The Echo Maker. Richman, Alyson. Lost Wife. Roose, Kevin. The Unlikely
Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's. Holiest University. Rothfuss, Patrick.
WESTOVER SCHOOL OFFICIAL SUMMER READING PROGRAM - 2013 PLEASE NOTE: This year all students are required to read Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (unabridged) along with two books chosen from the following list over the summer. Students will be assigned to a reading group to discuss one book out of these three and to take a reading quiz. SUMMER READING LIST - 2013 Albom, Mitch The Five People You Meet in Heaven Albom, Mitch The Time Keeper *Atkinson, Kate Behind the Scenes at the Museum *Austen, Jane Mansfield Park Boyle, T. Coraghessan The Tortilla Curtain Cary, Lorene Black Ice Charney, Noah Stealing the Mystic Lamb *Cheever, John The Wapshot Chronicle Chiaverini, Jennifer Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker Cooley, Martha The Archivist Coplin, Amanda The Orchardist Dalai Lama, the, and Howard Cutler The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World de Botton, Alain The Art of Travel Diffenbaugh, Vanessa The Language of Flowers *di Lampedusa, Giuseppe The Leopard DuMaurier, Daphne Jamaica Inn *Durrell, Gerald Birds, Beasts, and Relatives Eggers, Dave Hologram for the King Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America *Eliot, George Daniel Deronda Erdrich, Louise The Round House Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion Galloway, Steven The Cellist of Sarajevo Goodkind, Terry Wizard’s First Rule Goodwin, Doris Kearns Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir Green, John The Fault in Our Stars Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Harbach, Chad The Art of Fielding Harris, Robert Pompeii Heller, Peter The Dog Stars Herbert, Frank Dune Issenberg, Sasha The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy *Jenkins, Robin Fergus Lamont Kimberling, Brian Snapper Krauss, Nicole The History of Love Lamb, Wally I Know This Much Is True Lethem, Jonathan The Fortress of Solitude Makos, Adam A Higher Call Malouf, David Remembering Babylon Mantel, Hilary A Place of Greater Safety Mantel, Hilary Wolf Hall
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Mathabane, Mark Kaffir Boy McGahern, John Memoir McGhee, Alison Was It Beautiful Morrison, Toni Home Netzer, Lydia Shine Shine Shine O’Brien, Kate The Land of Spices *Orwell, George Animal Farm Picoult, Jodi The Storyteller Powers, Richard The Echo Maker Richman, Alyson Lost Wife Roose, Kevin The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University Rothfuss, Patrick The Name of the Wind *Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de Night Flight Sedaris, David Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls Sheehan, Jacqueline Lost and Found Shreve, Anita Testimony *Singer, Isaac Bashevis A Day of Pleasure Sloan, Robin Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Sotomayor, Justice Sonia My Beloved World Stedman, M. L. The Light Between Oceans *Steinbeck, John Cannery Row Stockett, Kathryn The Help Strayed, Cheryl Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Strout, Elizabeth The Burgess Boys Sturluson, Snorri The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology Summerscale, Kate Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace Suskind, Ron Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League Tan, Amy The Kitchen God’s Wife Vincent, Norah Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Year Disguised as a Man Vonnegut, Kurt Mother Night Walker, Karen Thompson The Age of Miracles Weiner, Eric The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World Wener, Louise Just for One Day: Adventures in Britpop Winterson, Jeanette Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Wittlinger, Ellen Parrotfish Yang, Gene Luen American Born Chinese Yourcenar, Marguerite Memoirs of Hadrian
* indicates those titles that are considered classics by the Westover English Department
