Summer is just around the corner, which hopefully means a little more time to relax and do some reading! We’ve put together a list of recommended books to help you find some great books to read this summer!
Our list includes books for personal and professional development, as well as some fun poolside/beach reads!
Download Summer Reading ListProfessional and Personal Development
SEL/Trauma
The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students By Jessica Minahan and Nancy Rappaport, MD
The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety-Related or Oppositional Behaviors by Jessica Minahan
Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline by Lori Desautels
Eyes Are Never Quiet: Listening Beneath the Behaviors of Our Most Troubled Students by Lori Desautels and Michael McKnight
Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom by Kristin Souers with Pete Hall
Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice by Nathan Maynard and Brad Weinstein
The Invisible Classroom: Relationships, Neuroscience & Mindfulness in School by Kirke Olson and Louis Cozolino
Lost At School: Why Our Kids With Behavioral Challenges Are Falling Through The Cracks And How We Can Help Them by Ross W. Greene, PhD
Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma-invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners by Kristin Souers with Pete Hall
Leadership
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle
The Listening Leader: Creating the Conditions for Equitable School Transformation by Shane Safir
Bias
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Personal Growth & Wellness
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonia Renee Taylor
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski & Emily Nagoski
The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul by Danielle La Porte
Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive by Kristen Neff
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being by Martin Seligman
Radical Confidence: 10 No-BS Lessons on Becoming the Hero of Your Own Life by Lisa Bilyeu
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works–A True Story by Dan Harris
Just for the Fun of Reading
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper’s Women by Hallie Rubenhold
I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks
Untamed By Glennon Doyle
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