Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Dec. 16–22

This week, we feature a quick-fix grammar guide, children’s stories to warm the heart, and a timely analysis of America’s current predicament.

Fiction

A Silly Satire on the British Navy

‘Mr. Midshipman Easy’  By Captain Frederick Marryat

In this 19th-century novel, the realities of the life of a British sailor hits a young aristocratic officer hard in this rollicking good read. Silly, yet serious at the same time, the amazing events in Marryat’s tome teaches hard lessons in a most delightful fashion.