J.P. Daughton, In The Forest of No Joy: The Congo Ocean Railway and the Tragedy of French Colonialism W. W. Norton & Company
Ada Ferrer, Cuba: An American History Scribner
Henrietta Harrison The Perils of Interpreting:The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire Princeton University Press
Harald Jähner Translated by Shaun Whiteside Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich 1945-1955 Ebury, PRH
Tiya Miles All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack A Black Family Keepsake Random House
Mae Ngai The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics W. W. Norton & Company
M.E. Sarotte Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate Yale University Press
Vladislav M. Zubok Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union Yale University Press
For the last two years, I have reviewed the Cundill Finalists (three titles from the shortlist) in the Literary Review of Canada. I'm happy to say I'm doing that again this year. Finalists to be announced October 20, winner December 1, and the review soon afterwards.
