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25 Page-Turning Books You Should Read By The End Of Summer

Reading for fun is better than required reading.

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25 Page-Turning Books You Should Read By The End Of Summer
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Growing up, I would always participate in my local library's summer reading challenge, as well as summer reading assignments for middle and high school. Now that I'm in college, I've aged out of the library summer reading programs. I'm also not required to read anything at all this summer. However, now that I don't dread reading like I did growing up, I want to do as much reading for fun as I can before I have to read books that I am required to. So, here is a list of books I want to read/try to read before summer is over:

1. Sorority by Genevieve Sly Crane

2. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

3. Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

4. Inferno by Dan Brown

5. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

6. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

7. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

8. Matched by Ally Condie

9. M Train by Patti Smith

10. Just Kids by Patti Smith

11. The Careful Undressing Of Love by Corey Ann Haydu

12. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

13. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

14. Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor

15. The Summons by John Grisham

16. They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera

17. Hear by Robin Epstein

18. The Girl In 6E by Alessandra Torre

19. The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

20. A Pleasure And A Calling by Phil Hogan

21. Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

22. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

23. The Call by Peader O'Guilin

24. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

25. Always And Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han


These are all the books I want to try to read this summer, so feel free to join me. Reading helps to keep your mind engaged and keeps you productive over the summer.

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