Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com released their Best Books of the Month lists for August earlier this week, and I’m passing them along to you tonight for your reading pleasure.
Books that made Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Month for Adults list included the following titles:
- Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
- Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
- Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
- The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
- 1493 by Charles C. Mann
- The Magician King by Lev Grossman
- What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
- Ethan Allen by Willard Sterne Randall
- Black Diamond by Martin Walker
- We Others by Steven Milhauser
- We the Animals by Justin Torres
Books that were named to Amazon’s Best Books of August list included the following titles:
- The Magician King by Lev Grossman
- The Submission by Amy Waldman
- Beijing Welcomes You by Tom Scocca
- 40 Years of Chez Panisse by Alice Waters
- The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
- The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
- Radioactivity by Marjorie Malley
- The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
In the end, how many of the books have you had a chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.
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