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The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinDivergent by Veronica Roth
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
14,465 books — 15,330 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Best School Assigned Books
765 books — 2,058 voters

Gabriel's Fire by Lotchie BurtonSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzChasing Headlines by J. Rose BlackMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
So What Are You Reading This Summer?
3,616 books — 1,156 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
626 books — 290 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertChaperones by Megan KaraschThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Beach Reads
139 books — 121 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Color of Water by James McBrideThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
University Summer Reading Books
149 books — 51 voters

The Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Historical Fiction: Summer 2015 Reads
108 books — 38 voters
My Stroke of Inspiration by Ann Marie ThomasDe Rerum Natura by David HillstromOde to Love by Dannie AbsePoecabulary by Francis DiClementeNo Apples in Eden by John Lyons
Summer Reading Poetry Books
5 books — 37 voters

Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Summer Reading Ideas 2012
128 books — 34 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsThe Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrieThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Best Books to Allay Boredom
111 books — 31 voters

ساق البامبو by Saud Alsanousiثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashourمئة عام من العزلة by Gabriel García Márquezcom نسيان by Ahlam Mosteghanemiسيد البارقة by Dr.Sara Ahmad
كتب عربية تخطط قراءتها هذا الصيف 2014
47 books — 31 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrRebecca by Daphne du MaurierWe Wove a Web in Childhood by Ruth ThomasThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Summer Reading Recommendations 2015
93 books — 26 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Books with Nonhuman Characters
144 books — 22 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Summer 2015 Recommendations
63 books — 20 voters

The Last Time I Lied by Riley SagerThe Carer by Scott NelsonIt by Stephen KingThe Washashore by Christopher MirabileThe Lake Escape by Jamie Day
Summer Thrillers
39 books — 20 voters
Panic by Lauren OliverSilver Shadows by Richelle MeadRebel Belle by Rachel HawkinsThe One by Kiera CassElly In Love by Colleen Oakes
Spring and Summer 2014
17 books — 8 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueLowering Clouds by Núria Añó
Books Translated into English
15 books — 6 voters
Rebel War by Evelyn GraceThe Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff WheelerTaming Flame by Therisa PeimerNewcross by Steph WestFORWARD TO CAMELOT by Susan Sloate
Action-Adventure Books
8 books — 6 voters

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyCrenshaw by Katherine ApplegateLola Levine Is Not Mean! by Monica BrownThe Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell BoyceNest by Esther Ehrlich
Great Summer Reads for 3rd-4th Grade 2016
30 books — 5 voters
Tom Lake by Ann PatchettMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidOne Italian Summer by Rebecca SerleWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensBoyfriend Summer by Michelle Dalton
Books With Summer Vibes
36 books — 5 voters

Wolfie the Bunny by Ame DyckmanLast Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaFinding Winnie by Lindsay MattickRude Cakes by Rowboat WatkinsLeo by Mac Barnett
Great Summer Reads for K-2nd Grade 2016
28 books — 4 voters
The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. WaltherWords Composed of Sea and Sky by Erica GeorgeThe Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah ReynoldsLyrics of a Small Town by Abbi GlinesOne Great Lie by Deb Caletti
Summer 2021 YA
24 books — 4 voters

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Dream Called Home by Reyna GrandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2021 American College Summer Reading Lists
101 books — 4 voters
All American Boys by Jason ReynoldsHonor Girl by Maggie ThrashNimona by N.D. StevensonLumberjanes by N.D. StevensonInk and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani
Great Summer Reads for 7th-8th Grade 2016
20 books — 3 voters

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India HoltonThe Spellshop by Sarah Beth DurstGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryThe Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyMy Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand
Summer reading list for 2025
19 books — 2 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareRay Taylor and the Torn and Tattered Treasure Map by N. DegenChains by Laurie Halse AndersonThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyThe War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Kids Historical Fiction
94 books — 2 voters

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie HartnettSaltwater by Katy HaysThese Summer Storms by Sarah MacLeanAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidHappy Wife by Meredith Lavender
Ballantine's 2026 Summer Reads
6 books — 2 voters
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress by Frances BurneyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëIvanhoe by Walter ScottBy Frances Burney - Evelina by Frances BurneyThe Iliad by Homer
Best Annotated Classics
11 books — 2 voters

The Power by Naomi AldermanWhy We're Polarized by Ezra KleinThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonHow the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil
2022 : Bill Gates 5 great books for the summer
5 books — 1 voter
Keeping the Chattahoochee by Sally Sierer BetheaMore Than I Imagined by John K. BlakeLet Me Say This by Julie E. BloemekeDaughters of Muscadine by Monic DuctanThe Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones
Books All Georgians Should Read 2024
20 books — 1 voter

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