It is almost officially summertime, meaning no more classes, homework assignments or group projects.

But it is not a time to lose your brain activity because of lack of daily school work. Why not read a book or two, just to add to your list of summer accomplishments?

According to Business Insider, “Science has shown that reading has some amazing health benefits, including helping with depression, cutting stress, and reducing the chances of developing Alzheimer’s later in life.”

Here is a list of 30 must-read books, enjoyable for summer break or any free time in general. Enjoy!

1. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tole
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coleho
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
5. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
7. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
8. Norwegian Woods by Haruki Murakami
9. The Stranger by Albert Campus
10. The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama
11. A River Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins
12. The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
13. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
14. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
15. The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How To Make The Most Of Them Now by Meg Jay
16. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
17. Shantaram by Gregory Roberts
18. The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P by Adelle Waldman
19. The Women’s Room by Marilyn French
20. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
21. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
22. Emma by Jane Austen
23. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
24. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
25. You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
26. This Side Of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
27. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
28. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
29. Anything by John Green
30. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

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