Finding Something to Read
Summer Reading List- Suggested Book Titles and Authors for Summer Reading
Columbia ’s English Department has compiled a list of titles as a suggestion for summer reading. We encourage all students to read this summer. This list is just a sampling of the many titles that students might enjoy. There are a variety of interesting books of various reading levels and we encourage you to browse or seek the advice of teachers and librarians in selecting something appropriate. Some book selections deal with mature themes.
Fiction:
Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart
Albom, Mitch The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Alvarez, Julia In The Time of the Butterflies
Anonymous Go Ask Alice
Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s Tale
Auel, Jean The Clan of the Cave Bear
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
Barron, T. A. Merlin Series
Berg, Elizabeth Durable Goods
Bissinger, H. G. Friday Night Lights
Blinn, William Brian’s Song
Bloor, Edward Tangerine
Blume, Judy Tiger Eyes
Bradbury, Ray Martian Chronicles
Brashares, Ann The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Burgess, Melvin Smack
Cabot, Meg Princess Diaries series
Cadnum, Michael The Book of the Lion
Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game
Cather, Willa My Antonia, O Pioneers!
Chevalier, Tracy Girl with a Pearl Earring
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness
Cooney, Caroline B. Ransom of Mercy Carter
Cormier, Robert Chocolate War
Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk
Cushman, Karen Catherine, Called Birdy
Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities
Donnelly, Jennifer A Northern Light
Fast, Howard The Immigrants, April Morning
Faulkner, William Light in August
Finn, Alexandra Breathing Underwater
Flake, Sharon The Skin I’m In
Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain
Gaines, Ernest A Lesson before Dying
Gibbons, Kaye Ellen Foster
Goldman, William Princess Bride
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Among the Hidden, Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
Hayes, Daniel The Trouble with Lemons
Hesse, Hermann Siddhartha
Hesse, Karen Witness
Hinton, S. E. Rumble Fish
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Irving, John A Prayer for Owen Meaney
Jackson, Shirley The Haunting of Hill House
Johnson, Angela The First Part Last
Kadohata, Cynthia The Floating World
Kingsolver, Barbara Animal Dreams, The Bean Trees, Pigs In Heaven, The Poisonwood Bible
Le Guin, Ursula Earthsea Series
L’Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time
Les Becquets, Diane The Stones of Mourning Creek
Lightman, Alan Einstein’s Dreams
London , Jack Call of the Wild
Mazer, Harry Boy at War
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes
McCullers, Carson Member of the Wedding
McKinley, Robin Beauty
Mikaelsen, Ben Touching Spirit Bear
Morrison, Toni Beloved, The Bluest Eye
Myers, Walter Dean The Beast, Fallen Angels, Shooter
Na, An A Step From Heaven
Napoli, Donna Jo The Magic Circle
Nolan, Han If I Should Die Before I Wake
Orwell, George 1984
Paton, Alan Cry, the Beloved Country
Peck, Robert Newton A Day No Pigs Would Die
Powell, Randy Is Kissing a Girl who Smokes Like Licking an Ashtray?
Pullman , Phillip The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass
Quindlen, Anna Blessings
Rawlings, Marjorie The Yearling
Smith, Betty Joy in the Morning, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Tolan, Stephanie Surviving the Applewhites
Tolkien, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings series
Trueman, Terry Stuck in Neutral
Tyler, Anne Saint Maybe
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Undset, Sigrid Kristin Lavransdatter
Voigt, Cynthia Homecoming
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five
Walker, Alice The Color Purple
Watson, Larry Montana 1948
Wells, H. G. The Time Machine
Wolff , Virginia Euwer Make Lemonade
Yolen, Jane Briar Rose
Non-fiction:
Albom, Mitch Tuesdays with Morrie
Angelou, Maya I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Armstrong, Lance It’s Not about the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Bragg, Rick All Over but the Shoutin’
Bruchac, Joseph Bowman’s Store: A Journey to Myself
Crow Dog, Mary Lakota Woman
Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Phillip We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History
Jones, Ron The Acorn People
Moody, Anne Coming of Age in Mississippi
Murphy, Jim The Boys’ War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk about the Civil War
Pfeetzer, Mark Within Reach: My Everest Story
Plato The Apology, The Republic or The Phaedo
Schlosser, Eric Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All American Meal
Shakespeare, William Taming of the Shrew
Things I Have To Tell You; Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls edited by Betsy Franco
Thoreau, Henry David Walden, Walking
Whitman, Walt Leaves of Grass
Wilder, Thornton Our Town
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