Memorial Day is a time that many associate with a slower pace affording, maybe, a little more free time to read. We asked some of our regular book reviewers what titles they are most looking forward to reading this summer. Here's what they said.
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende When I learned that the novel has Nogales, Arizona, where I was born, as its backdrop, I put it on the top of my reading list. It shapes romanticism around social political history. I'm extremely eager to find what she discovers in our borderlands. —Marcela Davison Avilés | Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki Time's Mouth is a story by The New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki, about mothers, memories, what we inherit(继承) and what we choose to keep. It's set in the New Age world of California featuring time travel, life force and psychoanalysis. —Lily Meyer |
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo Elizabeth Acevedo has won the book world's most desired prizes, including the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for The Poet X. Family Lore, her first novel for adults, is an American drama and one of her most personal creations—inspired in part by her eight aunts and interest in how culture and traditions are made. —Carole Bell | Witness by Jamel Brinkley Jamel Brinkley's first publication, A Lucky Man, was one of the best books of 2018, which looks at family, identity and desire. His follow-up collection contains stories about people who choose to speak on behalf of others. Brinkley is extremely talented, making this one of the year's most desired works of American fiction. —Michael Schaub |
