As we begin the official start to summer break, ZSR Librarians and staff members wanted to take this opportunity to share a few reading recommendations for all our summer readers out there. We have also included a special collection of digital audiobooks for your summer listening enjoyment. And please feel free to share your own reading recommendations in the comments! Have a safe and relaxing summer everyone!

Elizabeth Ellis, Teaching Librarian

  • Intermezzo: A Novel by Sally Rooney
  • Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna
  • Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
  • Wellness by Nathan Hill

Veronica Escamilla-Brady, Business Manager

  • Vacationland by John Hodgman
  • Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald
  • Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn
  • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Gray Hendrix
  • Babel by R.F. Kuang
  • The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

Craig Fansler, Preservation Librarian

Joy Gambill, Research & Instruction Librarian

Jemma Johnson, Research Services Specialist

  • Silver on the Road (The Devil’s West #1) by Laura Anne Gilman
  • That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon (Mead Mishaps #1) by Kimberly Lemming
  • Wolfsong (Green Creek #1) by TJ Klune
  • The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
  • Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness by Pooja Lakshmin

Amanda Kaufman, Learning and Instructional Services Librarian

Joddy Marchesoni, Data Services Librarian

Kathy Martlock, Resource Maintenance Specialist

Marcia Phillips, Metadata Specialist

Morgan Ritchie-Baum, Business & Social Science Librarian

  • The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Roz Tedford, Director for Research, Instruction, and Outreach

Meghan Webb, Instruction & Outreach Librarian

Summer Audiobooks