Summer with Book Culture Selects

We here at Book Culture take summer reading very seriously. During the dog days of July and August, we were hard at work curating timely reading lists for our lovely subscribers through the Book Culture Selects program. For a peek into what our booksellers have been gushing about lately, check out our picks from July and August!

JULY

                  

New and Noteworthy Fiction Paperback: Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
New and Noteworthy Fiction Hardcover: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
New and Noteworthy Non-Fiction Paperback: Do No Harm by Henry Marsh
New and Noteworthy Non-Fiction Hardcover: Grunt by Mary Roach
Literature in Translation: Half a Lifelong Romance by Eileen Chang
Around the World: China in Ten Words by Yu Hua
Forever Young Adult: This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

AUGUST

                 
New and Noteworthy Fiction Paperback: The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack
New and Noteworthy Fiction Hardcover: The Girls by Emma Cline
New and Noteworthy Non-Fiction Paperback: Beyond Words by Carl Safina
New and Noteworthy Non-Fiction Hardcover: The Games by David Goldblatt
Literature in Translation: Before the Feast by Sasa Stanisic
Around the World: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Forever Young Adult: The Lie Tree by Francis Hardinge

As always, every book came gift-wrapped with a handwritten note from the bookseller who chose it! Don't feel left out-- you can sign yourself or someone you love up to start a year of reading with us here anytime!