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Summer is a time for reading whatever you want whenever you want. But what if you've already read all the vampire-related books at the library? And what if you've decided that reading the entire Harry Potter series for the fourth time is a last resort ONLY?
Well, if you’re preparing to go to college or are just really motivated, you might want to consider reading some of our college-bound picks, all of which are available at the library.
Author: Mark Haddon
Published: 2003
Synopsis: Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers a secret about his mother.
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Published: 2003
Synopsis: Amir, haunted by his betrayal of his childhood friend, returns to Kabul as an adult after he learns he has been killed to redeem himself by saving his son from slavery.
Author: Sue Monk Kidd
Published: 2002
Synopsis: Fourteen year old Lily and Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist policemen, and find safehaven in Tiburon at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Published: 2004
Synopsis: While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Published: 1826
Synopsis: In upper New York State during the French and Indian War, a woodsman named Hawkeye and two Mohicans, Chingachgook and Uncas, get entangled in the fighting as they try to save two pioneer sisters abducted by Iroquois tribesmen.
Author: Ray Bradbury
Published: 1982
Synopsis: A book burner in a distant future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He discovers the importance of art and clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed.
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Published: 2006
Synopsis: A father and son walk through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save ash on wind. Their destination is the coast, though they don't know what awaits them there. All they have is a pistol, the clothes they wear, scavenged food, and each other.
Author: Stephen Crane
Published: 1863
Synopsis: The classic novel about Henry Flemming, a young Civil War Union soldier who experiences his first battle and then has to come to terms with his own fears and feelings of cowardice.
Author: Joseph Heller
Published: 1961
Synopsis: A bombardier, based in Italy during World War II, repeatedly tries to avoid flying bombing missions while his colonel tries to get him killed by demanding that he fly more and more missions.
Author: Jack London
Published: 1903
Synopsis: Buck, a dog that has been forced into the harsh life of a sled dog, befriends a man seeking his fortune in the Klondike gold fields, and must ultimately decide whether to stay with his master or obey his instinct to join the wolves.
Not finding anything you'd like to read? Well here are a few more book lists for the college-bound reader:
American Library Association Literature and Language Arts
Collegeboard's 101 Great Books
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