Read. It’s as simple as that. Below are some book recommendations from The Writing Center to you. Don’t forget to pick up a book this summer to keep your skills sharp and ready for the fall!
If you like Fantasy try Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rolling.
If you like Science Fiction try The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams or Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.
If you like Horror try It by Stephen King or The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
If you like History try Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen or Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown.
If you like Non-Fiction try People who Cook by Anthony Bourdain or A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.
If you like American Literature try The Great Gatsby by F. Fitzgerald Scott or A Farwell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
If you like British Literature try Hamlet by William Shakespeare or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
If you like World Literature try Oedipus Rex by Sophocles or The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.
If you like Romance try Jane Ere by Charlotte Bronte or Isolde, Queen of Western Isle (Tristan and Isolde Novels, Book 1) by Rosalind Miles.
If you like Politics try The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli or The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn.
If you like Humor try Me Talk Pretty One day by David Sedaris or Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley.
If you like Pop Culture try Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser or The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent.
If you like Teen Literature try The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins or Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede.
If you like Philosophy try Poetics by Aristotle or Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.
If you like Graphic Novels try Watchmen by Allen Moore or The Walking Dead, Book 1 by Robert Adlard and Cliff Rathburn.
If you like Crime or Mystery try Drive by James Sallis or The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.
The Fullerton College Writing Center will be open for the summer from June 27th through August 13th. Our hours are Monday and Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
