<p>Hi guys I am looking for some books(boring,funny, political, on life in general, etc, and oh yea so really old englishy stuff that can typically be found on the SAT),essays, and other type of readable material that students like me could read this summer to increase their vocabulary, writing skills, and interpretation skills.</p>
<p>Just list some books that you guys think are good and write how it would help someone.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>I am making this for all students that are in the same hole as I am and could use the extra reading to develop critical reading skills.</p>
<p>again add some books, write the reason you like it, and how it will help a reader.</p>
<p>theres this book called Zero I read it from another thread. Oh I am gonna read Fun things I will never do again by Wallace. I thinks its has good vocab and some substance, and some humor for people who hate reading with a passion(me)</p>
<p>yea, I mean its psychology, if you read alot you will be familiar with different types of writing patterns. They more you read the more vocab you will face and they say reading in context is best way to learn vocab, in addition it helps with writing section to look at how a writer uses evidence to support his claim(as you will have to do on SAT wrting section) And for the most part writiers are pretty good with their grammar, so you will be so much more aware of the correct forms of grammar than if you dont read. And the SAT has numerous types of readings, so reading different types of things no matter how boring can help to deal with the fact that SAT has super boring passages sometimes.</p>
<p>Yes merely reading doesnt do doo-doo. But if you read in depth anotate a little and try to think about what the autor is saying, then it will greatly help(i am thinking that is)</p>
<p>oh and</p>
<p>The Great American Essays-Oates **i think(good essays grammar and stuff writing section helper
**Consider the Lobster-Wallace(funny understand tone I think) Walden-Thoreau- INTELLECTUAL(boring helps with boring passages) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte-VOCAB</p>
<p>ok? any more? I know there a bunch of good books i got one</p>
<p>How Doctors think- Groopman- seems like an intresting read, has some higher level vocab, and sentence variety is great, also if your interested in the medical field its a good read</p>
<p>The Great American Essays-Oates i think(good essays grammar and stuff writing section helper
Consider the Lobster-Wallace(funny understand tone I think)
Walden-Thoreau- INTELLECTUAL(boring helps with boring passages)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte-VOCAB
How Doctors think- Groopman-vocab, good read for future docs</p>
<p>An intriguing book; it's almost given in a stream of consciousness. Also has some semi-archaic adjectives that the SAT loves to use. You probably read about this book in APUSH; it was one of the characterizing pieces of literature of the "beat movement" in the 50s.</p>
<p>Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov</p>
<p>Extremely controversial book, very interesting, and it's quite funny if you like sarcastic and subtle humor. The entire book reminded me of one of those passages you might find on the SAT that is supposed to be funny, but you can't really tell because it's such a tedious read. High-level vocab is sprinkled liberally throughout :)</p>
<p>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone really helped me out. I went from 300 to 540 reading that book. what else is there? oh i also read Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul to help me with my essays. the emotions i drew from that book helped me to write better essays. i continually scored like 4 or 5 on the essay but now like 6-7.</p>
<p>All the Captain Underpants books, most notably the attack of the wicked wedgie woman and the professor poopy pants one as well. Excellent vocab and great sentence structure to help with essays!!!</p>