SUMMER READING LIST
Pilar
asked me for a list of books to read in English this summer and she specifically
asked for original version books, not adapted readers. Obviously if you’re
reading in English to pick up everyday language, starting off with Jane Austen
or Shakespeare is probably mistake. Their books are undoubtedly masterpieces,
but their use of language is a bit outdated and if a native speaker heard you
use words like “thither” or “brethren”, they’d probably have a tough time
holding back a smile.
Your
best choice is probably a young adult book of some sort or really any contemporary
novel that is not sprinkled with too many dialectal words or phrases. I tried to come up with a short list of books
that are both engaging and fairly easy to read, so here you are…
- The Giver – Lois Lowry
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
- High Fidelity – Nick Hornby
- The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemmingway
- The House On Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros
- Number the Stars – Lois Lowry
- A Wrinkle In Time – Madeline L’engle
- Charlotte’s Web –E.B. White
- Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling
- The Hobbit -Tolkien
