Summer is the most anticipated season for students. But just because it’s summer and there’s no school, doesn’t mean you can’t still sit down and enjoy a nice book. Reading is one of the most important activities that students can engage in, both during the academic year and over the summer. Here are the best summer reads of 2018.
The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
Starting off the list with a good thriller, The Woman in the Window focuses on an agoraphobic woman who begins spying on her neighbors and soon witnesses a crime. What is real? Did she imagine it? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this gripping thriller, no one - and nothing - is what it seems. This must-read is sure to have you on the edge of your seat and gritting your teeth as to what’s going to happen next.
Southernmost by Silas House
Silas House’s latest novel explores the relationship between a father and his son on their journey to Key West, leaving behind life as they’ve known it, and along the way, are trying to find new understandings in family, faith, and love
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
Jeju Island, Korea, 1943. Sixteen-year-old Hana has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation, schooled through a foreign tongue that denies her native language and culture. In this shocking novel, a young girl leaves school and embraces her Korean heritage as a haenyeo, a girl or woman who supports her family by diving into freezing waters to search for abalone or oysters.
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle. Assume nothing. Greer Hendricks’ and Sarah Pekkanen’s The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.
Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz
Evan Smoak - government assassin gone rogue - returns in Hellbent, a new thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series. With a James Bond type feel, this gripping novel will get your heart racing and blood pumping with every new twist and turn.