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Summer Reading List (For Teachers!)


 

You hand out reading lists to your students every summer, but when was the last time you made one for yourself? Summer is the most opportune time to start something new, and there are so many books to read! Regardless of your genre preferences, you probably have some catching up to do. Here are some ideas to get a head start on your summer reading list, based on great online reviews:

 

Beach Books:

These are the summer staples: feel-good, often romantic and humorous, that are light and breezy, just like the perfect beach day’s weather.

 

Save What’s Left

 

One Night on the Island

by Josie Silver

Lunar Love

by Lauren Kung Jessen

 

Non-fiction:

Don’t slip down the summer slide where you stop learning just because school’s out! Summer is a great time to learn something new or see things from a different perspective. 

 

Agua Viva

by Clarice Lispector

 

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

by Rick Rubin

 

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

by Edith Holden

 

Short stories:

Sometimes we’re busier than expected during the summer. The solution? Short stories. Get engrossed in a selection of stories just as compelling as full novels. 

 

Nocturnes

by Kazu Ishiguro

 

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

 by Z.Z Packer

 

Death in Midsummer

by Yukio Mishima

 

Thrillers:

Maybe light and breezy isn’t your thing. Maybe you’re looking for a little more excitement– maybe a little mystery– just like your favorite true crime podcast. 

 

Our Share of the Night

by Mariana Enriquez

 

Promise Boys

by Nick Brooks

 

Flux

by Jinwoo Chong

 

Fantasy:

Perfect for getting lost in another world. 

 

A House with Good Bones

by T. Kingfisher

 

The Fifth Wound

by Aurora Mattia

 

We Are All So Good at Smiling

by Amber McBride

 

Historical fiction:

History buffs, these are for you. Or for anyone who binge-watches period pieces on the weekends. 

 

The Unlocked Path

by Janis Robinson Daly 

 

The Book of Eve

by Meg Clothier

 

A Dangerous Education

by Megan Chance

 

Poetry:

Stellar imagery, lyrical expression. Some of the most moving pieces you’ll read this summer.

 

Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation 

 by Camonghne Felix

 

Roaring Twenties 

by Taylor C. Milnes 

 

The Home Child

by Liz Berry


Originally posted 2022




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