10 best books of September: the Monitor's picks

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

3. 'Istanbul,' by Bettany Hughes

Historian and documentary filmmaker Bettany Hughes has enjoyed what she calls a 40-year “love affair” with Istanbul. Here she delves deep into the city’s history. Hughes has said that she doesn’t intend her book to be “a catch-all catalogue of Istanbul’s past” but rather hopes to deliver something more personal and impressionistic. According to Monitor reviewer Steve Donoghue, with this book, Hughes “easily accomplishes both.”

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