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10 best books of June: the Monitor's picks

Here are 10 June titles that the Monitor's book critics found to be good blends of entertainment and smarts.

7. 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,' by Arundhati Roy

In 1997, Arundhati Roy was awarded the Booker Prize for her stunning debut novel, 鈥淭he God of Small Things.鈥 Now, two decades later, her second novel is finally making its way to readers. The complex and ambitious plot set in Delhi centers on two women. One was born intersex and the other is a freedom fighter, but both are drawn to an abandoned infant. Questions of identity, gender, ethnicity, and religion make this a deep and richly satisfying read.

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