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- This July, sip some lemonade and read the month’s 10 best books
A bumper crop of titles includes Colson Whitehead’s wrenching new novel along with a reexamination of Rudyard Kipling, author of “The Jungle Book.”
- Rudyard Kipling loved Vermont. Then he had to leave it.
Christopher Benfey’s ‘If’ takes a closer look at the writer’s time in America – a key creative period when he wrote ‘The Jungle Book.’
- Gain a bird’s-eye view of America with these July audiobooks
Audiobook selections for July cover a swath of the American landscape, from a western river to Louisiana’s gumbo belt. Relax and take it all in.
- The Apollo 11 moon landing and the men who made it happen
‘Shoot for the Moon’ concentrates on the astronauts who carried out the historic mission, and ‘American Moonshot’ looks at the galvanizing power of President John F. Kennedy's vision.
- How to save politically ‘mixed marriages’ in Trump era
Jeanne Safer’s book isn’t a “Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Venus” tract so much as it is a guide to what true love entails.
- A geological detective story told through clues written in the ice
Jon Gertner’s ‘The Ice of the End of the World’ is an examination of scientists’ grit against the harsh backdrop of Greenland’s ice sheet.
- Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest novel charts the friendships of women
In ‘City of Girls,’ young protagonist Vivian’s indiscretions become steppingstones to self-realization.
- His father was under F.B.I. surveillance. The family was never the same.
In his book 'A Good American Family,' David Maraniss sorts through his parents' early communist sympathies and bears witness to the price they paid in the age of McCarthyism.
- E.B. White’s essays argue eloquently against extremism
A new collection, put together by his granddaughter, demonstrates what made him such a pointed observer of representative government.
- Believing in the experiment of democracy, despite the setbacks
In her latest book, ‘This America: The Case for the Nation,’ historian Jill Lepore affirms and celebrates the country’s foundational values.
- Two early presidents raised warnings about the cult of personality
In ‘The Problem of Democracy,’ Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg write that John Adams and John Quincy Adams recognized the pitfalls of the U.S. political system.
- He’s a reader on the run – a 56-mile run
To support school libraries, Marukgwane Moremogolo combines his two passions – running and reading – at South Africa’s grueling Comrades Marathon.
- Why do birds migrate? Ask the man who’s followed them.
Kenn Kaufman, author of ‘A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration,’ talks about the wonder of migration and the effects of climate change.
- ‘Charged’ examines the role of prosecutors in the U.S. justice system
Writer and lawyer Emily Bazelon argues that the election of more reform-minded prosecutors could help reduce America’s soaring incarceration rates.
- Intimidated by verse? ‘Don’t Read Poetry’ explores how to enjoy poems.
Stephanie Burt entices readers into an appreciation of poetry by demystifying the act of poetry reading.
- Lee Krasner: abstract expressionist painter in her own right
Married to famed ‘drip’ painter Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner is being rediscovered by a new generation.
- This summer’s buzziest book club read: The Mueller report
The Mueller report can be intimidating. Book clubs have emerged to get Americans to read, and engage over, the divisive publication.
- ‘Becoming Dr. Seuss’ opens up the author-illustrator’s world
Biographer Brian Jay Jones reveals the perfectionist who gained fame with his children’s books, but feared he was not taken seriously as an artist.
- A restless, kaleidoscopic view of an empire’s legacy
Journalist Alev Scott’s book ‘Ottoman Odyssey’ traverses the cultural and social history of the region to explain the present.
- ‘Jurassic Park’ fans could learn a lot about real dinosaurs in this book
Michael J. Benton distills a career’s worth of paleontology discoveries into the engaging and colorful ‘Dinosaurs Rediscovered.’