Summer 2018 To Be Read


  1. The Help By Kathyrn Stockett
  2. Queer, There, and Everywhere By Sarah Prager
  3. It's Not Like It's a Secret By Misa Sugiura
  4. Let's Talk about Love By Claire Kahn
  5. The Poet X By Elizabeth Acevado
  6. Turtles All the Way Down By John Green
  7. Paper Towns By John Green
  8. All American Boys By Jason Reynolds
  9. American Street By Izi Zoboi
  10. Simon v. the Homo Sapiens Agenda By Becky Albertalli (reread)
  11. Leah on the Offbeat By Becky Albertalli
  12. Our Own Private Universe By Robin Talley
  13. Love, Hate, and Other Filters By Samira Ahmed
  14. The Sun is Also a Star By Nicola Yoon
  15. Piecing Me Together By Reneé Watson (reread)
  16. Bad Feminist By Roxanne Gay
  17. A None's Story By Corinna Nicolau
  18. Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehsi Coates
  19. Fire and Fury By Micheal Wolff
  20. When They Call You a Terroist By Patrisse Khan-Cullors
  21. The Awakening By Kate Chopin
  22. The Underground Railroad By Colson Whitehead
  23. Homegoing By Yaa Gyasi
  24. Kaleidoscope Song By Fox Benwell
  25. Jesus and the Church
  26. Foundations of Catholic Social Teaching
  27. Building a Bridge By James Martin
  28. Breaking Through By Helen Alavre
  29. An Abundance of Katherines By John Green
  30. Islam By Bernard Lewis
  31. Why Buddhism is True By Robert White
  32. The World Without Us By Alan Weisman

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