Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief Mohamed Wadie

Good Books to Skim Through This Week


Mon 20 Jan 2020 | 03:07 PM
Ahmed Yasser

You still have plenty of time to start reading good and entertaining books . There are 5 books through this week. there are plenty of highly-anticipated releases on the way.

1- Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar

The book is a deeply moving novel about an American-born woman with ”Bengali” immigrant parents and the racism she faces raising her three daughters. It’s based on Devi S. Laskar’s own experience of police raiding her home.

Atlas of Reds and Blues

2- Undisputed Truth by Mike Tyson

“Mike Tyson” has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Tyson grew up to become one of the most ferocious boxers of all time and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckless behavior. Yet even after hitting rock bottom the man who once admitted being addicted to everything fought his way back and achieved triumphant success.

Undisputed Truth

3- Transcription Novel

In this inventive thriller, a naïve young secretary lands in the middle of a clandestine fifth column operation run by “MI5” in World War II, London, where she is recruited to transcribe the recorded meetings of Nazi sympathizers.

Transcription Novel

4- Frankenstein by Marry Shelly

A Gothic, thriller classic novel written by English author Marry Shelly, wife to poet Percy Shelly. She confronts the limitation of science, the nature of human cruelty and the pathway to forgiveness.

The novel tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young student of science who brings a grotesque to life, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.

Frankenstein

5- Something in the Water- Catherine Steadman

“Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave?” The number 1 New York Times bestseller mysterious, thriller book is written by Catherine Steadman. The story begins with a shocking discovery that disrupts the honeymoon of a newly married couple and turns their life upside down.

Water- Catherine Steadman