10 best books of May: the Monitor's picks

Here are the 10 May releases the Monitor's book critics think you shouldn't miss.

9. 'A God in Ruins,' by Kate Atkinson

An RAF pilot wonders why he survived World War II when so many others did not in this powerful novel, a companion book to Whitbread winner Kate Atkinson's acclaimed 2013 work "Life After Life." You can read the Monitor's full review of "A God in Ruins" here.

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