美国大学招生官推荐暑假阅读的书籍

你可以从学校、图书馆、网上和书店搜索一份暑期阅读书单,但是今天你看到的这份书单是独一无二的。这份年度暑假阅读清单不仅给学生很多阅读上的建议，还推荐了不少阅读书籍给家长，甚至是每一个爱阅读的人。这份阅读书单是由一系列美国大学的校长和招生官倾情推荐，非常值得关注。

这份书单不仅包括小说和非小说，还涉及了许多历史和科学类文献。当然，关于如何进入大学和在大学学习和生活，甚至如何进入研究生院的书籍也包含在内。你可以读到一些广受推荐的作家的作品，比如David Sedaris, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Duckworth, Atul Gawande。除此之外，这份书单还会推荐一些新兴作者的作品。

这份书单是由Brennan Barnard编辑的，他是新罕布什尔州德瑞菲尔德学校的大学咨询负责人。他每年都会向各大大学招生官和中学咨询官寻求暑期阅读清单的建议，然后汇总起来。

Brennan Barnard说道：“一堆书堆在我的床边，夏天没有什么事能比阅读这些书更重要了。夏天是最好的时间来深入研究这些书，从这些书里发现你的兴趣所在。以下这些是书单中比较有代表性的。”

大学录取: “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania” by Frank Bruni

青少年的思维: “Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain” by Dan Siegel

灵感: “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” by Susan Cain

自传: “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid” by Bill Bryson

小说: “Lake Wobegon Days” by Garrison Keillor

探险: “Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living” by Krista Tippett

短篇小说: “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls” by David Sedaris

标准化考试准备: “Acing It! A Mindful Guide to Maximum Results on Your College Admissions Test” by Erika Oppenheimer

以下是具体书单：

推荐给家长：

“Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood” by Lisa Damour

“Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity” by Andrew Solomon

“Pressured Parents, Stressed Out Kids” by Wendy S. Grolnick, PhD. and Kathy Seal

“Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” by Robert D. Putnam

“Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence” by Laurence Steinberg

“American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers” by Nancy Jo Sales

“The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults” by Frances E. Jensen

“How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success” by Julie Lythcott-Haims

“The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence” by Rachel Simmons

“The End of American Childhood” by Paula S. Fass

“The Gift of Failure” by Jessica Lahey

“Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through The Seven Transitions Into Adulthood” by Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

教育类书籍：

“Heroic Leadership” by Chris Lowney

“The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College” by Harlan Cohen

“The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way” by Bill Bryson

“Class and Campus Life” by Elizabeth M. Lee

“Creating a Class” by Mitchell Stevens

“Where Everybody Looks Like Me: At the Crossroads of America’s Black Colleges and Culture” by Ron Stodghill

“The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less” by Barry Schwartz

“U Chic, The College Girl’s Guide to Everything” by Christie Garton

“Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined: The truth about talent, practice, creativity, and the many paths to greatness” by Scott Barry Kaufman

“The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics” by Daniel James Brown

“There Is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow” by Jeffrey J. Selingo

“Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom” by Lisa Delpit

“Remaking College: Innovation and the Liberal Arts” by Edited by: Rebecca Chopp, Susan Frost, Daniel H. Weiss

休闲和思想类：

“The Art of Fielding” by Chad Harbach

“Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals” by Mark Edmundson

“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Where Am I Wearing?” by Kelsey Timmerman

“Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise” by Andres Ericson and Robert Pool

“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” by Ned Vizzini

“Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything” by Victor J. Strecher

“Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People” by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald

“The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah

“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Grit: the Power of Passion and Perseverance” by Angela Duckworth

“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson

“Being Mortal: Medicine and What Happens in the End” by Atul Gawande

“David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants” by Malcolm Gladwell

“Creativity, Inc., Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration” by Ed Catmull

“Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work (A StoryCorps Book)” by Dave Isay

“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr

“Straight Man” by Richard Russo

“City on Fire” by Garth Risk Hallberg

“The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough

“Forever: A Novel” by Pete Hamill

“This Is your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-shirt Cannon” by L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers

“Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead” by Sheryl Sandberg

“Guyland: the Perilous World Where Boys Become Men” by Michael Kimmel

“Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging” by Sebastian Junger

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