What America's most prestigious private schools are making students read this summer

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June 13, 2017 7:51 PM

From classics to important new books.

We all remember summer reading.

The summer months symbolize pleasure reading at its best.

It's a time to indulge in the texts that are most appealing, without scrutiny: an easy beach read, a guilty pleasure, or that book you've always meant to start.

But students at some of America's most prestigious private schools are digging into substantial works this summer. The required or suggested texts relate to politics, race and identity, and then there are some of those high school classics.

Check out the 2017 reading lists of rising seniors at reputable private schools across the US:

The Hotchkiss School — Lakeville, Connecticut

Deerfield Academy — Deerfield, Massachusetts

• " target="_blank"Half of a Yellow Sun," by

• " target="_blank"A Clockwork Orange," by Anthony Burgess

• " target="_blank"Invisible Man," by Ralph Ellison

• " target="_blank"Madame Bovary," by Gustave Flaubert

The Harker School — San Jose, California

English teachers at the school put together the following list of recommended summer reading:

• "Beloved," target="_blank" Toni Morrison

• " target="_blank"Slouching Towards Bethlehem,"

• " target="_blank"Native Son,"

• " target="_blank"Interpreter of Maladies,"

• " target="_blank"The Omnivore's Dilemma,"

Ransom Everglades School — Miami, Florida

Students must read:

• " target="_blank"Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison

• "Four Major Plays," by Henrik Ibsen

• "Thinks," target="_blank" by David Lodge

Choate Rosemary Hall — Wallingford, Connecticut

Works include:

• " target="_blank"The Andy Warhol Diaries," by Andy Warhol

• "Americanah," target="_blank" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• " target="_blank"Welcome to the Monkey House," by Kurt Vonnegut

• " target="_blank"Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen

• " target="_blank"Love in the Time of Cholera," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Groton School — Grotton, Massachusetts

Students must read " target="_blank"Between the World and Me,"

• " target="_blank"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion," by Jonathan Haidt

• "Suffragette," Sarah Gavron

• "Selma," target="_blank"

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