You still have plenty of time to start reading good and entertaining books . There are 5 books that beg you to skim through this week. there are plenty of highly-anticipated books releases on the way.
1- Road To Character by David Brooks
David Brooks, writer an columnist at the New York Times, examines his life and the lives of Dwight Eisenhower, George Marshall and George Eliot among others, searching for ways people build character.
Brooks hopes his readers will come away pursuing “eulogy virtues” with the same vigor they pursue professional success and that they discover there is wisdom in history and literature that can not be found in academic journals.
Some disagree with portions of ”Brooks” conclusions and their arguments are not unfair but he includes interesting stories and a compelling framework for finding purpose in more than wealth and professional success.
Road To Character
2- Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Man Booker Prize winning author Barker returns with this twist on Homer's epic, the Iliad. Told from the perspective of Briseis, the Princess of Lyrnessus captured and forced into sexual slavery.
Barker's novel looks beyond the narratives of the great war heroes of Greece, instead focusing on the stories of the women captured and held in the ''Trojan'' camp those whose identities and struggles were lost to history.
Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
3- Wildlands by Abby Geni
Geni paints a family pided by more than physical destruction in the wake of a massive tornado. Three years after the disaster orphaned siblings Darlene, Tucker, Jane, and Cora are torn apart when ''Tucker'' becomes a fanatical animal rights activist.
After bombing a local cosmetics factory and absconding with 9-year-old Cora. Darlene and Jane work with the local authorities to track down their brother and sister, young Cora follows her beloved brother on a cross country reign of terror.
Wildlands
4- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
''Hank Green'' has made his name as a YouTube sensation with channels like Vlogbrothers and the education-focused CrashCourseboth cocreated with his brother. The Fault in Our Stars author John Green, now he's following in his brother's footsteps once again with his debut novel. Packed with meditations on the nature of celebrity, social media, and the cultural response to the unknown.
Absolutely Remarkable Thing
5- Ohio by Stephen Markley
This debut novel set at a class reunion, churns with such ambitious social statements and insights on hot button issues of the past dozen years, there’s a real pleasure in this hopscotching narrative with each new point of view, a clearer sense of the hidden story emerges as the reader slowly pieces together some shocking revelations.
Ohio by Stephen Markley
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