The multiple voices and perspectives is refreshing. These books blend history and fiction in such a way that you want to believe every word that is written. – EthosDaimon A Brief History Of Seven Killings by Marlon James and Apeirogon by Colum McCann Riveting historical fiction, which also features the story of a Soviet night witch. The last book I couldn’t put down was The Huntress, by Kate Quinn, about a small group on Nazi hunters in Vienna in 1950, hunting down a woman war criminal and this woman’s reinvention of herself in the US after the war. On the one hand a story about bullying and the shutdown response that comes from that on the other hand a story about building social confidence and learning to cope with the inevitable miscommunications that come from daily interactions. It’s a fantasy story that spends more time looking at its characters than wallowing in the fantasy aspect. – Sean Davey Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura A superbly researched and written book from a journalist who tells a story from Iraq, not from a western perspective. This book reveals the terror that was brought on a country in extremely personal circumstances and it seems that no one was left unscathed. The NYT bureau chief in Baghdad from 2017-18, Coker takes the reader inside the war in Iraq from the perspective of Iraqis themselves, some of who fought Isis and some who decided to help them. Read more The Spymaster of Baghdad by Margaret Coker
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