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2021 saw a strong wave of new books, and many of them had a major impact on me.

  Former President Barack Obama released his summer reading list on Friday, continuing a tradition from his time in the White House. "While we were still in the White House, I began sharing my summer favorites -- and now, it's become a little tradition that I look forward to sharing with you all. So here's this year's offering. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did," Obama said on multiple social platforms. Here are the 11 books Obama recommends people read this summer: "AT NIGHT ALL BLOOD IS BLACK" BY DAVID DIOP The historic fiction novel details the dark tale of a Senegalese soldier's ...

Today is Monday, May 10, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Council Budget Work:  The Council meets today at 9:30 p.m. for a work session on the operating budget. Watch the session live here. 2.  3. Monday, May 10 at noon: Reuben Jackson moderates a discussion between three poets about voice and poetic form—Sandra Beasley, “Made to Explode”; Kim Addonizio, “Now We’re Getting Somewhere”; and Katherine Young, “Woman Drinking Absinthe.” Monday, May 10 at 7 p.m.: Bethanne Patrick moderates a discussion between three fiction authors—Te-Ping Chen, auth...

10 New Books We Recommend This Week May 6, 2021 Our recommended books this week offer revisionist views of a couple of historical figures: In “The Invention of Miracles,” her biography of the often-lionized Alexander Graham Bell, the writer Katie Booth takes a dim view of his efforts to eradicate deafness and its culture, while in “The Bomber Mafia,” Malcolm Gladwell looks favorably on the much-criticized Gen. Curtis LeMay and his ruthless Japanese bombing campaign late in World War II. We also like a posthumous essay collection from the beloved travel writer Jan Morris and a new grap...

The Wall Street Journal reporter talks to Asia Blog about her debut collection of short stories, which depict ordinary lives in China and of the Chinese diaspora.