New Books (November)

November 30, 2020January 31, 2021 Civilian Reader New Books AE Osworth, Aimee Ogden, Aliette de Bodard, Andrew Kelly Stewart, Arkady Martine, Barack Obama, Ben Counter, CL Clark, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Danie Ware, David Guymer, Femi Kayode, Gary Kloster, Guy Haley, Harald Gilbers, Joe Ide, Keith Rosson, KJ Parker, Michael Connelly, Michael Holley, P Djèlí Clark, Robert Bickers, Robert Littell, Sebastian Fitzek

Featuring: Robert Bickers, C. L. Clark, P. Djèlí Clark, Michael Connelly, Ben Counter, Aliette de Bodard, Sebastian Fitzek, Harald Gilbers, David Guymer, Guy Haley, Michael Holley, Joe Ide, Femi Kayode, Gary Kloster, Robert Littell, Arkady Martine, Barack Obama, Aimee Ogden, A. E. Osworth, K. J. Parker, Keith Rosson, Andrew Kelly Stewart, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Danie Ware

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New Books (June-July)

July 21, 2018August 23, 2018 Civilian Reader New Books A.M. Khalifa, Adam Roberts, Alex Thomson, Anthony Ryan, Bryan Reardon, Caroline Kepnes, Charlaine Harris, Charles Cumming, Chris Wraight, Dan Pfeiffer, Darius Hinks, David S Heidler, Ellie Kemper, Jack Whyte, Jaine Fenn, James Shepherd, Jeanne T Heidler, Jonathan French, Josh Reynolds, Lavie Tidhar, Mason Cross, Matt Goldman, Mirah Bolender, Nicolás Obregón, Rebecca Makkai, Robert Bickers, Robert Jackson Bennett, Sean Grigsby, Snowden Wright, Terry Brooks, Tessa Hadley

Featuring: Robert Jackson Bennett, Robert Bickers, Mirah Bolender, Terry Brooks, Mason Cross, Charles Cumming, Jaine Fenn, Jonathan French, Matt Goldman, Sean Grigsby, Tessa Hadley, Charlaine Harris, David S. Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler, Darius Hinks, Ellie Kemper, Caroline Kepnes, A.M. Khalifa, Rebecca Makkai, Nicolás Obregón, Dan Pfeiffer, Bryan Reardon, Josh Reynolds, Adam Roberts, Anthony Ryan, Alex Thomson, Lavie Tidhar, Jack Whyte, Chris Wraight, Snowden Wright

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Recommendation: Penguin’s World War I China Specials

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Civilian Reader Random, Review Anne Witchard, Badlands, Betrayal in Paris, Bloody Saturday, China, China Specials, Chinese Labour Corps, England's Yellow Peril, Frances Wood, From the Tsar's Railway to the Red Army, Getting Stuck in For Shanghai, History, Jonathan Fenby, Mark O'Neill, Paul French, Penguin, Picnics Prohibited, Robert Bickers, Russia, Siege of Tsingtao, UK, USA, World War I

This series of nine short books is fantastic. I bought them quite some time ago — they were released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I — but I have finally caught up. If you have any interest in learning about China, then I would highly recommend these books. Each of them was informative, engaging, sometimes entertaining, and frequently brutally honest. Continue reading →