10 books to add to your reading list in August

On the Shelf 10 August Books For Your Reading List If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. As 21st century Dorothy Moy, “Washington’s former poet laureate,” undergoes treatment from a Native American doctor, she reconnects with her ancestors and their struggles to give strength to her young daughter. Properties of Thirst By Marianne Wiggins Simon & Schuster: 544 pages, $28 For the record: A description of Marianne Wiggins’ novel “Properties of Thirst” includes a reference to an internment camp for Japanese citizens. Other Birds By Sarah Addison Allen St. Martin’s: 304 pages, $28 Fans of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” and Netflix’s “Dead to Me” will warm to this quirky tale of a woman moves into her late mother’s South Carolina Low Country condo in search of clues about their relationship — and instead finds clues about how the other residents of “The Dellawisp” might be involved in the demise of a notorious hoarder named Lizbeth Lime. Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis By Beth Macy Little, Brown: 400 pages, $30 If you haven’t read or watched Beth Macy’s “Dopesick,” you should do both, then crack open this followup to find out what the relentless journalist has learned about how our country might stem the tide of a crisis that need never have happened.