Here are the books 8 of America's most prestigious private schools have students read over the summer

Students must read three books of their choosing plus the required items below: Read (novel) — The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien Read (novel) — The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie Watch — The Hunger Games (2012) Read (poem) — A Work of Artifice, by Marge Piercy Students can choose to read one or more of the books on the list below and then participate in informal discussion groups in the fall: Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown Catch-22, by Joseph Heller Closely Watched Trains, by Bohumil Hrabal Color of Magic, by Terry Pratchett Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky Deep, by James Nestor The Martian, by Andy Weir The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth GrahameStudents must read four books that they choose from a list of over 50. Titles on the list include: Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Circle, by Dave Eggers A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess The Universe and The Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty, by K.C. Cole Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert To The Lighthouse, by Virginia WoolfEnglish teachers at the school put together the following list of recommended summer reading: Slouching Towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion Emma, by Jane Austen Native Son, by Richard Wright Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan Students must read: Song of Solomon, by Toni MorrisonStudents must read Flight, by Sherman Alexie plus two books they choose from a list of over 100. Works include: The Andy Warhol Diaries, by Andy Warhol Why Sinatra Matters, by Pete Hamill Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Welcome to the Monkey House, by Kurt Vonnegut Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia MarquezStudents must read All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr plus one book they choose from a list of over 50. Works include: A Very Long Engagement, by Sebastien Japrisot Cities of the Plain, by Cormac McCarthy Dune by Frank Herbert Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger The Beautiful Struggle, by Ta-Nehisi Coates Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond Faculty members at the school put together a list of recommended summer reading. Here are some of their picks: 1984, by George Orwell Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Princess Bride, by William Goldman The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams

Here are the books 8 of America's most prestigious private schools have students read over the summer

The Hotchkiss School — Lakeville, Connecticut

Trinity School — New York, New York

Deerfield Academy — Deerfield, Massachusetts

The Harker School — San Jose, California

Ransom Everglades School — Miami, Florida

Choate Rosemary Hall — Wallingford, Connecticut

The Lawrenceville School — Lawrenceville, New Jersey

The College Preparatory School — Oakland, California