All Books
- The 10 best books of June to read while you soak up the sun
There are beach reads and exciting travel adventures galore in the June roundup of the Monitor’s top 10 book recommendations.
- Wendell Berry takes a stand on stewardship of the earth
‘What I Stand On,’ a collection of the poet-farmer’s essays, argues for a societal shift away from a culture of destruction and consumption.
- Penguin Classics adds four books by Asian Americans to the canon
With four books by Asian American authors, Penguin Classics finally recognizes a long-overlooked genre of American literary and cultural tradition.
- ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ eh? What if Jane Austen were Muslim Canadian?
Uzma Jalaluddin’s debut novel ‘Ayesha at Last’ charms with its witty and insightful update of ‘Pride and Prejudice.’
- It’s information overload with ‘The Ministry of Truth’
Dorian Lynskey includes lengthy and not always relevant detail in his examination of the cultural impact of George Orwell’s ‘1984.’
- Telling stories that all can enjoy
Children’s books with Muslim characters can help open minds, and provide kids with role models that have stories like theirs.
- Fancy a stroll? Great writers extol the pleasures of walking.
Classic and contemporary authors wax philosophic on the inspiration they find during a ramble.
- Journeys: four audiobooks for summer road trips
Step into one-of-a-kind life journeys in Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and ‘In the Land of Invisible Women’ by Qanta A. Ahmed.
- Great ‘cozy’ mystery series to curl up with Yvonne Zipp recommends mystery series that have plenty of intrigue, but not too much violence – perfect for a stormy night.
- Unspoken but not forgotten
Family history is reinvented and truth is mutable in Sarah Blake’s ‘The Guest Book,’ which follows three generations of a privileged East Coast clan.
- ‘Stony the Road’ lays bare the failure of Reconstruction
Historian and television host Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the brief flowering of African American leadership after the Civil War.
- Stories of D-Day heroism shape history
On the 75th anniversary of World War II’s great amphibious assault, a trio of books provides both broad context and individual voices.