The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Published by:Random House Large Print
Pages: 432
Price: $18.62
ISBN: 978-0593149096
In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within.
The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
Published by:Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:576
Price: $23.67
ISBN:978-1635573954
The Anarchy tells one of history's most remarkable stories: How the Mughal Empire-which dominated world trade and manufacturing and possessed almost unlimited resources-fell apart and was replaced by a multinational corporation based thousands of miles overseas, and answerable to shareholders, most of whom had never even seen India and no idea about the country whose wealth was providing their dividends.
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman
Published by: Biblioasis
Pages: 1040
Price: $17.15
ISBN: 978-1771963077
With a torrent of consciousness and an intoxicating coziness, Ducks, Newburyport lays out a whole world for you to tramp around in, by turns frightening and funny. A heart-rending indictment of America's barbarity, and a lament for the way we are blundering into environmental disaster, this book is both heresy―and a revolution in the novel.
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by ElifShafak
Published by:Viking
Pages: 312
Price: $19.49
ISBN: 978-0241293867
It is said that the brain can continue to work for 10 minutes and 38 seconds after the death of a body. This Booker shortlisted novel tells the tragic story of Leila; as her consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore, we are taken from her birth, childhood, and the tragic circumstances of her life that led to her eventual murder.
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Published by:Grove Press
Pages: 464
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-0802157706
Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: Celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.
Celestial Bodies by JokhaAlharthi
Published by: Catapult
Pages: 256
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1948226943
In 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. Celestial Bodies, is the first novel originally written in Arabic to ever win the Man Booker International Prize.
The Source of Self-regard by Toni Morrison
Published by: Knopf
Pages: 368
Price: $19.18
ISBN: 978-0525521037
The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. It is divided into three parts: the first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the dead of 9/11; the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., and the last by a heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong
Published by: Penguin Press
Pages: 256
Price: $17.29
ISBN: 978-0525562023
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly and many more, poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
Published by: Grove Press
Pages: 448
Price: $16.99
ISBN: 978-0802128409
Winner of the JCB Prize for Literature 2019, shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019, and shortlisted for the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award (Fiction) 2019, in The Far Field Madhuri Vijay masterfully examines Indian politics, class prejudice, and sexuality through the lens of an outsider, offering a profound meditation on grief, guilt, and the limits of compassion.
There’s Gunpowder in the Air by Manoranjan Byapari (Translated by Arunava Sinha)
Published by: Eka
Pages: 178
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-9387578432
It is the early seventies. The Naxalbari Movement is gathering strength in Bengal. Young men and women have left their homes, picked up arms to free land from the clutches of feudal landlords and the state, and return them to oppressed landless farmers. They are being arrested en masse and thrown into high-security jails.
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
Published by: Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 464
Price: $15.29
ISBN: 978-0316412391
An Orchestra of Minorities is written in the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition. Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, it tells the story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer whose soul is ignited when he sees a woman attempting to jump from a highway bridge.
The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z Hossain
Published by: Tor.com
Pages: 168
Price: $11.39
ISBN: 978-1250209115
When the djinn king Melek Ahmar wakes up after millennia of imprisoned slumber, he finds a world vastly different from what he remembers. Arrogant and bombastic, he comes down the mountain expecting an easy conquest: The wealthy, spectacular city state of Kathmandu, ruled by the all-knowing, all-seeing tyrant AI Karma.
Babu Bangladesh by Numair Atif Choudhury
Published by: Fourth Estate India
Pages: 412
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-9353570576
Shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019. Bangladesh, 2028. A biographer begins to document the life of an enigmatic and controversial political luminary - Babu, also known as Babu Bangladesh. In unearthing the story of a man whom many thought was the leader of his generation, he begins to uncover the story of a nation itself.
Many Rivers, One Sea by Joseph Allchin
Published by: Hurst
Pages: 256
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-1849048743
A perennial frontier for Islamic orthodoxy, Bangladesh is witnessing an alarming rise in Islamist-inspired assassinations and terrorist attacks. This unerring investigation examines the relationship between radical Islam and the Bangladeshi political class, laying bare the extremist forces that bedevil the country’s present and future.
Gun Island: A Novel by Amitav Ghosh
Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Price: $16.79
ISBN: 978-0374167394
A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way. Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one that turns Deen Datta’s world upside down.
99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai
Published by: Viking
Pages: 288
Price: $16.72
ISBN: 978-0525559191
A dog on the loose. A boy yearning to connect to his family's roots. A country in the midst of great change. And a vibrant exploration of the power of stories--the ones we tell each other and the ones we find ourselves in. “More than well crafted; it is phenomenal. . . . Kochai’s book has a big heart.”—The Guardian
The Runaways by Fatima Bhutto
Published by: Viking
Pages: 432
Price: $19.21
ISBN: 978-0241346990
How far would you run to escape your life? Anita lives in Karachi's biggest slum. Her mother is a maalishwali, paid to massage the tired bones of rich women. But Anita's life will change forever when she meets her elderly neighbor, a man whose shelves of books promise an escape to a different world.
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
Published by: Random House
Pages: 416
Price: $19.69
ISBN: 978-0593132982
Inspired by the Cervantes classic, Sam DuChamp, mediocre writer of spy thrillers, creates Quichotte, a courtly, addled salesman obsessed with television who falls in impossible love with a TV star. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho, Quichotte sets off on a picaresque quest across America to prove worthy of her hand, gallantly braving the tragicomic perils of an age where “Anything-Can-Happen.”
