Finally the month of July has arrived, summer, holidays and long days. As every month we recommend the new titles fresh off the press to take with you on vacation this summer. The 10 must-read books out in July 2021 James Ellroy – Panic
First news of July and that of James Ellroy. Los Angeles is full of paranoia. America is in the grip of fear. We are in the fifties, and the American people are greedy for news, gossip, skeletons in their closets. The more he loves someone, the more he wants to know their vices. And Freddy Otash is determined to give the audience what he wants. Freddy was a cop. Then he killed a man to avenge a colleague and the new police chief disgraced him. Now he is a private investigator specializing in blackmail, a pimp and, above all, the armed wing of Confidential, the notorious tabloid. Maurizio de Giovanni – A mermaid in September
Maurizio de Giovanni returns in July with a new novel. In the city of the Siren, things are never what they seem. A double challenge for Mina Settembre, the irresistible social worker of the Quartieri Spagnoli Ovest Consultorio. Two things happen. Two facts that appear clear, yet the accounts do not add up to Mina. An old woman is mugged, falls and ends up in a coma. So far nothing strange, unfortunately; and the solution of the case, the way it comes, not to convince. And the second episode is not very convincing either, a scene of extreme poverty broadcast by a local television: a child competing for food with a dog among mountains of garbage. No, Mina does not really add up to the accounts Anna Bells Campani, Raffaella Di Girolamo – 365 days with you. A journey of love
A romantic and unforgettable journey. The true love that overcomes all difficulties. An exciting and full of passion novel, for those who don’t want to stop dreaming and believing in the happy ending. After so many difficulties, lovers finally have the opportunity to crown their dream of love. Having celebrated a fairytale wedding in front of friends and relatives, they leave for an unforgettable honeymoon: on board the boat that saw him suffer in solitude, they sail far and wide across the sea, the only witness of mutual affection and passion. . And, one stage after another, the newlyweds arrive at their much desired destination: the Galapagos Islands. Ana Maria Matute – Memory of an island
Expelled from the convent where she was studying after kicking the prioress, abandoned by her father and orphaned by her mother, the rebellious teenager Matia is sent to spend the summer months with her rich and arrogant grandmother on the island of Mallorca. In the hot and oppressive quiet of a teenage summer, Matia plots with her cousin Borja between Latin lessons, stolen and smoked cigarettes and clandestine escapes with a small boat in the most secluded coves of the island. Companions of raids and adventures are other upper-class children forced like them to imprisonment on the island and the young islanders, among which Manuel, the eldest son of a family marginalized from all over the country, stands out. Emer O’Toole – Girls will be girls. Dress up, play roles and change the rules
Another news for July is O’Toole’s essay. The genre is a tight costume that society puts on us as soon as we are born, and a script that we interpret, often without realizing it. But what if we were to imagine new roles and rewrite the script
A meta between essay and autobiography, with a bright and ironic tone, the book deals with crucial issues such as family roles, education, sexuality, the relationship with the body , culture, the world of work, pornography, intersexuality, language. Along the thread of his hilarious personal experiences, and using elements of psychology, sociology and philosophy, Emer O’Toole questions rigid female stereotypes and gender binary. Sandro Orlando – Greenland. Journey around the disappearing island
In the summer of 2019, an expedition travels along the coast of East Greenland, one of the most remote areas in the world, at the center of the climate crisis that is shaking the Arctic. A sailing trip inside the Scoresby Sund fjord to tell about phenomena that are also having an impact in our latitudes: suddenly warm ocean currents, glaciers that melt at unprecedented rates, tsunamis caused by the collapse of gigantic icebergs, fjords and coasts free from pack ice, especially in danger of extinction. It is a ‘blue’ Arctic, and without ice, the one at the center of the book, which anticipates our climatic destiny and explains many aspects of the crazy weather we know. Bettany Hughes – Venus and Aphrodite. Story of a goddess
One of the most iconic works in the entire history of Western art is undoubtedly ‘The Birth of Venus’ by Botticelli, a superb tribute to the divinity born from the foam of the sea who embodies the Renaissance ideals of spirituality, morality and purity. And yet, although this is the representative image of the goddess of love in modernity, on closer inspection Venus hides ambiguous and sometimes obscure origins. Retracing six thousand years of history and reviewing archeology, art, myth, literature and philosophy, the English historian Bettany Hughes brings to light the hybrid lineage of this multifaceted and surprising divinity. Fannie Flagg – Return to Whistle Stop
Fanny Flagg comes back in July to tell us more about Whistle Stop. Buddy Threadgoode was born and raised in Whistle Stop, Alabama. As a child, the cheerful whistle of the trains passing through the small railway station marked the course of his days. His mother Ruth, a meek, measured woman, and Aunt Idgie, eccentric, strong-willed, passionate, were the owners of the town’s café, known for miles around for its irresistible fried green tomatoes; a meeting and refreshment point always ready to welcome everyone. Then, as time went by, Whistle Stop gradually became depopulated, the trains stopped passing and the cafe closed once and for all. Julia Quinn – True love exists. Bridgerton series
Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. When he finds the right woman, he realizes it immediately, and is convinced of it. In fact, this happens, only… Hermione Watson is in love with someone else. But her friend Lucy her, to save her from a disastrous union, offers to help Gregory to conquer her. And he ends up falling in love with Gregory. Too bad that Lucy is already engaged and, even if Gregory has understood to reciprocate her sentiment, the girl’s uncle does not intend to make her break his promise … Bridgerton, the life lessons drawn from the books and the tv series
Bridgerton, the tv series is about from the exciting series of the American writer Julia Quinn, it has been a great success with the public. That’s why Valerio Varesi – Reo I confess. An investigation by Commissioner Soneri
Last news of July and of Valerio Varesi. When Soneri, walking through the park of the Citadel of his Parma, approaches a man lying on a bench, to understand if he is just a sleeping bum or if he is someone who is sick, he certainly does not imagine that one of the most important events is about to begin. absurd and intricate throughout his career. The man, in fact, a certain Roberto Ferrari, confesses to Soneri that he has just committed a murder. He killed a financial promoter who had ruined him by squandering the life savings that Ferrari had entrusted to him on illicit deals and cocaine.