Books to read while working at summer camp- an escape, a reflection, or anything in between! Mostly compiled from other camp staff suggestions, but feel free to suggest anything!
created by emo-sunshine42
last updated August, 2026
The Javelin Program (Time to Orbit: Unknown, #1)
Derin Edala
Will Save the Galaxy for Food
Yahtzee Croshaw
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
David Wong
Hollow Kingdom
Kira Jane Buxton
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Bryan Burrough
Harvest Season
Brynne Weaver
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carré
The Martian
Andy Weir
John Dies at the End
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
Warhammer 40,000: Soeurs de Bataille
Torunn Grønbekk
Tender Is the Night
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
This is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Radio Silence
Alice Oseman
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black
Project Hail Mary
A Murder Most Camp
Nicolas DiDomizio
The Man With No Shadow
Bonnie Quinn
The Secret World of Weather
Tristan Gooley
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir
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