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Summer Reading Roundup
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Just when you've had your fill of light, frivolous reads and psycho thrillers, Penguin Online brings you an eclectic assortment of page-turners about the larger things in life. From real-life travel adventures to gripping fiction, these books will stay with you long after the languid days of summer ...
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Provoking unanswerable questions about human nature, Border Crossing begins with a coincidence that “is the crack in human affairs that lets God out or the devil in.” When Tom, a child psychologist on the verge of divorce, saves the life of Danny, a now suicidal adult who was once a child murderer, both men are forced to confront the possibilities of cure over time. Read more about this disturbing and seductive novel here.
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Torontonian Ian Stewart accepted the post of West Africa bureau chief for Associated Press with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. He would live and work where few war correspondents dared to go—Sierra Leone, the Congo, and Guinea-Bissau—to bring the world stories that few journalists could get. Ambushed is Stewart's riveting account of war-torn Africa, life on the edge, and his extraordinary trip to hell and back. Click here to read more.
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2001, Hotel World is, according to the London Independent, “everything a novel should be: disturbing, comforting, funny, challenging, sad, rude, beautiful.” In a display of technical finesse, author Ali Smith weaves together the lives of five women following the accidental death of a nineteen-year-old chambermaid. Exploring themes of life, love, death, and more, Hotel World offers the determined reader an unforgettable experience. Click here to read more.
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The phrase “heading up north” takes on new meaning with photojournalist Jerry Kobalenko's Horizontal Everest. Trekking across 4000 miles of the tenth-largest island in the world, a mere 450 miles from the North Pole, Kobalenko brings to life the motives and mistakes of the island's first explorers and contemporary expeditioners. This is a breathtaking exploration of a majestic, unforgiving island. Click here for details.
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Told entirely through journal entries, Any Human Heart is the autobiography of Logan Mounstuart, the compelling anti-hero of William Boyd's epic journey through the 20th century. With Zelig-like encounters, Mounstuart socializes with everyone from Picasso to Hemmingway and reflects on themes such as friendship, fate, and repetition in life—a meaty, engaging, and moving journey through time. To read more, click here.
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