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9 Must-Read Books To Add To Your Shelf This Summer

Nothing beats cuddling with a book during the long summer days.

Amy Le
May 30, 2018
Pennsylvania State University
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The beautiful vibrant flowers at Penn State’s Arboretum has finally sprung up again and we’re slowly approaching the average 80-degree weather, which means summer is just around the corner.

If you need a break from the sun and a little peace and quiet during the long summer days, grabbing a book isn’t a bad idea. Drifting away into a fictional world can be mentally healthy especially if you’re around irritating siblings for too long. Sometimes entangling yourself in blankets on a thundering summer afternoon engulfed in the perfect book is all you need.

Here are nine books to fill up those long summer days:

1. I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson.

2. The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

3. Looking For Alaska by John Green

4. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

5. Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

6. This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

7. One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus


8. The Shining by Stephen King

9. 2 AM Thoughts by Makenzie Campbell and Hailey Chamberlain


Bonus! Read the Harry Potter series if you haven't already or reread the series again. Summer wouldn't be summer if you didn't allow your minds to enter the Hogwarts hallways. There are so many details the movies leave out!



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