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Looking for summer reading recommendations? ZSR has you covered! Check out our Goodreads page for thematic reading lists to suit bibliophiles of all tastes! Here are a few of the titles from our 2017 Summer Reading list:

  • Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
  • Normal People
  • Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
  • Afterparties
  • Land of Big Numbers
  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
  • The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)
  • Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online

Project Wake

Additionally, we have a featured list of all selected titles from Project Wake— the University’s summer academic program. This year, the Project Wake titles are centered around the theme “exploring difference, embracing diversity”. New students and Wake Forest University community members are encouraged to read a Project Wake title and join the discussion group on the Sunday afternoon of new student orientation (August 27, 1:30-3 pm). Online registration is available from the New Undergraduate Students site. Here are a few of the Project Wake titles being offered:

  • The Song of Achilles
  • Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
  • The Keeper of Night (The Keeper of Night, #1)
  • Women Talking
  • Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
  • The Archivist: A Thriller
  • American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
  • Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless