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Hot Topics: Leisure Reading

Leisure Reading, also known as pleasure reading or independent reading, is the art of engaging in self-selected reading for personal or social reasons.  Some benefits of leisure reading include reduced academic stress and improved reading comprehension.

This December, why not take a study break and engage in leisure reading?

Check out some of the books that have been reviewed by the McCarthy Library student employees.

Attached by Amir Levine; Rachel Heller

Call Number: BF575.A86 L48 2010

ISBN: 9781585428489

Publication Date: 2010-12-30

 

 

 

Gender Queer: a Memoir Deluxe Edition by Maia Kobabe

Call Number: HQ77.8.K628 A3 2022

ISBN: 9781637150726

Publication Date: 2022-07-05

 

 

 

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 by Tim Hamilton (Illustrator); Ray Bradbury

Call Number: PN6727.H28 R39 2009

ISBN: 9780809051007

Publication Date: 2009-07-21

 

 

 

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Call Number: PS3511.I9 G7 2018

ISBN: 9780743273565

Publication Date: 2004-09-30

 

 

 

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan

Call Number: PS3568.I5866. .W73 2024

ISBN: 9781368107631

Publication Date: 2024-09-24

 

 

 

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Call Number: PS3569.S964 V

ISBN: 0937858021

Publication Date: 1991-04-01

 

 

 

 

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto; Megan Backus (Translator)

Call Number: PL865.O7138 K5813 1993

ISBN: 0802115160

Publication Date: 1993-01-01

 

 

 

Love and War by Melissa de la Cruz

Call Number: PZ7.D36967 Lov 2018

ISBN: 9781524739652

Publication Date: 2018-04-17

 

To find out what other students enjoy reading, browse the stacks for our "shelf talkers."

 

Happy Reading!