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10 best books of August: the Monitor's picks

Here are 10 August must-reads suggested by the Monitor's book critics.

3. "The Automobile Club of Egypt," by Alaa Al Aswany

"The Yacoubian Building" author Alaa Al Aswany offers another Egypt-based novel also likely to become a global book club favorite. In the years leading up to the 1952 revolution, a formerly wealthy Egyptian forced into bankruptcy finds employment at the Automobile Club of Egypt. As the years go by, his life and those of his children are ever more intertwined with the ongoing political conflict gripping their country. You can see the Monitor's full review of "The Automobile Club of Egypt" here.

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