It’s hard to believe we’re already half way through the year, and there has been a huge amount of eye opening best books of June. Below includes both reads about crisis and hope. Happy reading!
📖 Books read in June: 8
📚 Rikers: An Oral History by Graham A. Rayman and Reuven Blau (2023). A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been turned upside down by the prison.
📚 The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf (2023). The book argues that the relationship between democracy and capitalism is in crisis, and that this crisis is threatening the future of both systems.
Suswati Basu is a writer, journalist, editor and feminist activist residing in London. She has written for the Guardian, Huffington Post and the F-Word blogs, and has worked for various media outlets such as the BBC, Channel 4 and for ITV News/ITN. She currently is Head of Audience and Deputy Editor at NationalWorld.
