Summer Reading 2021: Take the summer reading survey! You can sign up for multiple books.
Check out the book descriptions and please choose a book you haven't read.
Book suggestions for 9th and 10th graders from the Houston Area Independent School Librarians, many of which we have in our library.
Book suggestions for 11th and 12th graders from the Houston Area Independent School Librarians, many of which we have in our library.
Award winners from the American Library Association.
Free audiobooks from SYNC where they pair a teen book with a classic.
If you liked . . . Read . . . Summer Reading series from We Need Diverse Books.
Buzzfeed best teen books of 2021
These are the 54 summer reading books proposed by students and faculty. Please view the calendar of discussions. This year, students will partner with a faculty member to sponsor each book. See all of the great fiction and non-fiction choices below! In May, all students will choose the book that they want to read this summer. Throughout the summer, time will be set aside to discuss the books in small groups facilitated by the student leaders and faculty sponsors. Before choosing your book, please take a look at the date of the discussion that will take place on Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or on campus. It is our hope that by providing a wider selection of books, students will have a more meaningful summer reading experience. Happy reading!
| BOOK | AUTHOR | DATE |
| A Blade So Black | LL McKinney | 8/19 at 4 PM |
| Ace of Spades | F. Abike-lyimide | 7/1 at 1 PM |
| All the Bright Places | Jennifer Niven | 7/27 at 7 PM |
| Barron Wenckheim's Homecoming | Laszlo Krasznahorkai | 8/30 at 12 PM |
| Boy Nobody | Allen Zadoff | 8/14 at 4 PM |
| Charming as a Verb | Ben Philippe | 7/21 at 1 PM |
| Circe | Madeline Miller | 8/5 at 11 AM |
| Concrete Rose | Angie Thomas | 8/20 at 4 PM |
| Crossing | Pajtim Statovci | 6/21 at 12 PM |
| Dear Justyce | Nic Stone | 7/15 at 1 PM |
| Death Is Hard Work: A Novel | Khaled Khalifa | 7/1 at 4 PM |
| Furia | Yamile Mendez | 7/28 at 11 AM |
| Gold Boy, Emerald Girl | Yiyun Li | 8/9 at 12 PM |
| Hey, Kiddo | Jarrett Krosoczka | 8/15 at 4 PM |
| Irresistible | Adam Alter | 7/27 at 1 PM |
| Legendborn | Tracy Deonn | 8/11 at 11 AM |
| Leurs enfants apres eux | Nicolas Mathieu | 7/14 at 4 PM |
| Loveless | Alice Oseman | 7/9 at 1 PM |
| Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | 8/7 at 4 PM |
| Paper Girl of Paris | Jordyn Taylor | 7/5 at 1:30 PM |
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 7/2 at 4 PM |
| Rebel Seoul | Axie Oh | 7/13 at 1 PM |
| Rebound | Kwame Alexander | 7/2 at 1 PM |
| Sacred Night | Tahar Jelloun | 7/26 at 12 PM |
| Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo | 7/29 at 1 PM |
| The Art of War | Sun Tzu | 8/18 at 7 PM |
| The Barefoot Woman | S. Mukasonga | 7/6 at 12 PM |
| The Black Kids | Christina H. Reed | 8/19 at 1 PM |
| The Captain | Anthony DiComo | 7/8 at 1 PM |
| The Early Investor | Michael Zisa | 8/4 at 1 PM |
| The Fault in Our Stars | John Green | 7/23 at 1 PM |
| The Gilded Ones | Namina Forna | 8/5 at 1 PM |
| The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt | 7/28 at 1 PM |
| The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | VE Schawb | 7/20 at 7 PM |
| The Maze Runner | James Dashner | 8/3 at 2 PM |
| The Memory Police: A Novel | Yoko Ogawa | 6/28 at 12 PM |
| The Moor's Account | Laila Lalami | 8/16 at 12 PM |
| The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Richard Flanagan | 8/23 at 12 PM |
| The Narrow Road to the Deep North & Other Travel Sketches | Matsuo Basho | 8/23 at 12 PM |
| The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead | 7/19 at 12 PM |
| The Night Circus | Erin Morgensteen | 8/3 at 11 AM |
| The Once and Future King | TH White | 8/17 at 4 PM |
| The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller | 8/16 at 3 PM |
| The Stand | Stephen King | 8/17 at 1 PM |
| The Witch Elm | Tana French | 8/12 at 1 PM |
| They Both Die at the End | Adam Silvera | 8/2 at 4:30 PM |
| Things That Happened Before the Earthquake | Chiara Barzini | 7/30 at 4:30 PM |
| Touch of Frost | Jennifer Estep | 8/10 at 1 PM |
| Two Can Keep a Secret | Karen McManus | 7/10 at 4:30 PM |
| Watchmen | Alan Moore | 7/7 at 1 PM |
| We Were Liars | E. Lockhart | 7/6 at 12 PM |
| What I Talk About When I Talk About Running | Haruki Murakami | 7/12 at 12 PM |
| When | Victoria Laurie | 7/22 at 1 PM |
