Shirlene Obuobi‘s bighearted debut novel is a genuine delight from start to finish. Her exploration of various types of love‘platonic, familial and self‘is particularly gratifying.
The nature of tradition is at the heart of Tomi Obaro‘s rich novel, Dele Weds Destiny, about three college friends who reunite at a wedding in Lagos after three decades apart.
Linda Holmes’ second novel, Flying Solo, has it all: a mystery, shady con artists, a fabulously funny and supportive friend group and even a steamy romance.
Kirstin Chen is a versatile, savvy plotter, and Counterfeit readers will be easily drawn into this morally complicated world of high-end counterfeit handbags.
Madi Sinha’s direct and diverting bedside manner gets straight to her thought-provoking points on women and work in her second novel.
Fans of Peng Shepherd’s 2018 debut novel, The Book of M, will love The Cartographers, a juicy mystery masquerading as a grown-up scavenger hunt.
For readers open to moral complexities, One Italian Summer is a thoughtful, fun escape, blending contemplations of love and loss with a touch of adventure.
This tale of three besties whose orderly lives are disrupted by a planetary force of a woman named Isobel reminds us of the ties that bind—and sometimes gag.
Heuristic and dazzling, Nicholas Sparks’ novel convinces its reader to believe, in spite of everything, in love.
Chibudno Onuzo’s novel is enjoyably readable and disarmingly frank as it follows a woman in search of her father.
The Reading List illustrates the ways one book can act as a shared point of empathy, uniting individuals into a community.
While a novel about characters planning to end their lives is not for everyone, Together We Will Go is, in the end, about friendship and learning to love.
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