10 best books of September: the Monitor's picks

Here are the 10 September releases most highly recommended by the Monitor's book critics.

6. 'Sing, Unburied, Sing,' by Jesmyn Ward

Jesmyn Ward’s first novel since her National Book Award-winning “Salvage the Bones” tells the story of a black mother and her two children, driving toward a prison where they plan to pick up the children’s white father. Ward weaves themes of race, family, and history into a powerful, wrenching, and deeply thoughtful narrative.

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