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- 10 best books of July: the Monitor's picks
From the shores of Walden Pond to the steppes of Siberia, and from Jane Austen's parlor to the fields of an Amish farmer, here are the 10 July titles that most appealed to the Monitor's book critics.
- 'When the English Fall' envisions the Amish as society's post-apocalyptic saviors
A gentle concern imbues this contemplative novel which imagines the rest of the society turning to the Amish when the power grid fails.
- 'The Netanyahu Years' portrays a divisive, oddly compelling world leader
This is the kind of caustic and extremely topical biography that readers would expect to come from a working journalist rather than a professional historian.
- 'Refuge' is the story of an Iranian family in search of home
Dina Nayeri’s sophomore novel, 'Refuge,' tells a tale of migration and dislocation.
- Bestselling books the week of 7/27/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
- 'The Unwomanly Face of War' records Russian women fighting in WWII
Svetlana Alexievich, whose oral histories of Soviet and Russian lives earned her the Nobel Prize for Literature, collected the stories of hundreds of Soviet women World War II vets.
- 'Ants Among Elephants' offers a window into the complexities of India
Sujatha Gidla's memoir of her mother and uncle is a moving, fascinating story of class struggle in India.
- 'Modern Gods' is an agile domestic drama, split between Ireland and Papua New Guinea
In Nick Laird's third novel, the everyday drama of a Northern Ireland family is overshadowed by a past that can't quite be left behind.
- 'Live from Cairo' vividly describes a world where refugees are case numbers
Ian Bassingthwaighte's debut novel centers on refugees and resettlement officers living in Cairo, as longtime Egyptian president Husni Mubarak steps down.
- 4 classic audiobooks Four recent audiobooks bring new life to titles that should not be forgotten.
- 'White Man's Game' details efforts to save Mozambique's Gorongosa Park
Christian Science Monitor correspondent Stephanie Hanes profiles Boston philanthropist Greg Carr, who fell in love with Gorongosa and launched a campaign to bring its wildlife back.