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26 SUMMER 2015 The Last Book by Reinier Gerritsen WORKING ON THE PREMISE that physical books will soon disappear, Dutch photographer Reiner Gerritsen traveled to New York City to take pictures of people reading on the subway. The result is a beautiful, elegiac volume that reminds us how much reading and books are part of our visual landscape. David Blake Law of the Jungle by Paul M. Barrett WRITTEN BY a Bloomberg reporter, this intriguing, complicated work draws the reader into a world of greed, corruption, and environmental irresponsibility that would be otherwise inaccessible to the average person. There are no good guys. Big oil is rapacious. Big government (in Ecuador) is on the take. And the crusading-to-save-the-rain forest attorney is uncontrollably ambitious. That combination makes for compelling reading. Frank Erath God Help the Child by Toni Morrison A VERY FAST READ and deeply compassionate, Morrison's new novel is a good companion for those who have read English faculty member Jess Row's Your Face in Mine, because it, too, is about color and its complexities over time. And it's also about love and families. What more could one ask for? Ellen Friedman Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGING and highly readable, Americanah offers fascinating insights about American culture through the experiences of Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who moves to the United States and, for the first time, must contend with what race means. Kathryn Ionata The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell MITCHELL'S BOOK is like his previous novel, Cloud Atlas, in structure and style: a sprawling but fast-paced novel that spans centuries and mindsets, but is united by a compelling protagonist, memorable characters, and irresistible storytelling. Except for gimmicky Harry Potteresque episodes in a couple of sections, The Bone Clocks is an impressively clever, fun read. Jo Carney

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