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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:

  • The Island of Sea Women
  • A Redbird Christmas
  • Babel
  • The Five Wounds
  • Fleishman Is in Trouble
  • Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
  • Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
  • Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)

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:

  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
  • Women Talking
  • When Women Were Dragons
  • Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online
  • Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
  • Piranesi
  • How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
  • Thank You for Listening