
The Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen Chbosky (? On spelling)
If I Stay (don’t read sequel)Gayle Forman
The Girl with the Dragon TattooStieg Larsson
Leviathan Wakes; Caliban’s WarJames S.A. Corey (the whole series)
Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck (East of Eden!)
LolitaVladimir Nabokov
No Longer HumanA big intense bummer. Osamu Dazai
Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini
Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
The Art of FieldingChad Harbach
SpinRobert Charles Wilson
Croak; Scorch; RogueGina Damico
The Hitchhiker’s Guide seriesDouglas Adams
Bad FeministsRoxane Gay
Beauty Queens; The DivinersLibba Bray
Yes, PleaseAmy Poehler
BossypantsTina Fey
Never Let me GoKazuo Ishiguro
Deep, Dark and DangerousMary Downing Hahn
The Unbecoming of Mara DyerMichelle Hodkin (trilogy)
WonderR.J. Palacio
The Count of Monte ChristoAlexandre Dumas
The Glass CastleJeannette Walls
Hit and RunLurlene McDaniel
AlivePiers Paul Read
Go Ask AliceAnonymous
SpeedLaurie Halse Anderson
The Best of MeNicholas Sparks
Geronimo Stilton series(Fun, easy read!)
Cold MountainCharles Frazier
The Long WalkSlawomirRawicz
CrankseriesEllen Hopkins
The MartianAndy Weir
Into the ForestJean Heglund
Into Thin AirJon Krakauer
MatterhornKarl Marlantes
#girlbossSophia Amoruso
Before I FallLauren Oliver
6th period
Vampirates; Skullduggery
Anything by Stephen King . . . 11/22/6, Under the Dome, etc.
1984George Orwell
Delerium seriesLauren Oliver
Life as we Knew it seriesSusan Beth Pfeiffer
Gracelingand FireKristin Cashore
The Evolution of Calpurnia TateJacqueline Kelly
The Night I Disappeared
CraterHomer Hickum
Every Last Word
BruiserShusterman
DaVinci CodeDan Brown
Biography of Steve Jobs
Tom SawyerMark Twain
Schizo
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on EarthChris Hadfield
Sound of WavesYukio Mishima
Long Way Gone
Gone GirlGillian Flynn
The Lovely Bones
Man’s Search for MeaningVictor Frankl
StelladaurseriesS.L. Whyte
Swim the FlyDon Calame
The Enemy seriesCharlie Higson