Subject Week: “Summer Reading 2026”

Summer is just around the corner! We know this is the perfect time to relax, unwind, and dive into a good book. That’s why we’ve put together a collection of books that are perfect for lazy afternoons on the beach, long road trips, or just curling up with a good book in the sun. So, come on in, grab a book, and get lost in a summer adventure. Check out our Summer Reading LibGuide for more book recommendations.

Тhe following are books that have won various awards, including the Booker prize, the International Booker prize, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among others, in the last couple of years. If you’re wondering what to pick and up and enjoy over Summer break, you might be interested in starting here!

Print books:

1. Amelina, V. (2025). Looking at women looking at war : a war and justice diary. St. Martin’s Press. PG3950.1.M45 Z46 2025
2. Chiang, T. (2024). Stories of your life: And others. Picador. PS3603.H53 A6 2024
3. El Akkad, O. (2025). One day, everyone will have always been against this. Alfred A. Knopf. PS3605.L12 Z46 2025
4. Everett, P. (2024). James. Doubleday. PS3555.V34 J36 2024
5. Evtimova, Z. (2025). The wolves of Staro Selo. Heloise Press. PG1038.15.V8 R4913 2025
6. Fallon, J. (2023). Over sharing. Michael Joseph Ltd. PS3606.A445 O947 2023
7. Fosse, J. (2023). Scenes from a childhood. Fitzcarraldo Editions. PT8951.16.O73 A6 2023
8. Fosse, J. (2024.). Plays Six (M.-B. Akerholt, Trans.). Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. PT8951.16.O73 A2 2024
9. Genberg, I. (2023). The Details (K. Josefsson, Trans.). HarperVia. 17.E53 D4813 2023
10. Han, K. (2018). The vegetarian. (D. Smith, Trans.). Portobello Books. PL992.26.K36 C4613 2018
11. Han, K. (2024). Greek lessons. Hogarth. PL992.26.K36 H8513 2024
12. Ioffe, J. (2025). Motherland : a feminist history of modern Russia, from revolution to autocracy. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. HQ1662 .I64 2025
13. Kang, H. (2025). We do not part: A novel. (E. Yaewon & P.A. Morris Trans.). Hogarth. PL992.26.K36 C4513 2025
14. Kawakami, M. (2023). All the lovers in the night. Europa Editions. PL872.5.A89 S8313 2023
15. Keegan, C. (2021). Small things like these. Faber & Faber. PR6061.E329 S63 2024
16. Krasznahorkai, L. (2025). Baron Wenckheim’s homecoming.(O. Mulzet. Trans.). New Directions. PH3281.K8866 B3717 2025
17. Krasznahorkai, L. (2025). Herscht 07769 (O. Mulzet, Tran.; Paperback edition.). Tuskar Rock Press. PH3281.K8866 H4713 2024
18. Lynch, P. (2023). Prophet Song. Oneworld Publications. PR6112.Y534 P76 2023
19. Matar, H. (2024). My Friends: A novel. Penguin Random House. PR6113.A87 M9 2024
20. Murakami, H. (2011). Norwegian wood. Vintage books. PL856.U673 N6713 2011
21. Mushtaq, B. (2025). Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (D. Bhasthi, Trans.). And Other Stories. PL4659.M87 H43 2025
22. Phillips, J. A. (2023). Night Watch. Alfred A. Knopf. PS3566.H479 N54 2023
23. Szalay, D. (2025). Flesh. Jonathan Cape.Z35 F54 2025
24. Vieira Junior, I. (2023). Crooked Plow (J. Lorenz, Trans.). Verso Books. PQ9698.432.I5357 T6713 2023
25. Witt, S. (2025). The thinking machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the world’s most coveted microchip. The Bodley Head. Q335 .W59 2025

When off campus, please enter your credentials to access e-books.

E-Books:

1. Austen, J. (2014). Emma. Lerner Publishing Group. ProQuest Ebook Central
2. Bukatman, S. (2012). Blade runner. BFI Publishing. ProQuest Ebook Central
3. De Kloet, J. (2019). Boredom, shanzhai, and digitisation in the time of creative China. Amsterdam University Press. ProQuest Central
4. Dixon, M. (2020). Everyday creative : a dangerous guide to making magic at work. ProQuest Central
5. Hobbes, T. (2018). Leviathan. First Avenue Editions. ProQuest Central
6. Hugo, V. (2014). The hunchback of notre dame. Lerner Publishing Group. ProQuest Ebook Central
7. Marvin, M. (2018). The man in the machine. Berkshire Publishing Group. ProQuest Ebook Central
8. Milton, J. (2014). Paradise regained. Lerner Publishing Group. ProQuest Ebook Central
9. Muehlberger, E. (Ed.). (2025). Things unseen: Essays on evidence, knowledge, and the late ancient world. University of California Press. ProQuest Central
10. Shakespeare, W. (2015). The Merchant of Venice, Lerner Publishing Group. ProQuest Ebook Central.
11. Silbey, J. (2015). The eureka myth: Creators, innovators, and everyday intellectual property. Stanford University Press. ProQuest Central
12. Stoker, B. (2015). Dracula. Lerner Publishing Group. ProQuest Ebook Central
13. Storskog, C. (2023). Afterlives : Scandinavian classics as comic art adaptations. Nordic Academic Press, Sweden. ProQuest Ebook Central
14. Verne, J. (2010). Around the World in 80 Days. Andrews UK. EBSCOhost
15. Wharton, E. (2018). The age of innocence. Lerner Publishing Group. ProQuest Ebook Central