Wow, Crime and Punishment is a tall order. I've been trying to summon the will to read the Brothers Karamazov, but as of yet haven't been able to do it. Good luck with your reading :D

Thank you for the recommendation ! Recently I have been reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky . i will read these books this summer!

I just realized there's not much diversity in that list, haha. Native Son by Richard Wright is a great read, and if you're interested in Chinese-American identity at all, there's a book called The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston that is pretty good, although a little difficult. Feel free to hit me up if you wanna talk more lit =)

I would suggest reading Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible." It's one of my favorite plays and fairly easy to understand. Also, J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" is a staple of high school lit classes, as well as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Bell Jar." If you're interested in non-mainstream lit (which is my forte =) ) check out Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer (my favorite book) and Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Also, anything by Kurt Vonnegut is great. I hope that gives you ample amount of summer reading =)

Wish it had been about English literature lol, I know nothing of American lol!