Summer Recommended Reading!

Summer is the time to be living easy! We have some recommended readings and viewings for the summer. If you have time in-between classes or a long vacation coming up or just looking for a new genre to try we got you covered! All our picks include different forms from fiction to graphic novels to movies. 

Humor:

Fiction: Holy cow by David Duchovny

Nonfiction: I can't make this up : life lessons by Kevin Hart

Graphic novel: 5 very good reasons to punch a dolphin in the mouth : (and other useful guides) by Matthew Inman

Young Adult: You killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin

TV Show: Bob's Burgers

Movie: Game Night

Children's: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Romance:

Fiction: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Nonfiction: Love, Inc. : dating apps, the big white wedding, and chasing the happily neverafter by Laurie Essig

Graphic novel: On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Young Adult: Every day by David Levithan

TV Show: This is Us

Movie: Crazy Rich Asians

Horror:

Fiction: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Nonfiction: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

Graphic novel: The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

Young Adult: Anna dressed in blood by Kendare Blake

Movie: Get Out

TV show: Stranger Things

Children's: Scary stories to tell in the dark by Alvin Schwartz

History:

Fiction: Human Acts by Han Kang 

Nonfiction: Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history by S.C. Gwynne

Graphic novel: Hark! : a Vagrant by Kate Beaton

Young Adult: Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Movie: Glory

TV Show: Boardwalk Empire

Children's: Little house on the prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Beach Reads:

Fiction: the Beach Quilt by Holly Chamberlin

Nonfiction: How to be the world's smartest traveler (and save time, money, and hassle) by Christopher Elliot

Graphic Novel: Despicable deadpool by Gerry Duggan

Young Adult: Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus

TV Show: The Good Place

Movie: Jumanji. Welcome to the jungle

Science Fiction/Science:

Fiction: Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

Nonfiction: Life 3.0 : being human in the age of artificial intelligence by Max Tegmark

Graphic Novel: Ghost in the shell by Masamune Shirow

Young Adult: The Program by Suzane Young

TV show: Fringe

Movie: Jurassic Park

Children's: Mr Wuffles! by David Wiesner

Stop by the 2nd floor of The Library to pick up recommended read lists, with many more titles for each genre!