Our July book list: Her.meneutics writers recommend their favorites.
At the peak of summer, it’s time to slump down in a chair or crawl into a hammock with a good book in hand. This July, we’re reading everything from poetry books to cookbooks to stories about a viral vampire apocalypse. Here’s a list of our current favorite reads.
What are you reading this summer? Let us know your recommendations in the comments!
— Andrea and Kate
Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon by Bronwen Dickey
To know me is to know that I love pit bulls, so the fact that I’m reading and loving this book should surprise no one. But the breadth and depth of this book will surprise folks. It’s a must-read for history buffs, for dog-lovers, and for anyone who cares anything at all about truth, justice, love, and the best dogs ever.
— Caryn Rivadeneira
City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
This summer I’m diving into City of Mirrors, the final installment of Justin Cronin’s trilogy The Passage, which is the story of how a girl saves the world from a viral vampire apocalypse. Cronin was challenged by his young daughter to write a story about “a girl who saves the world,” and The Passage is the result.
— Halee Gray Scott
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
I am regularly on the hunt for good fiction about characters who struggle with but are not defined by depression. It's a little like hunting for unicorns. I've heard enough good things about this book—which focuses on a character whose depression affects his relationships—that I'm excited to read it.
— Alicia Cohn
Black Betty by Walter Mosley
The setting may be 1961 Los Angeles, but Mosley's fourth Easy Rawlins mystery echoes many of the past two years' headlines about interactions ...
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