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A Novel
by Christy Lefteri
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by Hala Alyan
Published Aug 2022
Read ReviewsA rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home.
by Nathacha Appanah
Published May 2020
Read ReviewsA potent novel about lost youth and migration by the author of The Last Brother and Waiting for Tomorrow.
by Jokha Alharthi
Published Oct 2019
Read ReviewsIn the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada.
by Azadeh Moaveni
Published Sep 2019
Read ReviewsA gripping account of thirteen women who joined, endured, and, in some cases, escaped life in the Islamic State—based on years of immersive reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
by Abdi Nor Iftin
Published May 2019
Read ReviewsThe incredible true story of a boy living in war-torn Somalia who escapes to America--first by way of the movies; years later, through a miraculous green card.
by Elizabeth Weil, Clemantine Wamariya
Published Apr 2019
Read ReviewsA riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us.
by Jenny Erpenbeck
Published Sep 2017
Read ReviewsAn unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: "Erpenbeck will get under your skin" (Washington Post Book World)
by Imbolo Mbue
Published Jun 2017
Read ReviewsOprah Winfrey's Summer 2017 Book Club Pick
In the vein of Amy Tan and Khaled Hosseini comes a compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream - the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy.
by Patrick Kingsley
Published Jan 2017
Read ReviewsIn the humane tradition of Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers comes a searing account of the international refugee crisis.
by Tracy Kidder
Published May 2010
Read ReviewsStrength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one mans remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him a brilliant testament to the power of will and of second chances.
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