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Turning the pages of Summer: Recommended Summer reading

Photo by Carmen Cheng | Model: Minaka Okabe

Summer is a great time to read non-curricular books. The included books have been suggested by WCC faculty members. Thanks to all the instructors and staff members who recommended these books.

Information gathered by Ala Kaymaram.

Non-Fiction, Memoirs, Biographies, Autobiographies
Title	Author	Genre	Suggested by
“Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House”	Alyssa Mastromonaco	Political memoir	Molly Letermann
“Born to Run”	Bruce Springsteen	Autobiography	Maryam Barrie
“The Same River Twice”	Chris Offutt	Biography	Dave Waskin
“Angela’s Ashes”	Frank McCourt	Biography	Lisa Veasey
“The Glass Castle”	Jeannette Walls	Memoir	Lisa Veasey
“Me Talk Pretty One Day”	David Sedaris	Essay	Lisa Veasey
“The Liar’s Club”	Mary Karr	Memoir	Lisa Veasey
“The Color of Water”	James McBride	Memoir	Heather Zettelmaier
“The Blind Side”	Michael Lewis	Non-Fiction	Heather Zettelmaier
“Unbroken”	Laura Hillendbrand	Non-Fiction	Heather Zettelmaier
“Never Cry Wolf”	Farley Mowat	Nature (Non-fiction)	Heather Zettelmaier
“The Hiding Place”	Corrie Ten Boom	Non-fiction	Heather Zettelmaier
“Rocket Boys”	Homer Hickam, Jr.	Memoir	Heather Zettelmaier
Fantasy, Children’s Literature
Title	Author	Genre	Suggested by
“Harry Potter” series	J. K. Rowling	Fantasy	Michael Thompson
“Lamb”	Christopher Moore	Comic Fantasy	Michael Thompson
“The Higher Power of Lucky”	Susan Patron	Children’s Literature	Michael Thompson
Poetry
Title	Author	Genre	Suggested by
“100 Selected Poems”	E.E. Cummings	Poetry	James Obrecht
“Night Sky with Exit Wounds”	Ocean Vuong	Poetry	Tom Zimmerman
“Dog Songs”	Mary Oliver	Poetry	Dave Waskin
Novels, Fiction, sub-genre fictions
Title	Author	Genre	Suggested by
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”	Mark Twain	Picaresque Fiction	James Obrecht
“The Fifth Letter”	Nicola Moriarty	Fiction	Dr. Kimberly Jones
“The Turner House”	Angela Flourney	Historical Fiction	Molly Letermann
“Station Eleven”	Emily St. John Mandel	Post-Apocalyptic fiction	Molly Letermann
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette”	Maria Semple	Fiction	Molly Letermann
“The Handmaid’s Tale”	Margaret Atwood	Speculative fiction	Molly Letermann, Carrie Krantz
“The Sound and the Fury”	William Faulkner	Modern Literature (Novel)	Tom Zimmerman
“The Postman Always Rings Twice”	James M. Cain	Crime Fiction	Tom Zimmerman
“Pride and Prejudice”	Jane Austen	Fiction	Tom Zimmerman
“Tales of H.P. Lovecraft”	H.P. Lovecraft	Speculative Fiction	Tom Zimmerman
“Maddadam trilogy: Oryx and Crake, the Year of the Flood, and Maddadam”	Margaret Atwood	Speculative Fiction	Maryam Barrie
“The North Water”	Ian McGuire	Fiction	Dave Waskin
“For a Little While”	Rick Bass	Fiction	Dave Waskin
“Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage”	Alice Munro	Fiction	Dave Waskin
“Thirteen Moons”	Charles Frazier	Historical Novel	Dave Waskin
“Tropic of Cancer”	Henry Miller	Autobiographical Fiction	Dave Waskin
“All the King’s Men”	Robert Penn Warren	Political Fiction	Dave Waskin
“A Good Man is Hard to Find”	Flannery O’Connor	Short Story	Dave Waskin
“Hap and Leonard”	Joe R. Lansdale	Mystery Series (Fiction)	Dave Waskin
“Water for Elephants”	Sara Gruen	Fiction	Heather Zettelmaier
“The Beekeeper’s Apprentice”	Laurie R. King	Detective Fiction	Heather Zettelmaier
“Tuesdays with Morrie”	Mitch Albom	Philosophical Fiction	Heather Zettelmaier
“The Help”	Kathryn Stockett	Historical Novel	Heather Zettelmaier
“She’s Come Undone”	Wally Lamb	Drama (Novel)	Heather Zettelmaier
“Coming Home”	Rosamund Pilcher	Fiction	Heather Zettelmaier
“Gilead”	Marilynne Robinson	Novel	Michael Thompson
“Peace Like a River”	Leif Enger	Novel	Michael Thompson