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    Another year in the books: Best reads of 2021

    by Monitor reviewers Dec 07, 2021 5 minutes

    “Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere,” wrote former Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich in 1998. This is especially true of our reviewers’ choices for best books of the year. Whether set in far-off lands, or next door, these fiction and nonfiction titles stood out for their humanity and inclusiveness, and for the quality of the writing. 

    Fiction

    Things We Lost to the Water 
    by Eric Nguyen

    This debut novel spans three decades in the lives of a Vietnamese immigrant family that escapes war and communism to settle in New Orleans without the father – who has disappeared. Eric Nguyen exquisitely captures the nostalgia of childhood, the problems facing refugees, and the search for healing when secrets rock the soul. 

    Libertie
    by Kaitlyn Greenidge

    “Libertie” follows a Black girl born free

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