If you
are seriously interested in S.A.T. scores above 500, the best thing you can do for
yourself and your future is to read as much as possible this summer. Nothing
else will prepare you as effectively or as pleasantly as reading.Please
notice that this list is not packed with the kind of difficult, classical literature that
we study during the school year. Summer reading should be fun - something you can do
at the beach. The books on this list include mysteries, science fiction, romance,
adventure, intrigue, and sports. Look hard, choose carefully, and don't be afraid to
challenge yourself.
You must have read at least five books, three from this list and two of
your own choice.
THE MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ by Walter Miller, Jr.
BURR by Gore Vidal
TRINITY by Leon Uris
CENTENNIAL by James Michener
STARGAZEY by Martha Grimes
ACCIDENTAL TOURIST by Ann Tyler
WITHOUT REMORSE by Tom Clancy
ICARUS AGENDA by Robert Ludlum
DEVICES AND DESIRES by P.D. James
THE NATURAL by Bernard Malamud
SULA by Toni Morrison
KAFFIR BOY by Mark Mathabane
SEEING RED by Dan Shaughnessy
REMEMBERING ME by Mary Higgins Clark
THE TESTAMENT by John Grisham
EVERYTHING TO GAIN by Barbara Taylor Bradford
HAVING OUR SAY by Sara L. & A. Elizbeth Delany
THE GLASS LAKE by Maeve Binchy
HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS by Julia Alvarez
TOXIN by Robin Cook
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
FOOLS CROW by James Welch
TILL WE HAVE FACES by C.S. Lewis
ELEANOR AND THE FOUR KINGS by Amy Kelly
THE COLOR PURPLE by Alice Walker
SMALL VICES by Robert Parker
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT by Robert Cormier
THE HIDING PLACE by Corrie Ten Boom
A LESSON BEFORE DYING by Ernest Gaines
WHITE NOISE by Don DeLillo