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Life in the lockdown has not been easy for most of us. Were isolated and theres no sign of things changing anytime soon. Well books can come to your rescue and what better way to spend the last two weeks in home-sheltering than by reading. Reading is not only a great form of escapism, but it also helps to stimulate creativity and enrich language skills, making it a great idea for all ages. Here is a list of must read books which can transport you to another time and place: 'The Hunger Games Series-The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' by <keyword id="821152" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Suzanne-Collins">Suzanne Collins</keyword> (Scholastic) A new Hunger Games book is on its way, the first since 2010; it's not only for teens but also for all sci-fi lovers. A prequel to the "Hunger Games" series by Suzanne Collins, "A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" was first announced in June last year, and - as revealed in an extract published by Entertainment Weekly - 'will focus on Coriolanus Snow.' 'Hunted by the Sky' by Tanaz Bhatena (Penguin Random House India) From the author of '<keyword id="6113400" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="A-Girl-Like-That">A Girl Like That</keyword>', the YA fantasy explores identity, class inequality, alongside a high-stakes romance story, 'Hunted by the Sky' is set in the Kingdom of Ambar - a world inspired by medieval India-- a world of deadly, dark secrets and adventures. 'A Thousand Cranes for India: Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred' edited by Pallavi Aiyar (Seagull Books) This anthology - comprising 23 pieces of reportage, stories, poems, memoir and polemic - uses the mythology, history, and symbolism of Japanese Origami paper cranes as a pathway for some of India's best-known writers, poets and artists to pave a "shared, civic space for a conversation about the fault lines in India at a time of darkness". 'Shameless' by <keyword id="74533" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Taslima-Nasreen">Taslima Nasreen</keyword>, translated from Bengali by <keyword id="1479501" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arunava-Sinha">Arunava Sinha</keyword> (HarperCollins India) 'Shameless', the sequel to the controversial and best-selling 'Lajja', had never been published in Bengali, or any other language, until very recently, when a Hindi translation was printed. This "timely, topical and outspoken novel about communal tensions in India" is, according to its author, "not a political novel - and instead about what the politics of religion does to human beings and their relationships: a ruthless, uncompromising, heartbreaking tale of ordinary people's lives in our times". 'A Burning' by Megha Majumdar (Knopf; Penguin Random House India) "For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and <keyword id="89243" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jhumpa-Lahiri">Jhumpa Lahiri</keyword>" (!), Majumdar's debut, a thriller-like epic, centres around three characters who find their lives criss-crossing in the aftermath of a catastrophe. 'Of A Burning', Amitav Ghosh has said: it's "the best debut novel I have come across in a long time In telling the story of a young Muslim girl whose life is undone by a single social media post, it creates a kaleidoscope of contemporary urban India, with its internet-driven hysteria, religious fanaticism, rampant corruption, poisoned air, random violence, enraged mobs and pervasive misogyny." SEE ALSO:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/central-government-issues-workplace-guidelines-says-no-need-to-shut-entire-office-if-someone-test-coronavirus-positive/articleshow/75826178.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink"> Central government issues workplace guidelines — No need to shut entire office if someone test coronavirus positive</a>

From The Hunger Games to Taslima Nasreen—  binge-worthy books to sail through Lockdown 4.0

The air is crisp and it is the perfect weather to cozy up with a book and maybe brave the chilly winds to attend literary fests in the comfortable winter sun. 
 ZEE JLF exclusively shared the shortlist of all the amazing books and authors discovered and loved over the 10 years of the Festival starting 2006 for you to play catch-up to, with <keyword id="824043" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Business-Insider">Business Insider</keyword>. 
 
There are of course categories over which the favorites have been divided and here they are: 
 
1) Female Writers - ‘Badass <keyword id="624" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Women">women</keyword> writing for/about badass women’ includes: 
 -Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by <keyword id="2704735" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anita-Anand">Anita Anand</keyword>, which looks at the life of an Indian princess and goddaughter of <keyword id="6377522" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="queen">Queen</keyword> <keyword id="5657" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Victoria">Victoria</keyword> who went on to become a leading figure in the British suffragette movement. 
 -The <keyword id="4049788" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="essential-gloria-steinem">Essential Gloria Steinem</keyword> Reader: As If Women Matter, a compilation of the feminist icon's writing; two books discussing sexuality and gender in the Middle East. 
 -Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middles East Needs a Sexual Revolution by <keyword id="845515" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mona-Eltahawy">Mona Eltahawy</keyword> and Sex and the Citadel by <keyword id="2171668" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shereen-El-Feki">Shereen El Feki</keyword>, which offer a provocative and revealing look into this touchy issue. 
 - Postmodern feminist classic The Handmaid's Tale by the brilliant <keyword id="221634" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Margaret-Atwood">Margaret Atwood</keyword> 
 -'We Should All Be Feminists' by <keyword id="4049784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="chimamanda-ngozi-adhichie">Chimamanda Ngozi Adhichie</keyword>, which was featured in Beyonce's 'Flawless' and is required reading in Swedish schools. 
 
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2) Memoirs - Known to inspire the most latent of dreams, learning from the experiences and challenges of others. 
 
-Jung Chang's family saga Wild Swans; Molly Crabapple's stunning memoir-manifesto. 
 -Drawing Blood; In Other Words by <keyword id="89243" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jhumpa-Lahiri">Jhumpa Lahiri</keyword>, a nuanced look into learning and writing in Italian. 
 
