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Summer is upon us! If you're looking for entertaining, thought-provoking books to fill all that free time you're going to have, check out this list of recommended authors and titles culled from recent posts to the FLTEACH listserv (Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU). While they are not necessarily about language teaching, these include works of fiction and non-fiction and may satisfy your curiosity about the history and culture of speakers of other languages. English-language books are listed first; a Spanish-language list follows.

---- Books in English ----

Karen Armstrong
- The Battle for God

Mark Bowden
- The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
- Guests of the Ayatollah

Alan Furst
- Dark Star
- The World at Night

Khaled Hosseini
- The Kite Runner

Ann Jaramillo
- La Línea

Gary Jennings
- Aztec

Azar Nafisi
- Reading Lolita in Tehran

---- Books in Spanish ----

Isabel Allende
- Hija de la Fortuna
- La casa de los espiritus
- Paula Defilia

Laura Esquival Malinche

Jasper Fforde

Mario Vargas Llosa
- El paraiso en la otra esquina/The Way to Paradise.

Eduardo Mendoza
- Sin noticias de Gurb
- El laberinto de las aceitunas
- El misterio de la cripta embrujada

Rosa Montero
- La historia del rey transparente/ The Story of the Transparent King

Arturo Pérez Reverte
- The Alatriste series

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- The Shadow of the Wind/La sombra del viento
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