Books for Summer Reading

By Kaitlyn Spotts | March 24 2026 | CollectionsEnglish Language ArtsFavorite Authors & SeriesGeneralHigh SchoolMiddle School

Reading over the summer helps students maintain their skills and grow as independent readers. This curated mix of fiction and nonfiction gives students the opportunity to relax, recharge, and read for fun.

Browse our elementary, middle, and high school summer reading lists. 

The Great Mann
The Great Mann
A Novel
Kyra Davis Lurie
9780593800867
In this diverse retelling of The Great Gatsby, set among the Black elite of postwar L.A. and inspired by real-life historic events, a young veteran is drawn into a world of tantalizing possibilities—and explosive tensions.
$28.00 US
Jun 10, 2025
Hardcover
320 Pages
Crown
The God of the Woods
The God of the Woods
A Novel
Liz Moore
9780593418925
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON OF 2024, WITH ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD, NOW IN PAPERBACK. Named a best book of the year by The New York Times, People, NPR, Barack Obama, and more, Liz Moore’s crowd-pleasing, list-topping novel unspools the ever-deepening mystery of a teenager’s disappearance from her Adirondack summer camp
$19.00 US
Oct 28, 2025
Paperback
576 Pages
Riverhead Books
Waiting for the Long Night Moon
Waiting for the Long Night Moon
Stories
Amanda Peters
9781646223213
From the bestselling author of The Berry PickersIn her debut collection of short fiction, Amanda Peters describes the Indigenous experience from an astonishingly wide spectrum in time and place—from contact with the first European settlers, to the forced removal of Indigenous children, to the present-day fight for the right to clean water
$17.95 US
Feb 10, 2026
Paperback
256 Pages
Catapult
Nicked
Nicked
A Novel
M. T. Anderson
9780593688007
AN NPR NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint "[A] rollicking comic novel."—NPR "The 11th century queer romantic adventure you didn’t know you were looking for."—Los Angeles Times "Miracles, marvels, saints, sinners, love, plague, and treachery! A medieval feast of a novel, stuffed with everything I could have wished for."—Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love
$17.00 US
Jul 22, 2025
Paperback
240 Pages
Vintage
Minotaur Boy
Minotaur Boy
Shane Hegarty, Ruby Fresson
9798217307845
Alex is like any other twelve-year-old: he’s trying to survive school, navigate awkward body changes, and avoid his parents’ embarrassing “talks”. But Alex is hiding a secret...
$10.99 US
May 19, 2026
Paperback
224 Pages
DK flip
Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Sea of Monsters The Graphic Novel (paperback)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Sea of Monsters The Graphic Novel (paperback)
Rick Riordan
9781368113632
Just in time for Season 2 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series on Disney+, a refreshed edition of The Sea of Monsters graphic novel
$14.99 US
Nov 11, 2025
Paperback
128 Pages
Disney Hyperion
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
9780375842207
The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.
$16.99 US
Sep 11, 2007
Paperback
608 Pages
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Black Girl You Are Atlas
Black Girl You Are Atlas
Ekua Holmes, Renée Watson
9780593461723
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. Now in paperback!
$13.99 US
Aug 19, 2025
Paperback
96 Pages
Kokila
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