-Jerry Pinto's Em and the Big Hoom, an autobiographical work of fiction of a boy's account of life with his mentally ill mother. 
 -Helen Macdonald's <keyword id="157266" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Samuel-Johnson">Samuel Johnson</keyword> Prize-winning H is for Hawk. 
 
3) Hindi and <keyword id="52565" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="urdu">Urdu</keyword> writers - Instrumental in shaping the outlook of the regional literature. Some of the Festival team's favorite books include: 
 
-Saadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu writer seen by many as a master of the short story. 
 
- The Mirror of Beauty, originally published in Urdu, is an epic novel set in the last days of the Mughal empire. 
 -Krishna Sobti's <keyword id="4049785" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="zindaginama">Zindaginama</keyword>, a classic of Hindi literature. 
 
-Abdullah Hussein’s The Weary Generations, an instant bestseller in Urdu, now in its 40th edition and one that’s never been out of print. 
 
4) African literature- Moving across seas to the literary genius of <keyword id="12925" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Africa">Africa</keyword>, they explored the continent to bring out prominent writers: 
 
-Ben Okri's Man Booker Prize-winning The Famished Road. 
 
-Taiye Selasi's debut Ghana Must Go chronicles the lives of a Ghanaian-Nigerian family across generations and continents. 
 - The brilliant Half of a Yellow Sun by <keyword id="538649" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</keyword>. 
 -The first installment of Zimbabwean-born <keyword id="99628" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Alexander-McCall-Smith">Alexander McCall Smith</keyword>'s beloved No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. 
 - African Psycho by Congolese writer <keyword id="2861092" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Alain-Mabanckou">Alain Mabanckou</keyword>, described by <keyword id="425741" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="The-Economist">The Economist</keyword> as the 'prince of absurd'. 
 
-Open City, the bestselling debut by Teju Cole who's been hailed as ‘the WG Sebald of the 21st century’. 
 
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5) Non-fiction- Chronicling real events and places, often more bizarre and unique than imagination itself, is a talent not bestowed to all.: 
 -Maximum City by <keyword id="80841" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="suketu-mehta">Suketu Mehta</keyword> offers a revealing portrait of <keyword id="6356654" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bombay">Bombay</keyword>. 
 
-Raghu Karnad's spectacular debut Farthest Field explores the often overlooked role of Indian soldiers in WW2 through the lives of his grandfather and grand-uncles. 
 -The award-winning Behind the Beautiful Forevers by <keyword id="3916987" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Katherine-Boo">Katherine Boo</keyword> is another searingly honest look into Mumbai. 
 -Jerusalem: The Biography by bestselling writer and historian <keyword id="1359419" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Simon-Sebag-Montefiore">Simon Sebag Montefiore</keyword>. 
 -Peter Frankopan's fascinating The <keyword id="48523" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Silk">Silk</keyword> Roads: A New History of the World 
 - <keyword id="5487" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="William-Dalrymple">William Dalrymple</keyword>'s Return of a King: The Battle for <keyword id="6354541" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="afghanistan">Afghanistan</keyword>, winner of the Hemingway Prize and <keyword id="4049790" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="kapuciski-prize">Kapuściński Prize</keyword> in 2015. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/EXCLUSIVE-Shashi-Tharoor-talks-about-his-fears-related-to-demonetization-and-the-Paris-Agreement/articleshow/55500115.cms">ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: Shashi Tharoor talks about his fears related to demonetization and the Paris Agreement</a> 
 This year, the Festival, which opens from January 19 to 23, 2017, has its speaker’s table going full force with participation from noteworthy names, such as Man <keyword id="56252" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Booker-Prize">Booker Prize</keyword> winners Paul Beatty, Richard Flanagan and <keyword id="721253" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Alan-Hollinghurst">Alan Hollinghurst</keyword>, prolific Indian-American writer <keyword id="157413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chitra-Banerjee-Divakaruni">Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni</keyword>, famed <keyword id="6354291" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="kannada">Kannada</keyword> writer S.L. Bhyrappa, poets Anne Waldman, Gulzar, <keyword id="10355" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Javed-Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</keyword> and <keyword id="4049789" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="kate-tempest">Kate Tempest</keyword> and politician and polymath <keyword id="42749" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shashi-Tharoor">Shashi Tharoor</keyword>.

Here are the top books of Jaipur Literature Festival for the past decade

February has been a brief and breezy month, and fittingly so, with the <keyword id="6489583" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Valentines-Day">Valentine’s Day</keyword> ushering back love and romance in our humdrum existence. As we near the end of the month, it’s time to check out the titles published this month and creating the most buzz. As we said last month, it’s a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Best-Reads-OfJanuary-7-Books-That-Will-Take-You-On-Journeys-You-Never-Made/articleshow/29602612.cms">journey of discovery</a> – a <keyword id="6374782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="journey">journey</keyword> taken together to find our way back to the <keyword id="2037892" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Printed-words">printed words</keyword> we have neglected so long. We don’t know yet whether these <keyword id="5050" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="books">books</keyword> will top the <keyword id="2081025" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Best-sellers">best-sellers</keyword>’ list or not but this time, it is a collection of fiery five that can provide you the knowledge and the <keyword id="53180" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="courage">courage</keyword> to push the frontiers and explore new territories. True to the <keyword id="4167782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="V-day">V-day</keyword> spirit, the <keyword id="2081016" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="February-books">February books</keyword> are an assorted lot – varying from never-before insights into <keyword id="31602" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="brain-power">brain power</keyword> to the power of human love and the grit to defy the raw deals life meets out. “Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live,” said <keyword id="1816003" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Gustave-Flaubert">Gustave Flaubert</keyword> and we believe that is the <keyword id="31559" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Essence">essence</keyword> of existence, experience and elevation. So welcome on board and happy reading. 
 
