The summer reading lists at America's most prestigious private schools
The Hotchkiss School — Lakeville, Connecticut
The College Preparatory School — Oakland, California
Students can choose to read one or more of the books on the list below and then participate in informal discussion groups in the fall:
"Alice in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll
"All the Light We Cannot See," by Anthony Doerr
"The Boys in the Boat," by Daniel James Brown
"Closely Watched Trains," by Bohumil Hrabal
"Color of Magic," by Terry Pratchett
"Crime and Punishment," by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Trinity School — New York, New York
Students must read four books of their choosing plus one of the required items below:
"Edgar Huntly," by Charles Brockden Brown
"Four Tragedies and Octavia," by Seneca
"Making Your Own Days," by Kenneth Koch
"The Lord of the Flies," by William Golding
"The Autobiography of Malcolm X," by Malcolm X (with Alex Haley)
Deerfield Academy — Deerfield, Massachusetts
Students must read four books that they choose from a list of over 50. Titles on the list include:
"Half of a Yellow Sun," by Chimamanda Adichie
"A Clockwork Orange," by Anthony Burgess
"The Universe and The Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty," by K.C. Cole
"Invisible Man," by Ralph Ellison
The Harker School — San Jose, California
English teachers at the school put together the following list of recommended summer reading:
"Slouching Towards Bethlehem," by
Horace Mann School — New York, New York
Lakeside School — Seattle, Washington
Faculty and staff members put together a list of suggested books for summer reading that includes:
"Never Let Me Go," by Kazuo Ishiguro
"The Silmarillion," by J.R.R. Tolkien
"The Golem and the Jinni," by Helene Wecker
"The Warmth of Other Suns," by Isabel Wilkerson
"The Boy Kings of Texas," by Domingo Martinez
Choate Rosemary Hall — Wallingford, Connecticut
Students must read "Station Eleven," by Emily St. John Mandel plus two books they choose from a list of over 100. Works include:
"Andy Warhol Diaries," by Andy Warhol
"Why Sinatra Matters," by Pete Hamill
"Americanah," by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Welcome to the Monkey House," by Kurt Vonnegut
The Lawrenceville School — Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Students must read "Fahrenheit 451," by Ray Bradbury plus one book they choose from a list of over 50. Works include:
"A Very Long Engagement," by Sebastien Japrisot
"Cities of the Plain," by Cormac McCarthy
"Franny and Zooey," by J.D. Salinger
"The Beautiful Struggle," by Ta-Nehisi Coates
"Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies," by Jared Diamond
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