My recommendations for a summer reading list

My recommendations for a summer reading list 

As this is my last blog post, I wanted to give some respect to the other good books which I have read in recent times that I haven’t been able to write reviews on. While most of you probably don’t read on your own during the summer, for those of you who do (I recommend doing this), I hope you find this list valuable and you pick up some of these books. I will mention that these books are pretty old, so if you aren’t a fan of older books then these books may not be for you.

The War of the Worlds:

This book is the first alien invasion novel and was written in the year 1898. It’s also known for the radio broadcasting joke done by The Mercury Theatre on the Air in the year 1938 on Halloween. The book itself is pretty much what you’d expect, but in my opinion much better than later alien invasion stories. The theming, the narration style, the world building, and the character interactions are some of my favorite parts of the book. If you’re a fan of sci-fi books and you haven’t read this, then 1. I don’t know how you haven’t and 2. Go read it; it’s worth it.

Fahrenheit 451:

Like other books around the time (early 20th century), Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel, but in my opinion it offers a good message and is unique enough from the other dystopian novels at the time to make it worth the read. I won’t go into too much detail, but the basic premise is firemen in the future burn books and everyone thinks very little and uses screens only and seashells (basically airpods). The main character is a fireman, and he meets people who make him start to question his life.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea:

To be honest, I read this book a while ago (maybe a year ago?), so I will probably reread it during the summer, but the reason I mention it is because I remember enjoying it. It had a simple plot, with Pierre and some other people being shipwrecked and forced to join Captain Nemo’s ship, which is technologically advanced. They’re forced to join his expeditions, which offer some very interesting descriptions of the world. The detail this book offers is really good, and the character interactions are natural and make you actually care about the characters.   

Sherlock Holmes Stories:

I know I already wrote a blog review for this (though if you haven’t read it, you should), but I feel like I had to mention this because the Sherlock Holmes short stories are the perfect quick summer read. Each short story is around twenty pages, and they offer satisfying solutions to confusing cases. If you don’t have time to read much over the summer, this is my number one recommendation. 

There are many more books which I recommend but can’t go into too much detail, so I’ll list some of them now: The Hobbit, Dune, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Animal Farm, The Invisible Man, and Moby Dick . Also the books I wrote reviews for are also good picks. If you don’t read much, I would recommend at least reading a little during the summer, because the days are long and you probably have no work to do.