With so much time on your hands in the summer, this is a great time to snuggle up with a page turner you’ve always wanted to read. Here’s seven summer reads.

Hyperbole and a Half by Amy Brosh
This memoir is for the laughs, the kind of laughs that makes a reader laugh so hard that their stomachs hurt and they cry. Written in the first person, Brosh tells stories of her life in a whimsical and dog-filled fashion. Summer should be light and stress free, this book will laugh all of the stress away.

Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Set in the summertime, Jay Gatsby is wealthy man living in New York in the 1920s. He buys an ornate mansion on Long Island to be near his former love Daisy Buchanan. Hoping she’ll come by, he throws elaborate parties that celebrate the decadence of the ’20s. For the steamy romance, and to get English over with, read this modern classic. Perfect for readers in the mood for historical fiction.

Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgon Maston
After her father died in a car accident, Amy Curry hasn’t gotten behind the wheel. But as a way to start over, Amy’s mom moves from California to Connecticut. Roger, a family friend with his own problems, accompanies her on the road trip. There is no better way to get into the summer mood than reading a road trip book.

Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
Before high school began, Julia and Dave made a list of stereotypical things that teens do in high school that they will never do. As the end of senior year approaches, they found the long lost list and decide to break every rule. This novel is perfect for seniors with senioritis but have no senior prank planned.

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
After her parents’ divorce, Auden spends a summer with her father and away from her demanding mother. Auden enjoys herself with her friends and the intriguing loner Eli. Together, they embark on their own personal quests for the little time that they have. This summer romance is a worthy read.

The Hunger Games by Susan Collins
We get that this is a cliché recommendation, but there is a reason that The Hunger Games is in every book list that is Googled. Teenagers fighting for their lives in an arena with other teenagers because of a corrupt government will occupy your time when your board on a summer day.

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
The first book in the Arcana Chronicles, the title, Poison Princess, seems a bit childish and girly, but the book itself is not. A teenage girl named Evie Green lives a privileged life until she hears voices and experiences vivid hallucinations. Days after the hallucinations happen an apocalyptic event occurs that wipes out her town in Louisiana. She survives along with a new classmate, Jackson Deveaux, the town’s bad boy-bad attitude, ladies’ man, and rule breaker who swears to protect Evie from cannibals, militia men, and bagmen on the road to finding her grandmother.