LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 6, 2021) — Before you know it, summer will be coming to a close. But there’s still time to get lost in a good book.
We asked the University of Kentucky community to recommend books they feel would make good additions to anyone’s summer reading list.
In the descriptions below, faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences share the books they can’t put down. Pulling from the worlds of history and fiction — their picks explore timely themes while providing intriguing insights.
“A Time of Gifts” by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Recommended by Phil Harling, chair of the Department