10 best books of September: the Monitor's picks

Here are the 10 September releases most highly recommended by the Monitor's book critics.

10. 'Five-Carat Soul,' by James McBride

The short stories in this collection from National Book Award winner James McBride (“The Good Lord Bird”) range widely, from the Civil War to the Vietnam War and from the animal world to a toy train set, but all are poignant, imaginative, and “literary” in the best sense of the word.

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