Five Books to Read this Fall

Book recommendations for fall 2018.

BOOK REVIEW

Fareha Iqtidar Khan

9/13/20182 min read

5. How to be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery

The author is a naturalist. He observes the idiosyncrasies of thirteen animals while comparing and contrasting with people. The analysis comes down to how to be a good creature in the world.
September 25 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

1. Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking

Hawking finished writing this book shortly before his death. The book provides answers to questions such as, " Will humanity survive? Should we colonize space?" and many more.
October 16 - Bantam

2. Little by Edward Carey

The biographical novel presents the tale of the famed Madame Tussaud. A peculiar little girl, following the demise of her parents, interned with a bizarre wax sculptor. Her journey unfolds in the backdrop of a revolution.

October 23 - Riverhead

3. I'd Rather be Reading by Anne Bogel

The author is a renowned blogger. The book is a collection of stories and observations on the reading life that will inspire book-lovers from every walk of life.

4. Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini

This bite-sized book is inspired by Alan Kurdi, the three- year-old Syrian boy whose body washed up on the shore of Turkey in 2015. It is written as a letter to the son from his father, on the night of the precarious sea-crossing to escape their war-torn homeland.
September 18 - Riverhead