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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:

  • A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
  • What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
  • Yellowface
  • Under the Whispering Door
  • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
  • Connie: A Memoir
  • Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
  • The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

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:

  • Hester
  • Demon Copperhead
  • A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
  • The Five Wounds
  • The Fortunes of Jaded Women
  • The Other Einstein
  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
  • Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)