Recommended Books to Read This Summer

Here’s a list of suggested books to read this summer!

Books for Young Adults

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusakback
• The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riorden
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
• The Cay by Theodore Taylor
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
• All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Books for Children Ages 9-12

• The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
• James and the Giant Peach: A Children’s Story by Roald Dahl
• A Wrinkle in Timeby Madeleine L’Engle
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
• The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
• Stuart Littleby E. B. White
• Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Books for Children Ages 6-8

• The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
• Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
• Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
• Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
• Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
• Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
• She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton
• The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Books for Children Ages 4-6

• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
• The Napping House by Audrey Wood
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
• The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
• The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

Books for Preschoolers

• The Mitten by Jan Brett
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Where’s Spot by Eric Hill
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• I’ve Lost My Yellow Zebra by Angela Brooksbank
• Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney