Orbital
Samantha Harvey’s Orbital is a reflective literary novel set aboard a space station, where astronauts observe Earth and think about humanity, nature, memory, and the fragility of life.
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Human Acts
Han Kang’s Human Acts is a powerful novel about the 1980 Gwangju Uprising in South Korea, state violence, grief, trauma, memory, and survival.
Marginlands
Arati Kumar-Rao’s Marginlands takes readers through India’s vanishing landscapes, showing how climate change, development, and ecological neglect affect ordinary people.
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar follows Esther Greenwood, a promising young woman whose life slowly gives way to alienation, depression, and a crisis of identity.
Empire of the Elite
Michael M. Grynbaum’s Empire of the Elite tells the story of Condé Nast, the magazine empire behind Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, and The New Yorker.
Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood’s Stone Yard Devotional is a quiet, reflective novel about a middle-aged woman who leaves Sydney, returns to her childhood town, and lives in an abbey.
Invisible Women
Caroline Criado Perez’s Invisible Women exposes how gender data bias shapes everyday life, from healthcare and workplaces to transport, technology, public policy, and design.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny explores loneliness, relationships, family dynamics, and literary realism across India and America, along with thoughts on pacing, class, and detailed storytelling.
Phantom Plague
Vidya Krishnan’s Phantom Plague traces the history and present crisis of tuberculosis, showing how stigma, poverty, drug resistance, pharma patents, and public-health failure continue to shape the disease.
India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
Audrey Truschke’s India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent offers a broad overview of Indian history, political myths, social reform, caste, women, and historical debates.
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