"A room without books is like a body without a soul." -Cicero

With summer in full swing, here's a list of this summer's must readers:

1. 'Wonder' - Raquel J. Palacio

Follow the journey of August Pulman as he enters the world of middle school while dealing with his craniofacial abnormality.

2. 'We Were Lairs' - E. Lockhart

Cadence Sinclair was in an accident and she can't remember. The four "liars" come together to help her remember the incident.

3. 'Kite Runner' - Khaled Hosseini

Follow the journey of Amir who is surviving amongst the fall of the Afghanistan's government.

4. 'A Time to Kill' - John Grisham

Justice. Justice is viewed differently based on different people and how far people are willing to go for justice.

5. 'The Same Sweet Girls' - Cassandra King

Southern literature at its finest. "The Same Sweet Girls" are a group of life-long southern friends, but their lives are not as perfect or simple as they seem.

6. 'The Clearing' - Heather Davis

Two teenagers living decades apart and a mysterious clearing come together to form a romance.

7. 'Out of the Night that Covers Me' - Pat Cunningham Devoto

It's a hard life for an orphan in the 1950s living in rural Alabama.

8. 'The Leavers' - Lisa Ko

When eleven-year-old Deming's undocumented Chinese mother disappears without a trace he is left all alone.

9. 'Mockingbird' - Kathryn Erskine

Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, learns the meaning of closure and how to show empathy when her brother is killed in a school shooting.

10. 'My Absolute Darling' - Gabriel Tallent

At fourteen, Turtle Alveston roams the woods in northern California to escape her isolated life with her father.