A READING LIST FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS

Whether you're about to take  the SAT's or have already taken them and are waiting to hear from colleges, it will always be a benefit to make a reading list of the "10 classics" that you have never had the time to read in high school. How about Homer's "Odyssey and Iliad" Dante's "Divine Comedy", Virgil's "Aeneid", or any Charles Dickens' novels?  Not only will you build your vocabulary, you will be better prepared to discuss literature with your college interviewers or college professors.  What about books like Herman Melville "The Passages of HM" . Moby Dick, Etc.?

The more advance level books you read over summer and do vocabulary on, the higher your critical reading SAT score will be.  You should also note this amazing list of summer reads…we are so excited at the idea of being able to read, read, read, this summer! 

Here is 10 books sites that you should read just for the fun of it over the summer!

Summer reading: The big list—Los Angeles Times
Books to Bury Yourself In—The New York TimesThe Ten Hottest Prospects From This Year’s Book Expo—New York Magazine

Indie Booksellers Target Summer's Best Reads—NPR
10 Essential Books for Thought-Provoking Summer Reading—The Atlantic
10 Must-Read Summer Books—Newsweek
11 excellent novels for summer reading—Christian Science Monitor

Tweeting Joyce—Salon

Top 10 Short Stories of All Time—Hotwire

Have fun!