I’m in high school. What should I read this summer?

The English teachers at ASB have created a list for you to browse from while choosing books to read this summer.  There is a great mixture of titles on this list.  While many of the titles are reliable classics, some are new popular titles as well.  There’s also a wide range of genres to choose from.  One thing you can be assured of is all the books will be good reads since they’ve been recommended from four literature enthusiasts.

Incoming Grade 9

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Watership Down, Richard Adams
The Thirteenth Tale:  A Novel, Diane Setterfield
My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell
Franny and Zooey, J. D. Salinger

Incoming Grade 10

The Thin Red Line, James Jones
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Digital Fortress, Dan Brown

Incoming Grade 11

As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Miguel Street, V.S. Naipul
Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout

Incoming Grade 12

Without Feathers, Woody Allen
The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, Roddy Doyle
The Parsifal Mosaic, Robert Ludlum
Fathers and Crows, William Vollman