Ready Player One bu Ernest Clyne is a great read for a English class summer reading assignment. It has SO many nerd references, the most memorable one to me is, in the first few chapters, includes the Tomb of Horrors!
Also, the Soulless series by Gail Carrager is, in the language of the book, exquisitely amusing. It has a more unique approach to the supernatural, and the voices, they fit each character so well, you know whose perspective it is usually just by reading a few sentences. Add on the fact that the protagonist is a "entirely sensible" woman, who indeed acts like women did during the time it is set in, and that several small world-building details are funny and logical at the same time, it adds up to an awesome ride of a book.
