10 best books of August: the Monitor's picks

Here are the 10 August titles given the highest marks by the Monitor's book critics.

9. 'To the Bright Edge of the World,' by Eowyn Ivey

Eowyn Ivey’s second evocative novel, like her first, “Snow Child,” is also set in a cold climate, this time Alaska of the 1880s, as a war hero leading a nearly impossible mission is separated from his pregnant wife. You can read the Monitor's full review of "To the Bright Edge of the World" here.

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