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Summer Reading Recommendations

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SFA chapter.

Photo by: LaShauna Bell

IT’S OFFICIALLY SUMMER BREAK!!! You know what that means: relaxing by the pool, hanging out with friends, and— most importantly— all the time for reading you could ever want! So, here are my book recommendations for this summer.

For Mystery Lovers:

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 

The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley by Jeremy Massey

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

 

For Comedy Lovers:

Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

Bossy Pants by Tina Fey

 

For Suspense and Thriller Fans:

The Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk 

Salem’s Lot by Stephen King

Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow

Slade Houseby David Mitchell

Clockwork Orange by David Mitchell

 

For Literary Lovers:

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 

Babylon Revisited (short story) by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

 

For Poetry Lovers:

Good Bones by Maggie Smith 

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

Lucifer at the Starlight by Kim Addonizio

 

Happy reading!! 

 

 

 

Mickey May is a third year Creative Writing Major at SFASU. She loves dogs, improv, and board games (not necessarily in that order.)
Brianna is a Psychology major with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies here at SFA. She is passionate about people and that's how she landed a spot as CC for Her Campus' chapter at SFA! She enjoys hanging out with her cats, getting tattoos, and doing research. Her passion is to help the LGBTQ+ community by focusing on LGBTQ+ health and therapy in the future.