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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>A State Department climate <keyword id="41551" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="science">science</keyword> envoy resigned Wednesday <a href="https://twitter.com/dan_kammen/status/900360794231013376">in a public letter posted on Twitter</a> over what he says is President Donald Trump's "attacks on the core values" of the United States with his&#xa0;response to violence in Charlottesville, Virginia."My decision to resign is in response to your attacks on the core values of the United States," wrote Daniel Kammen, a professor of energy at the University of California, Berkeley, who was appointed&#xa0;as one five science envoys in 2016.&#xa0;"Your failure to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazis has domestic and international ramifications."&#xa0;"Particularly troubling to me is how your response to Charlottesville is consistent with a broader pattern of behavior that enables sexism and racism and disregards the welfare of all Americans, the global community, and the planet," Kammen added.Kammen's letter spells out "I-M-P-E-A-C-H" in&#xa0;the first letter of each paragraph."Your actions to date have, sadly, harmed the quality of life in the United States, our standing abroad, and the sustainability of the planet," Kammen writes.&#xa0;Science envoys work with the State Department to establish and develop energy programs in countries around the world. Kammen specifically <a href="https://erg.berkeley.edu/erg-professor-daniel-kammen-appointed-as-u-s-science-envoy/">focused on renewable energy development in the Middle East and North Africa</a>. &#xa0;Kammen's departure is&#xa0;the most recent in an exodus of talent from various parts of the federal government after Trump's response to Charlottesville. Members of the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities, including actor Kal Penn and writer Jhumpa Lahiri,&#xa0;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-arts-commission-resigns-charlottesville-resist-2017-8">resigned earlier in August</a>&#xa0;in a letter that spelled "R-E-S-I-S-T" with the first letter of each paragraph.&#xa0;<h3>Read Kammen's letter here:</h3>&#xa0;<div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/best-donald-trump-memes-first-200-days-president-white-house-twitter-2017-8">The 9 best memes from Trump's first 200 days in office</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

State Department science envoy resigns over Trump's Charlottesville comments - and his letter contains a hidden message

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanitiesa</div></div></div>The President's Committee on Arts and Humanities announced that it was disbanding Friday following President Donald Trump's statements <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-charlottesville-neo-nazis-alt-left-2017-8">on violence during a white supremacist rally</a> in Charlottesville Saturday.Writer Jhumpa Lahiri, "Jersey Boys" actor John Lloyd Young, lawyer Vicki Kennedy, and actor Kal Penn, among others, signed a letter calling out Trump's "hateful rhetoric" and "support of the hate groups and terrorists" that came out to protest in Charlottesville on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/white-nationalists-march-in-charlottesville-2017-8">August 12</a>. The letter, which was signed by all 16 of the committee's members, says that they will be resigning from their position in the White House and called on Trump to do the same.To drive home the point, the members spelled out the word "resist" with the first letter of the six paragraphs that make up the memo."Reproach and censure in the strongest possible terms are necessary following your support of the hate groups and terrorists who killed and injured fellow Americans in Charlottesville," <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHhPDGEXsAEcoZt.jpg">the memo</a> reads. "The false equivalencies you push cannot stand."In his initial statement Saturday, Trump <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-charlottesville-neo-nazis-alt-left-2017-8">blamed "both sides</a>" for the violence during white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, VA that killed counter-protester Heather Heyer. Trump later explicitly called out white nationalists and neo-Nazis in a statement on Monday, before again blaming both sides <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-charlottesville-neo-nazis-alt-left-2017-8">during a wild Tuesday press conference</a>.According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/arts/white-house-arts-committee-resigns.html">the New York Times</a>, the arts committee was appointed by President Barack Obama and never once met under Trump. While 12 members left as soon as Trump was elected, the 16 that remained chose to stay and help fight for the arts under the new administration.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS: Kevin LamarqueU.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the violence in Charlottesville at Trump Tower.</div></div></div>Now, those who remained have resigned in order to not be complicit with, according to the memo, "all enemies, foreign or domestic.""We must be better than this. We are better than this," the letter reads. "If this is not clear to you, we call on you to resign your office, too."The arts committee joined a long list of both prominent figures, both Republican and Democrat, who have condemned Trump's response to the Charlottesville attack. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/best-donald-trump-memes-first-200-days-president-white-house-twitter-2017-8">The 9 best memes from Trump's first 200 days in office</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

Members of Trump's arts commission spell R-E-S-I-S-T in memo announcing mass resignations

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/5508457680/sizes/l/in/photostream/">The White House</a></div></div></div>During his current two week vacation in Martha's Vineyard, President Barack Obama will find time to read six books.Here's what he's gobbling up, according to <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obamas-summer-reading-list/story?id=33062449">ABC News</a>, which includes powerful works of fiction, commentary on being black in the US, and a biography on George Washington."<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-That-Is-Vintage-International/dp/1400078423">All That Is,</a>" by James Salter The story follows the life of a naval officer-turned book editor as he searches for love. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Light-We-Cannot-See/dp/1476746583/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439484415&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=All+The+Light+We+Cannot+See">All The Light We Cannot See,</a>" by Anthony Doerr A blind French girl and a German boy cross paths and try to survive in occupied France during World War II. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Extinction-Unnatural-History/dp/1250062187/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439484432&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Sixth+Extinction">The Sixth Extinction,</a>" by Elizabeth Kolbert Non-fiction book that covers mass extinction and demonstrates that Earth and humans are in the midst of a "sixth extinction." "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lowland-Vintage-Contemporaries-Jhumpa-Lahiri/dp/0307278263/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439484451&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Lowland">The Lowland,</a>" by Jhumpa Lahiri A family drama that follows the lives of two very different brothers to a tragic end. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Between-World-Me-Ta-Nehisi-Coates/dp/0812993543/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439484468&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Between+The+World+and+Me">Between The World and Me,</a>" by Ta-Nehisi Coates Written as a letter to the author's teenage son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being black in America. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Washington-Life-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143119966/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1439484493&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Washington%3A+A+Life">Washington: A Life,</a>" by Ron Chernow 2010 biography on George Washington. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-jokes-about-winning-third-term-ethiopia-2015-7">Watch Obama talk about a hypothetical third term: 'I could win'</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="Q0OHRqdjp5HcLjxQY59sXgyKLBx9Go_L" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

6 books President Obama is devouring during his summer vacation

<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image">Evan Agostini / Getty ImageJhumpa Lahiri is among those authors nominated for the National Book Award.</div></div>Each year, a panel of 20 writers, literary critics, librarians, and booksellers chooses the winner of the National Book Award, generally considered to be the highest prize in the literary community.
The National Book Foundation has announced <a href="http://nationalbook.org/index.html">finalists in five categories</a>. Excerpts from each of the contenders can be downloaded as a free e-book at <a href="http://nationalbook.org/nba2013_thecontenders.html#.UmBBY5Tk9ed">nationalbook.org</a>.
The winner in each category will be revealed at the Nov. 20 award ceremony in New York City. 
Here are the finalists:
<h2>Fiction:</h2>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flamethrowers-Novel-Rachel-Kushner/dp/1439142009/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382034997&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+flamethrowers" target="_blank">"The Flamethrowers"</a> by Rachel Kushner: This is a riveting, intense love story set against the grit of mid-seventies New York City and Rome. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lowland-Jhumpa-Lahiri/dp/0307265749/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382033676&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+lowland" target="_blank">"The Lowland"</a> by Jhumpa Lahiri: The latest from the Pulitzer-prize winning author is a complex family drama about two brothers torn apart by revolution in 1960s India.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Lord-Bird-Novel/dp/1594486344/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382033999&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+good+lord+bird+by+james+mcbride" target="_blank">"The Good Lord Bird"</a> by James McBride: This historical novel is an imaginative retelling of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bleeding-Edge-Thomas-Pynchon/dp/1594204233/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382034242&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=bleeding+edge" target="_blank">"Bleeding Edge"</a> by Thomas Pynchon: The notoriously secretive author brings us a complicated, romantic portrait of New York City just before 9/11. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tenth-December-Stories-George-Saunders/dp/0812993802/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382034695&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=tenth+of+december" target="_blank">"Tenth of December"</a> by George Saunders: In this collection, Saunders writes short stories about love, work, and war that raise big questions about humanity and morality. 
<h2>Nonfiction:</h2>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Ages-Life-Opinions-Franklin/dp/0307958345/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382036335&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=book+of+ages+the+life+and+opinions+of+jane+franklin" target="_blank">"Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin"</a> by Jill Lepore: Letters, documents, and portraits tell the fascinating story of Jane Franklin, sister of Benjamin and mother of twelve. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Furies-German-Killing-Fields/dp/0547863381/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382035396&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=hitler%27s+furies+german+women+in+the+nazi+killing+fields" target="_blank">"Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields"</a> by Wendy Lower: This is the shocking untold story of the thousands of women who participated in German brutality during the Holocaust. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unwinding-Inner-History-New-America/dp/0374102414/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382035661&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+unwinding+an+inner+history+of+the+new+america" target="_blank">"The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America"</a> by George Packer: Packer weaves together true stories of individual Americans to create a modern portrait of a country falling apart at the seams. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Internal-Enemy-Slavery-Virginia-1772-1832/dp/0393073718/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382035923&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+internal+enemy+slavery+and+war+in+virginia+1772-1832" target="_blank">"The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832"</a> by Alan Taylor: This book examines the role the British empire had in bringing America to the Civil War. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Going-Clear-Scientology-Hollywood-Prison/dp/0307700666/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382036213&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=going+clear+scientology+hollywood+and+the+prison+of+belief" target="_blank">"Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, &amp; the Prison of Belief"</a> by Lawrence Wright: This is an in-depth look into the world of Scientology, based on interviews with members both famous and less well-known. 
<h2>Poetry:</h2>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Metaphysical-Dog-Poems-Frank-Bidart/dp/0374173613/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382036500&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=metaphysical+dog" target="_blank">"Metaphysical Dog"</a> by Frank Bidart: This collection is a shocking, psychological reflection on the meaning of poetry itself. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stay-Illusion-Poems-Lucie-Brock-Broido/dp/0307962024/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382036718&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=stay+illusion" target="_blank">"Stay, Illusion"</a> by Lucie Brock-Broido: The poems in Brock-Broido's collection have an air of magic and mourning. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Smoke-Poets-Penguin/dp/0143123726/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382036917&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+big+smoke+by+adrian+matejka" target="_blank">"The Big Smoke"</a> by Adrian Matejka: These poems center on the complicated history of Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Aperture-Poems-Whitman-Award/dp/080715086X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382037114&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=black+aperture" target="_blank">"Black Aperture"</a> by Matt Rasmussen: Rasmussen blurs the lines between grief and humor in this collection centered on his brother's suicide. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Incarnadine-Poems-Mary-Szybist/dp/1555976352/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382037226&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=incarnadine+szybist" target="_blank">"Incarnadine: Poems"</a> by Mary Szybist: The poems in this collection use formal innovations - diagrammed sentences, poems arranged like a sunburst - to address issues of love and faith. 
<h2> Young people's literature:</h2>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/True-Blue-Scouts-Sugar-Swamp/dp/1442421053/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382037805&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+true+blue+scouts+of+sugarman+swamp" target="_blank">"The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp"</a> by Kathi Appelt: Two raccoons try to save their swamp home from destruction. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thing-About-Luck-Cynthia-Kadohata/dp/1416918825/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382038001&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+thing+about+luck" target="_blank">"The Thing About Luck"</a> by Cynthia Kadohata: 12-year-old Summer must take over the work on her family's farm when her parents leave for Japan. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Far-Away-Tom-McNeal/dp/0375849726/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382038241&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=far+far+away" target="_blank">"Far Far Away"</a> by Tom McNeal: The Brothers Grimm make an appearance in this modern fairy tale. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Me-Gone-Meg-Rosoff/dp/0399257659/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382038350&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=picture+me+gone" target="_blank">"Picture Me Gone"</a> by Meg Rosoff: A 12-year-old "mentalist" solves the mystery behind the disappearance of her father's friend. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Boxers-Saints-Boxed-Gene-Luen/dp/1596439246/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382038484&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=boxers+and+saints" target="_blank">"Boxers &amp; Saints"</a> by Gene Luen Yang: This two-volume graphic novel tells stories from opposing sides of the Boxer Rebellion.

The 20 Titles In The Running For The National Book Awards

<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image">Getty Images</div></div>In what has become a Thanksgiving tradition for the First Family, President <keyword id="16284" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Obama">Obama</keyword> took Sasha and Malia book shopping this weekend to promote <keyword id="1961545" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Small-Business-Saturday">Small Business Saturday</keyword>, a day <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/11/27/small.business.saturday/">created by American Express in 2010</a> to help boost mom-and-pop stores that can't compete with big box stores on Black Friday or online retail giants on Cyber Monday.
The Obamas have shown support for the initiative over the years by patronizing local bookstores in and around D.C. and encouraging others to do the same.
This year the Obamas chose <a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/">Politics &amp; Prose</a>, a tiny independent bookstore in Northwest DC, for their book-buying spree. The <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/30/obama-politics-prose-bookstore_n_4364736.html">Huffington Post reports</a> that Politics &amp; Prose was also where First Lady Michelle Obama signed copies of her book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/American-Grown-Kitchen-Gardens-America/dp/0307956024">American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America"</a> in May 2013. Other bookstores that have received a presidential visit in the past include Kramer Books in Dupont Circle and One More Page Books in Arlington, VA.
The trip was well-documented on the White House twitter account, which included a tweet written by Obama himself encouraging Americans to join him in supporting their local stores:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
When our small businesses do well, our communities do well. Join me and visit a small business near you today to celebrate <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SmallBizSat&amp;src=hash">#SmallBizSat</a>. -bo
- The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/statuses/406811392876871680">November 30, 2013</a></blockquote>

According to <a href="http://about.americanexpress.com/news/pr/2012/small-business-saturday-exceeded-expectations.aspx">American Express</a>, Americans spent $5.5 billion at independent businesses in 2012.
The Obamas spent about half an hour at Politics &amp; Prose, browsing bookshelves and chatting with camera-phone wielding customers before eventually buying 21 titles, Reuters <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-daughters-big-books-small-business-saturday-204322258--sector.html">reports</a>. "It's a long list," Obama told reporters while paying. He didn't note which books would be given as gifts this season and which the Obamas would keep for themselves, only stating, "I've got books for every age group, from 5 to 52."
<h3>Here are the books that made it into the Obamas' shopping cart.</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Lowland-Jhumpa-Lahiri/dp/0307265749/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386019995&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+lowland">The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri</a>: Never one to disappoint, Lahiri has delivered another extraordinary tale of brotherhood, culture, and revolution in her latest novel, 'The Lowland." The story begins in 1960s Calcutta but soon transcends decades and continents as a brotherly bond is tested by a social revolution shaking India and the promises of a better life in America. The San Francisco Chronicle calls Lahiri "one of our most beautiful chroniclers of the aching disjunctions of emigration and family."
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flora-Ulysses-The-Illuminated-Adventures/dp/076366040X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024712&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=flora+and+ulysses">Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo</a>: From #1 best-selling New York Times author DiCamillo comes a superhero, laugh-out-loud story about self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, a squirrel, and a vacuum cleaner. The novel is interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, making it a guaranteed hit with readers ages 8-12.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Red-Sparrow-Novel-Jason-Matthews/dp/1476706123/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386022379&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=red+sparrow">Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews</a>: Veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews spins a tale of post-Cold War espionage, seduction, and cyberwarfare in this explosive John le Carré-style spy novel about a beautiful Russian intelligence officer assigned to operate against a young CIA agent.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lulu-Brontosaurus-Judith-Viorst/dp/1416999620/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024832&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lulu+and+the+brontosaurus">Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst and Lane Smith</a>: Viorst and Smith deliver a lighthearted chapter book about a spoiled young lady who wants a brontosaurus for her birthday. Rebuffed by her parents, she marches off into the forest to find her pet, but soon discovers the error of her ways when the brontosaurus she meets wants to make a pet out of her.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ragtime-Novel-Modern-Library-Novels/dp/0812978188/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023205&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ragtime+e.l.">Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow</a>: Written in 1975 and added to TIME's list of 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century in 1988, "Ragtime" is an American classic that has been adapted into a movie and a highly successful Broadway show. Set at the turn of the 20th century, "Ragtime" employs fictionalized and historical characters to capture the racist, classist, romantic and wildly disruptive spirit of the American 'melting pot.'
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Aaron-Becker/dp/0763660531/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023227&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=journey+aaron+becker">Journey by Aaron Becker</a>: Author-illustrator Becker pays homage to the great "Harold and the Purple Crayon' (also on this list) in his wordless story about a lonely girl who uses a red marker to draw her way into a magical adventure. Beckers' finely detailed pen-and-ink line drawings are combined with luminous washes of watercolor that will captivate the attention of even the most fidgety preschooler.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Buddha-Attic-Julie-Otsuka/dp/0307744426/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023279&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=buddha+in+the+attic">The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka</a>: Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction, 'The Buddha in the Attic' tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" in the early 1900s. The New York Times Book Review calls Otsuka's "incantatory style" "close to poetry" as she gives voice to the lonely, confusing, and at times terrifying experiences of thousands of Japanese women.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harold-Purple-Crayon-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0064430227/ref=wp_bs_1_B00CJDHNJC_paperback">Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson</a>: Harold and his magical purple crayon have been delighting preschoolers since 1955 (and inspiring doodling on walls for just as long). The curious 4-year-old protagonist draws his surroundings to fit his whimsy in the ultimate expression of childhood imagination.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Constellation-Vital-Phenomena-Novel/dp/0770436404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023699&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=a+constellation+of+vital+phenomena">A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra</a>: In this 400-page novel of love and courage set in wartime Chechnya, two doctors risk everything to save a child being hunted by the same people who murdered her family. Marra's narrative moves fluidly between past and present to contextualize the little girl's ordeal within Chechnya's long history of devastating civil wars.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sports-Gene-Extraordinary-Performance/dp/1591845114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024055&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+sports+gene">The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein</a>: Sports Illustrated senior writer David Epstein wades into the burgeoning science of training regimens and genetic sequencing to determine whether the Serena Williams and Usain Bolts of the world are products of their environments or their DNA. Epstein doesn't shy away from controversy and instead explores the research behind gender and racial stereotypes in sports, producing a fascinating and thought-provoking look at why top athletes excel.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Collision-Low-Crossers-Turbulent-Football/dp/0316196797/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024076&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=collision+low+crossers">Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football by Nicholas Dawidoff</a>: Dawidoff spends a year with the New York Jets and delivers an intelligent and original inside-look at a sport that has already been covered obsessively from every possible angle. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Powers ("The Killing of Crazy Horse") writes that 'Collision Low Crossers' is "closely and boldly observed, frankly reported, ferociously written with both humor and humanity" and "one of the best books ever written about sports."
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Found-Pacific-Crest-Vintage/dp/0307476073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023871&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=wild+cheryl">Wild by Cheryl Strayed</a>: At age 26, following her mother's death, a divorce, and a string of reckless behavior, Strayed finds herself on the Pacific Crest Trail, alone and determined to rescue herself from her own demons. "Wild" documents Strayed's emotional, grueling, and at times perilous journey through California and Oregon as she grapples with unbelievable loss and attempts to find the strength to keep living.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-That-Is-James-Salter/dp/1400043131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023447&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=all+that+is">All That Is by James Salter</a>: Born in 1925, Salter has won literary awards across the decades for his novels, screenplays, and short stories that Edward Hirsch <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1930/the-art-of-fiction-no-133-james-salter">once described</a> as "wholly distinctive, beautiful and implacable." In his latest work, Salter - who served as an Army Air Force pilot between 1945 and 1957 - uses a WWII naval officer returning home from war as a canvas on which to explore the conflicting and contradictory archetypes of the 1950s American male. It is a story not to be missed. 
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Half-Brother-Kenneth-Oppel/dp/054522926X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024407&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=half+brother+kenneth">Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel</a>: The only child of two eccentric behavioral scientists, 13-year-old Ben is an unhappy kid who soon finds his solitude disrupted when his mother brings home a baby chimpanzee for research. Printz Honor-winning author Oppel presents his readers with tough ethical questions as Ben's brotherly bond with the chimp gets in the way of his parents' experiments.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Samurai-Margi-Preus/dp/1419702009/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024669&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=heart+of+samurai">Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus</a>: Preus' first novel for young readers hit it out of the park, becoming a 2011 Newbery Honor Book, an ALSC Notable Book and a recipient of the Asian Pacific American Award for Children's Literature. "Heart of a Samurai" tells the true story of a 14-year-old Japanese boy, Manjiro, who is rescued by Americans when his fishing boat sinks in 1841 and taken to America. The captivating and heartwarming story is illustrated with Manjiro's own pencil drawings in addition to other archival material.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-%C3%81ntonia-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486282406/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024686&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=my+antonia">My Ántonia by Willa Cather</a>: Cather achieved a well-deserved place in literary history for her 'prairie trilogy,' of which "My Ántonia" (1918) is the last (and best). The trilogy, which includes "O Pioneers!" and "The Song of the Lark," brought the American West to life and promoted regional American stories as a valid part of mainstream literature.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Ballad-Sad-Cafe-Stories/dp/0618565868/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386022318&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ballad+of+the+sad+cafe">The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers</a>: This collection of short stories assembles McCullers' best work into a charming and at times haunting novella that includes "Wunderkind," an autobiographical piece published in 1936 when McCullers was just 17.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jinx-Sage-Blackwood/dp/0062129902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024799&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=jinx+sage">Jinx by Sage Blackwood</a>: The first in a fantasy series geared toward middle schoolers, "Jinx" tells the familiar tale of an abandoned but highly gifted orphan who must make his way through a magical forest in search of a counterspell for his wizard friend. Booklist calls it a "literary cut above Eoin Colfer's 'Artemis Fowl'" with the same fast-paced action and comedic hijinks.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kite-Runner-Khaled-Hosseini-ebook/dp/B000OCXGZA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023142&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=kite+runner">The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini</a>: Hosseini's unforgettable literary debut in 2004 introduced Americans to a complicated, beautiful, and entirely human side of Afghanistan at a time when the hunt for Bin Laden was all anyone knew about that distant and mountainous land. Hosseini's tragic and yet wonderfully humorous story of a doomed friendship between two boys of different social classes has become an instant classic and permanent addition to every "must-read" list. 
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ottoline-Yellow-Cat-Chris-Riddell/dp/0061448818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024881&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ottoline+and+the+yellow+cat">Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell</a>: Young Ottoline, who lives in an elaborate apartment in Big City with her best friend and guardian Mr. Monroe, is a feisty mix of Eloise and Nancy Drew, solving mysteries by day and wishing her parents would come home from their travels by night. Riddell uses red to accent otherwise black and white illustrations, and the text-to-picture ratio is perfect for especially reluctant readers.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moonday-Adam-Rex/dp/1423119207/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386038080&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=moonday">Moonday by Adam Rex</a>: One night the Moon lowers itself into a family's backyard and the little girl finds a way to return the moon to its place in the sky. Rex pens a beautiful, quiet ode to the magic of nighttime in this picture book lullaby.
</li>
</ol>

