Summer Reading for the College Age Reader

Compiled 2002

Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Banks

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Fall of Atlantis by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Tell No One by Harlan Coben

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Left Behind Series by Timothy LaHaye

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Beauty by Robin McKinley

The Spindle by Robin McKinley

Men of Sherwood by Robin McKinley

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson

Amelia Peabody Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters

Density of Souls by Christopher Rice

Lady of the Glen by Jennifer Roberson

White Teeth by Zaide Smith

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

Books by Lemony Snicket

Authors:

Charles Bukowski Hunter S. Thompson
William S. Burroughs Tom Wolfe
Tom Clancy Banana Yoshimoto
Michael Crichton Laura Zigman
David Eddings For Young women:
Carl Hiaason Mary Higgins Clark
Nick Hornby Jennifer Crusie
Robert Jordan Janet Evanovich
Ken Kesey Helen Fielding
Dean Koontz Diana Gabaldon
Mercedes Lackey Jane Heller
Larry McMurtry Marian Keyes
Haruki Murakami Anna Maxted
Jeff Noon Jennifer Weiner
Terry Pratchett  

Mysteries:

Rita Mae Brown (perfect for animal lovers)

Alisa Craig (MacLeod under a different name)

Lindsay Davis's Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries

Dorothy Gilman

Sue Grafton

Carolyn G. Hart

Charlotte MacLeod (funny)

Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael mysteries

Dell Shannon/Lesley Egan/Elizabeth Linington (police procedurals with very human cops)

Sherlock Holmes books

       

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08/28/2006