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  • The House of the Spirits

    Title: The House of the Spirits Author: Isabel Allende Genres: Latin American Fiction, Magic Realism Summary (from publisher): One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate. Read more

  • Ceremony

    Title: Ceremony Author: Leslie Marmon Silko Genres: Native American Literature Summary (from publisher): Tayo, a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. He is deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese and further wounded by the rejection he encounters from his people. Only by immersing Read more

  • Between the World and Me

    Title: Between the World and Me Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Genres: African American Biography Summary (from publisher): Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and Read more

  • The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

    Title: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Author: Arundhati Roy Genres: Indian Fiction Summary (from publisher): The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on an intimate journey across the Indian subcontinent—from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Delhi and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war is peace Read more

  • Wide Sargasso Sea

    Title: Wide Sargasso Sea Author: Jean Rhys Genres: Women’s fiction, Romance Summary (from publisher): This mesmerizing work introduces us to Antoinette Cosway, a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester. Rhys portrays Cosway amidst a society so driven by hatred, so skewed in its sexual relations, that Read more

  • Born a Crime

    Title: Born a Crime Author: Trevor Noah Genres: Biography Summary (from publisher): Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child to Read more

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