The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State is Nadia Murad’s courageous memoir of survival. Winner of…
Eye On You by Kanchana Banerjee is a well-plotted whodunnit set in today’s world. The idea of privacy and dangers of over-sharing in…
Convenience Store Woman is a refreshing story by Japanese novelist Sayaka Murata. This is the first of her works to be translated into…
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie is a tragic and beautiful retelling of the Greek Classic Antigone. Set in current times, it is a topical…
Wanting Mor, written by Rukhsana Khan, is a fictional story based on a true event. Set in 2001 after the American invasion of…
Just Another Wave by Sai Surve Rane is a poetic journey for the heart and soul. The poems are emotional, reflective and diverse,…
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad is Waris Dirie’s memoir. A Somali model and human rights activist, in this book…
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier is a Middle Grade Horror – Fantasy novel. It is quite creepy, unsettling and suspenseful, having a…
Beyond Verses, A ‘Beyond The Box’ anthology is a collection of 16 thoughtful and emotional poems. These poems were finalists at conVERSE—Beyond The…
Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai is the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Arjie Chelvarathnam. Set in Sri Lanka during the early 1980s,…