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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:

  • Every Frenchman Has One
  • My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
  • The Keeper of Night (The Keeper of Night, #1)
  • The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
  • Chasing the Light: A Novel of Antarctica
  • Small Things Like These
  • The Lost Apothecary
  • What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World

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:

  • American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
  • The Keeper of Night (The Keeper of Night, #1)
  • Under the Whispering Door
  • The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
  • The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
  • My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
  • Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
  • Tender Is the Flesh