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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing Of The Lusitania

by Erik Larson

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

by Jon Ronson

Public shaming used to be a common punishment, but it was stopped long ago: not because it was ineffective, but because it was deemed far too cruel. But with the dawn of social media, public shaming is back in a big way, and it's being carried out by ordinary people. Ronson walks the reader through some recent examples of lives ruined over one public mistake: a fabricated quote in a book, one ill-considered tweet, one Facebook photo that went viral. This is one of the scariest books I've read in a long time, and I'm not saying that lightly. An important but uncomfortable read for anyone on social media, and that's most of us.

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

by Hector Tobar

Ann Patchett called this the best book she read in 2014, a fabulous book club pick, and a moving true story. That's enough for me. When Chile's San Jose mine collapsed in August 2010, thirty-three miners were trapped beneath thousands of feet of rock for 69 days—longer than anyone thought they could survive. While they were still trapped in the mine, the men agreed that if they told their story, they would only do it together. On their release, they entrusted Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tobar with its telling.

The Light Between Oceans

by M.L. Stedman

Tom and Isabel live alone on Janus Rock, keeping the lighthouse. After two miscarriages and one stillbirth, all on the isolated island, Isabel is despondent. When a boat holding a dead man and a crying baby washes up on shore, Isabel persuades Tom to leave the discovery out of his log and eventually adopts the child as her own. But when they visit the shore and its nearby community two years later ... you can imagine what might happen.

Saint Anything

by Sarah Dessen

A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Mysteries, No. 7)

by Louise Penny

Penny's mysteries are alternately centered in the cozy village of Three Pines and the wider world. For this excellent follow-up to the game-changing Bury Your Dead, Inspector Gamache returns to Three Pines to solve a murder that's intimately tied to the world of fine art. The story is built around the concept of chiaroscuro—the contrast between dark and light that's significant in some artists' works, and in all our natures. It may sound obtuse, but Penny probes with a light hand. It works.

Quick Lit 7/15

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing Of The Lusitania

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

The Light Between Oceans

Saint Anything

A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Mysteries, No. 7)

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Quick Lit 7/15

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing Of The Lusitania

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

The Light Between Oceans

Saint Anything

A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Mysteries, No. 7)

Find your next read with:

100 Book recommendations for every mood

100 Book recommendations
for every mood