Thushanthi Ponweera’s debut I Am Kavi is a beautiful middle-grade story of a Sinhalese girl, Kavi, who is struggling to find her place…
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The third and final book in The Jasmine Villa series, Three Times Lucky by Andaleeb Wajid is a fast-paced, albeit slightly predictable story…
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Reading The Witch in the Peepul Tree by Arefa Tehsin is akin to attending a master class in the art of story writing.…
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The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams is the story of three people – an unnamed Nigerian wife, her husband and her best…
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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.…
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The Hidden Letters by Lorna Cook is an emotional story of forbidden love set in Cornwall during the 1940s. I read Cook’s The…
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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…
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Fear and Lovely by Anjana Appachana is a story set in New Delhi in the 70s. Told from multiple POVs, this is a…
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Written by Haya Saleh and translated by Marcia Lynx Qualey, Wild Poppies is an emotionally engrossing middle-grade story of two Syrian brothers, Omar…
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In ‘A Million Dreams,’ Nazish Kondkari paints a hopeful and inspiring painting for every dreamer out there. It’s a short collection, but the…