Reading The Witch in the Peepul Tree by Arefa Tehsin is akin to attending a master class in the art of story writing.…
The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams is the story of three people – an unnamed Nigerian wife, her husband and her best…
Ola Mustapha’s debut novel, Other Names, Other Places, is a captivating coming-of-age tale that follows Nesrine, a Tunisian immigrant living in the UK.…
The Hidden Letters by Lorna Cook is an emotional story of forbidden love set in Cornwall during the 1940s. I read Cook’s The…
The Narrator by K.L. Slater is a fast-paced and twist filled thriller with well-developed characters. Philippa, a successful author of the best-selling Tower…
Fear and Lovely by Anjana Appachana is a story set in New Delhi in the 70s. Told from multiple POVs, this is a…
Written by Haya Saleh and translated by Marcia Lynx Qualey, Wild Poppies is an emotionally engrossing middle-grade story of two Syrian brothers, Omar…
Everything’s Still There by Kalyn Fogarty is a well-narrated story of an unlikely friendship between two women, Brynn and Joyce. I listened to…
An (Un) Romantic Comedy by Phoebe MacLeod is really an unromantic comedy! It’s a cute, fun-filled read, accompanied by family drama, sibling issues,…
Set in Bow, East London, Tufayel Ahmed’s Better Left Unsaid is the story of a Bangladeshi immigrant family. High on emotions, this family…