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10 best books of August: the Monitor's picks

Here are the 10 August titles given the highest marks by the Monitor's book critics.

6. 'Somme,' by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

Working from diaries and letters, acclaimed historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore has pieced together a breathtaking account of the disastrous World War I attack on the German entrenchments along the river Somme in Belgium in 1916. You can read the Monitor's full review of "Somme" here.

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