7 Books I Loved to Read this Summer

Summer is usually the season of leisure, and one of my favourite summer pastimes remains reading. This summer I was lucky to discover some wonderful pieces of writing, most of them fiction.

Here are my favourites:

1. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles. It is written in the most exquisite language I have read in years.

2. Educated, Tara Westover. A true story about abuse, family bonds and the power of education.

3. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens. A mystery story about murder, isolation, nature, written in the most poetic language.

4. Before We Were Yours, Lisa Wingate. A story of organized child abuse, based on an real life American scandal

5. City of Girls, Elizabeth Gilbert.A story set in 1940's New York about a young girl learning about freedom.

6. Der Hase mit den Bernsteinaugen, Edmund de Waal. The story of a Jewish family during a century of European turmoil, the ebbs and flows of its fortunes, carefully grounded in the history and lifestyle of the time.

Still, even if not fiction, I cannot skip the one book that impressed me the most: Thinkertoys, by Michael Michalko. This book is a perfect tool for all those looking for new solutions to old/new problems. It is very fun to work with, too.

I am looking for some more reading discoveries for the rest of my summer, so I would be grateful if you sent me your recommendations about your favourite books.

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