<p>This may have started, but i cant find one so i am starting one. This is a list of books you would recommend other people to read over the summer. I recommend:</p>
<p>Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler- A little depressing, but its really good</p>
<p>Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom- Somewhat depressing</p>
<p>The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus- really good book, couldnt put it down. There's a movie, too, but i havent seen it.</p>
<p>the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom~~AMAZING book</p>
<p>i've read Dinner At the Homesick Reaurant</p>
<p>read</p>
<p>Slaughterhouse Five
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Paradise Lost
any C.S. Lewis books
The Bible
Breakfast of Champions
Lord of the Flies</p>
<p>the power of one. hands down best book ive ever read. and i dont think i will ever read a better one. seriously, read it.
memoirs of a geisha. especially if you are a teenage girl, but i think everybody can enjoy it. it was fabulous.
harry potter and the half blood prince. it comes out july 16. read it.
fear and loathing in las vegas. amazing. i laughed so hard i cried. literally. i sat on the airplane crying. doesn't really further your intellectual ability all that much, but its a nice break from all the intense books you will likely read. quick read too.
tandia. sequel to the power of one. brilliant, but of course, not quite as good.
lord of the flies. i second that
poisonwood bible. brilliant. especially if you are a teenage girl.
clockwork orange. brilliant. good movie too, but dont cheat. read the book.
speak. especially if you are a teenage girl (haha...patern?). quick easy read. but amazing.
the princess bride. really fun.
inherit the wind. really short. i really liked it.
to kill a mockingbird. amazing classic that everyone must read at some point.
da vinci codes. very interesting.
catcher in the rye. read if you are, have been, or will be a teenager.
alice in wonderland. some crazy stuff.
angus, thongs, and full-frontal snogging. mostly teenage girls. absolutely ridiculously hilarious. again, i cried while reading. really fast, easy read, but definitely awesome.
thats all for now. its a lot, but they are all great.</p>
<p>I made myself read Angels and Demons and I'm in the middle of TDC because I'm sick of everyone talking about how great they were and I had to know for myself! I never read the Harry Potter books and felt left out so I have to keep up with the craze I guess.</p>
<p>The Lovely Bones
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
"Speak" wasn't my favorite but it was decent
Einsteins Dreams</p>
<p>The Kite Runner
Eragon
Angels and Demons</p>
<p>DEFINITELY HARRY POTTER! WHOOO!!!! =P</p>
<p>Tuesdays With Morrie was a very good book. I want to read The Five People You Meet In Heaven also!</p>
<p>I just finished reading Einstein's Dreams. It was an interesting book. Definitely full of beautiful ideas and vivid imagery.</p>
<p>I am going to start The Commanders by Bob Woodward soon. Looks like it is a good book (AP US Gov. summer read).</p>
<p>If you haven't read Fountainhead, read it. It's such a provocative read. I hope I get to read Atlas Shrugged someday also.</p>
<p>angels and demons is very good. agreed.
tale of two cities. i actually really liked it.
animal farm. weird, but great.</p>
<p>The Pinball Effect-- it links how japanese water gardens started the industrial revolution. each chapter explains how something affected another its like those goosebump books where you choose your own ending, except the numbers on the sides of the page next to a particular topic can be the same in that chapter as to another chapter. (that didn't make sense, but i tried)</p>
<p>Catcher in the Rye-- when you can relate to Holden Caulfield, you are officially a teenager</p>
<p>A Seperate Peace-- ever had a best friend that was better than you at everything?</p>
<p>The Heart is a Lonely Hunter-- Now, I didn't read the book, BUT i did watch the movie (i'm taking sign language as my language) and it was really good</p>
<p>Cyrano de Bergerac-- most awesome play. ever. lol</p>
<p>Dan Brown books-- Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code</p>
<p>Harry Potter Books-- ...duh. lol. no. but they are a good, fun read</p>
<p>Lord of the Rings Trilogy-- genious work. really tedious, though</p>
<p>Jurassic Park-- If you like math and dinosaurs, its a whole lot more interesting than the movie, i gurantee!</p>
<p>R is for Rocket-- Short science fiction stories by Ray Bradbury (one of them is being made into a movie-- a sound of thunder. really cool!)</p>
<p>Cuckoo's Nest (or egg..i don't remember)-- For computer geeks- true story about a normal guy's online quest to catch a hacker</p>
<p>Suggested summer reading? For fun/entertainment?</p>
<p>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
Wicked (or any of Maguire's re-written faerie tales)
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (JKR)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares)</p>
<p>I'm still puzzled over the last one is so popular, but I guess it wasn't a bad book. I haven't read Hitchhiker's Guide myself, but since there's a movie out...</p>
<p>look homeward,angel- Thomas Wolfe
angels and demons- Dan Brown
the da vinci code- Dan Brown
the eighth day- John Case
the murder artist- John Case
the Notebook-Nicholas Sparks</p>
<p>Jane Eyre by Bronte
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Hurston
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Joshua by Joseph Girzone</p>
<p>If you are looking for something somewhat challenging I would have to say I am a huge advocate of Atlas Shrugged</p>
<p>A Perfect Day, by Ira Levin. Out of print, but an amazing book.</p>
<p>A Girl, In Parts: A Novel</p>
<p>It doesn't have much literary merit, but it's a quick read and it tells a great story.</p>
<p>DaVinci Code
Angels and Demons
Catch-22</p>
<p>Force yourself to read classics. It's good for you =)</p>
<p>Harry Potter books are fun to read, even if they lack the literary sophistication.</p>
<p>Read the Lemony Snicket's series! Its a nice vocabulary builder (for me anyway)! </p>
<p>Those SAT books with the vocab in them by sparknotes... I don't like the writing style at all. They're okay.</p>
<p>The Jungle Upton Sinclair
It really made think about capitalism and the structural problems of it. It's very tragic.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Why? YOu'll know when you read it
Bringing Down the Horse It's about these MIT kids gambling in Vegas but it's really interesting. I read it in a day. Really fun to read.
Short stories by Leo Tolstoy
The ones I've read are very friendly and sort of are didactic. But you get to closely reassess your life.</p>
<p>I checked out Einstein's Dreams, but never got to it. I'll try again when I get back next month.</p>
<p>But I've been reading John Grisham.</p>
<p>The Brethren
The Firm
both good books, although The Brethren took a long time to get me hooked.
The Firm hits off right away.</p>
<p>Any other books by Grisham should be good.
I was also suggested Robert Whitlow because he writes similar novels about legal stuff.</p>
<p>Harry Potter will be great.</p>
<p>Literary:
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey</p>
<p>Well-written entertainment:
Born Confused, Tanuja Desai Hidier (probably more of a 'girly' book, but deals with important cultural issues)
Discworld series, Terry Pratchett (brilliant satire)</p>
<p>Nonfiction:
A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love, Richard Dawkins (just beautiful)
The Professor and the Madman: Murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester (esoteric topic but a very interesting book)</p>
<p>and more that I can't think of right now...</p>
<p>edit: Insanity seems to be a recurring theme in this list...should I worry? ;)</p>