A Little Late for a Summer Reading List

july2505_oldbook.jpg
But if you want some oldies-but-goodies to read on a lazy afternoon in the park -

To make you (look) more intelligent
(wear your glasses instead of contacts for these)
George Orwell - 1984
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn - The First Circle
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
Edith Wharton - Age of Innocence
Ray Bradbury - Farenheit 451
J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye

To pick up chicks (see above)

To pick up dudes
Nick Hornby - High Fidelity
Michael Chabon - Adventures of Cavalier and Clay
Mario Puzo - The Godfather
Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower

To stew in angst
Jean-Paul Sartre - Huis Clos (No Exit)
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Peter Shaffer - Equus
Choderlos de la Clos - Les Liaisons Dangereuses
William Golding - Lord of the Flies

For your inner child
Ellen Ranskin - Westing Game
Phillip Pullman - His Dark Materials Series (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass)
Roger Hargreaves - Little Miss Sunshine
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - La Petit Prince
Anna Brashares - Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
J.M Barrie - Peter Pan

Just Read These
Tobias Wolff - Old School
J.M Coetzee - Youth
Margaret Lawrence - The Diviners
Mark Haddon - Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Arturo Perez-Reverte - Club Dumas
Jeffery Eugenides - Middlesex
Donna Tartt - Secret History
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
Edmund Rostand - Cyrano de Bergerac

Reader Reviews and Comments

Submit a Review or Comment

You might want to strike Salinger from that list (we all read Catcher in high school) and replace him with Joyce. Although I wouldn't dare try to pick up a dude reading Ulysses - yipes!

Posted by: Alison at July 25, 2005 7:44 PM

I put Salinger there on my sister's insistence - it wasn't required reading for either of us. It was originally in the 'pick up dudes' section, but then my sister proclaimed she'd be hot for anyone she saw reading it.

As for Joyce - I don't think I can honestly suggest him for summer reading. He's more of a late fall. Solzhenitsyn kind of is, too, but you have to start in the summer to be done before January.

I hope readers contribute suggestions I've not yet read - I loves the recommendations.

Posted by: Katherine at July 25, 2005 7:59 PM

Post a comment

Remember Me?

Email This Entry

Email 'A Little Late for a Summer Reading List' to: Message (optional):
Your email address:

Please type the verification code displayed in the image:

By forwarding this entry to a friend, we do not opt you or your friend into
receiving any additional mailings from blogTO. We hate spam too.
Disclaimer: Comments and blog entries represent the viewpoints of the individual and no one else.