Walpole High School Summer Reading List

From the website: “This summer, students must select and read one book from our Summer Reading List. In the fall, students will meet in Summer Reading Groups to discuss the book with others who read the same book.  Students will receive a Pass/Fail grade for their participation in the Summer Reading Program. The grade will be posted on their transcript. Students who Pass will earn .5 credits; students who Fail will not be eligible for Honor Roll Term 1.”

Fantasy

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

Historical Fiction

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Gangland by Chuck Hogan

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

The Daughters of Madurai by Rajasree Variyar

LGBTQ+ Fiction

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune

Contemporary/Literary Fiction

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Mystery/Detective/Thrillers

The Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Science Fiction

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Dune by Frank Herbert

White Noise by Don DeLillo

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Timebound by Rysa Walker

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

Young Adult

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Action/Adventure/Horror

Jaws by Peter Benchley

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

IT by Stephen King

Classic Literature

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Nonfiction: Autobiography

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono

Nonfiction: Historical

The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades by Usamah ibn Munqidh (This book is not available in OCLN: if you search in the Commonwealth Catalog, you can request it from another library consortium.)

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: Young Reader’s Edition

American Dialogue: The Founders and Us by Joseph J. Ellis

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan

Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose

Nonfiction: Art

How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz

Nonfiction: Current Events

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Nonfiction: Self Help

Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Nonfiction: Humor

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh