It’s that time again! Summer is fast approaching, and it’s time for me to recommend books for you to read when things slow down. Based on my experience reading books by authors from around the world, here is a list of 13 books that I recommend.
Global Book List for Summer 2013
- Hunger: A Novel
, Knut Hamsun, Norway - Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse, Germany
- Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club), Gabriel García Márquez, Colombia
- Ficciones (English Translation), Jorges Luis Borges, Argentina
- The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus: Fron the Quarto of 1604, Christopher Marlowe, United Kingdom
- A Jest of God (Phoenix Fiction), Margaret Laurence, Canada
- Ru: A Novel, Kim Thúy, Vietnam, Canada
- The Bookseller of Kabul, Asne Seirstad, Norway
- July's People, Nadine Gordimer, South Africa
- The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat, Haiti
- The Coroner's Lunch, Colin Cotterill, United Kingdom, Thailand
- On the Road, Jack Kerouac, United States
- The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, Holland
, Knut Hamsun, Norway
, Hermann Hesse, Germany
, Gabriel García Márquez, Colombia
, Jorges Luis Borges, Argentina
, Christopher Marlowe, United Kingdom
, Margaret Laurence, Canada
, Kim Thúy, Vietnam, Canada
, Asne Seirstad, Norway
, Nadine Gordimer, South Africa
, Edwidge Danticat, Haiti
, Colin Cotterill, United Kingdom, Thailand
, Jack Kerouac, United States
, Anne Frank, HollandReading globally is a way to understand and make sense of the world around us. It not only broadens your perspective, but it also gives you more ideas to draw on. Additionally, it enables you to be more empathetic to those who may be different from yourself. Each of the 13 books will teach you something profound, and you will get to travel virtually around the world. I must warn you that some of the books are very difficult to read, in terms of subject matter, especially Hunger by Knut Hamsun. In July, I will have another global book list for summer 2013.
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