If you couldn’t tell by the fire-blazing sun shining confidently outside your window it’s Summer. An on top of that, it appears to be a “normal” Summer in comparison to last year, which means: much. needed. vacations. While you’re flying, riding, or beach reclining, our team has put together a list of non-required Summer reading to take one more thing off your to-do list. Enjoy writing that long-awaited OOO, put your phone on DND, and we’ll see you after your much-needed R&R. 😎 (ps – too many acronyms – asking for a friend?)
Claire Selves – Director, Projects
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
Dora Cheng – Co-Founder
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- Pro-tip: This is how Dora discovered her love for VR
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness through Situational Leadership by Ken Blanchard
- The Missing Piece Meets the Big O by Shel Silverstein
Jes Hudgins – Director, Marketing & Business Development
- Permission to Screw Up: How I Learned to Lead by Doing (Almost) Everything Wrong by Kristen Hadeed
- Pro-tip: Kristen started her cleaning business with student housing turn season
- Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
Megan Smith – Project Coordinator
- Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
- Memorial by Bryan Washington
- Educated by Tara Westover
Mike Schroeder – Project Coordinator
- Mythos by Stephen Fry
- Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
- The Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura
Support your local library or bookstore to pick up your copies. We personally love using the Libby app which connects your digital library card to any reading device, making it extra convenient to travel lightly.