The Obamas Bought A Ton Of Great Books To Promote 'Small Business Saturday'

100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image">Shutterstock</div></div></div>Amazon has come out with its latest batch of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_al_bw_brwse?_encoding=UTF8&amp;node=9214785011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-4&amp;pf_rd_r=0TBKP6X9M86FEKJJKZ1H&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1807552562&amp;pf_rd_i=9164523011">editors' picks for summer beach reads</a>. 
As usual, the books span genres, from military crime thrillers to a poignant story of two teens with cancer falling in love. There's truly something for everyone on this list.
You won't be able to put these books down.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Fall-Down-Jennifer-Weiner/dp/145161778X/ref=lp_9214785011_1_6?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-6" target="_blank">"All Fall Down: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner</a>: A poignant story that follows an ordinary woman who sinks into addiction, Allison struggles to be a wife, mother, and daughter while her dependence on prescription pills worsens beyond her control.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Echoed-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/1594632383/ref=lp_9214785011_1_11?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-11" target="_blank">"And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini</a>: From the author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" comes the tale of an Afghanistan family torn apart. After a father sells his daughter, she and her brother struggle for half a century to reunite across Kabul, Paris, San Francisco, and Greece.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Am-Pilgrim-Thriller-Terry-Hayes/dp/1439177724/ref=lp_9214785011_1_10?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-10" target="_blank">"I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller" by Terry Hayes</a>: This book tells the story of a former head of a secret U.S. government organization trying to stop a terrorist attack that is only all-too-believable in this day in age. It races across Paris, Switzerland, Afghanistan, Syria, and Turkey for a twisting, smart, and nail-biting chase.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Girls-Unsolved-American-Mystery/dp/0062183656/ref=sr_1_17?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-17" target="_blank">"Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery" by Robert Kolker</a>: The true-life search for a serial killer that targeted call girls on Long Island, this book explores the unsolved murders, the underbelly of the Internet, and gives empathetic and detailed portraits of the victims based on hundreds of hours of interviews with their family and friends. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Salinger-Year-Joanna-Rakoff/dp/0307958000/ref=sr_1_19?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-19" target="_blank">"My Salinger Year" by Joanna Rakoff</a>: Rakoff's beautifully written memoir recounts her post-graduate year in the late '90s working at a literary agency in New York that represented J.D. Salinger. After she starts responding to the author's fan mail, she finds herself being drawn more into their devotion and discovers her own artistic voice by acting as Salinger's.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Plus-Novel-Jojo-Moyes/dp/0525426582/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-14" target="_blank">"One Plus One: A Novel" by Jojo Moyes</a>: Jess is a single parent struggling to take care of her 10-year-old daughter and her teenage stepson. But on their way to a Math Olympiad that could change her daughter's future, Jess's car breaks down. After a chance meeting, she is forced to rely on Ed, an ex-software engineer who has been accused of insider trading, to take them the rest of the way.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Summer-America-Bill-Bryson/dp/0767919416/ref=lp_9214785011_1_12?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-12" target="_blank">"One Summer: America, 1927" by Bill Bryson</a>: 1927 was the year of Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic, the beginnings of Babe Ruth's home run record, a sensational murder trial, a massive flood, and Al Capone tightening his grip on the illegal booze trade. This book captures the personalities and events of 1927. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blessings-Elise-Juska/dp/1455574031/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-13" target="_blank">"The Blessings" by Elise Juska</a>: The Blessings are a close-knit Irish Catholic family living in Philadelphia. Told from the perspectives of multiple family members, readers jump back and forth through the four generations of the extended family after the tragic death of one of its members rocks the large clan to its core.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fault-Our-Stars-John-Green/dp/014242417X/ref=lp_9214785011_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">"The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green</a>: 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster is a three-year stage IV-cancer survivor. When she meets Augustus Waters in a cancer survivor support group, her perspective on life and all that she can accomplish changes dramatically. Prepare to laugh and cry as you read this bittersweet novel about their falling in love.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lowland-Vintage-Contemporaries-Jhumpa-Lahiri/dp/0307278263/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-15" target="_blank">"The Lowland (Vintage Contemporaries)" by Jhumpa Lahiri</a>: Two brothers living in Calcutta could not be more different: Udayan is idealistic and involved in India's 1960s rebellion, whereas Subhash is cautious, reliable, and serious. But when Udayan dies due to political violence, Subhash steps in and marries his dead brother's pregnant wife - an act that will reverberate through the family for the next 70 years.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matchmaker-Free-Preview-First-Chapters-ebook/dp/B00IWZJ3BW/ref=lp_9214785011_1_8?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-8" target="_blank">"The Matchmaker" by Elin Hilderbrand</a>: 48-year-old Dabney Kimball Beech is a matchmaker who has never been wrong about romance, except when it comes to herself. When reporter Clendenin Hughes returns to Nantucket after 27 years away, Dabney is forced to share some painful secrets with her husband and daughter, and try to find the perfect match for the ones she loves.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Only-Novel-Emily-Giffin/dp/0345546881/ref=lp_9214785011_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-3" target="_blank">"The One &amp; Only: A Novel" by Emily Giffin</a>: Shea Rigsby loves football, and her career at a sports writer. But after the unexpected death of someone close to her, she starts questioning everything about her job, boyfriend, and friendships - even falling for an unexpected father figure in the process.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Tearling-Novel/dp/0062290363/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-20" target="_blank">"The Queen of the Tearling: A Novel" by Erika Johansen</a>: 19-year-old Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn sets out with her Queen's Guard back to the castle of her birth to ascend the throne with the Tearling sapphire - a jewel of magical power. Though she is not alone in vying for the throne of Tearling, she must reclaim the kingdom to bring an end to the Red Queen's dark magic and a vicious slave trade.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Romanov-Sisters-Daughters-Nicholas-Alexandra/dp/1250020204/ref=lp_9214785011_1_9?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-9" target="_blank">"The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra" by Helen Rappaport</a>: Perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the 20th century, the Romanov sisters - Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia - had a tragic end in a basement at Ekaterinburg in 1918. This book looks at their diaries and letters to capture their young lives against the backdrop of Imperial Russia.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Harry-Quebert-Affair/dp/0143126687/ref=lp_9214785011_1_7?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-7" target="_blank">"The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair: A Novel" by Joël Dicker</a>: Trying to save his career as an author, Marcus Goldman visits his literary hero Harry Quebert. But when the corpse of a girl who disappeared 33 years ago is discovered on Quebert's property, he becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Goldman tasks himself with discovering what really happened that fateful summer of 1975.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vacationers-Novel-Emma-Straub/dp/1594631573/ref=lp_9214785011_1_5?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-5" target="_blank">"The Vacationers: A Novel" by Emma Straub</a>: A two-week family vacation to Mallorca, Spain promises tapas and relaxation. Instead, the dysfunctional Post family and their friends bring along their secrets - all of which come to a head over the course of 14 days.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Top-Secret-Twenty-One-Stephanie-Novel/dp/0385363222/ref=sr_1_16?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-16" target="_blank">"Top Secret Twenty-One: A Stephanie Plum Novel" by Janet Evanovich</a>: The next installment of the Stephanie Plum series, Plum is struggling to bring in a used-car dealer after he jumps bail, but bodies are mysteriously piling up in his wake. To make matters worse, her friend (sometimes with benefits) Ranger is the target of an assassination plot. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/War-Whales-Story-Joshua-Horwitz/dp/1451645015/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-18" target="_blank">"War of the Whales: A True Story" by J. Horwitz</a>: A real-life thriller, this is the story of the legal drama that waged between the U.S. military and two activists who stood up to the U.S. Navy's use of a submarine detection system that flooded the ocean basins with high-intensity sound, driving whales in masses onto beaches. It's a gripping story of the struggle between American national security and safeguarding our environment.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/We-Were-Liars-E-Lockhart/dp/038574126X/ref=lp_9214785011_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-4" target="_blank">"We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart</a>: Cadence Sinclair Easton is a part of an old-money family that spends every summer on a private island off of Cape Cod. But after Cadence mysteriously washes up on shore with amnesia, she spends the next two years and the course of the book trying to piece together what happened to her, her cousins, and her family. Even the most jaded readers will be shocked by the ending.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Written-Own-Hearts-Blood-Outlander/dp/0385344430/ref=lp_9214785011_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank">"Written in My Own Heart's Blood: A Novel" by Diana Gabaldon</a>: A new installment in the Outlander series, the novel jumps back and forth between 1778 and twentieth-century Scotland. Kidnappings, war, and family secrets rage on as the Fraser family struggles to pull itself back together.
To see additional Amazon picks for summer reading, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/9164523011" target="_blank">click here</a>.Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.

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