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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 Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)
  • The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India
  • Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
  • Normal People
  • Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
  • Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
  • Demon Copperhead

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:

  • Orbital
  • Interior Chinatown
  • Hester
  • The Paper Palace
  • Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online
  • Demon Copperhead
  • The Lincoln Highway
  • The Enigma Affair