The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Fiction — Kindle edition. Doubleday, 2016. 322 pages. Purchased. Whitehead’s novel won both the 2017 Pulitzer Prize and the 2016 National … More

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Christine Avila, Ozzie Rodriguez, Yareli Arizmendi, Gustavo Res, Gabriel Romero, and Jesse Corti. Random House Audio, … More

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction – print. Vintage, 2014. 415 pgs. Purchased. In the 1960s, two brothers born roughly fifteen months apart explore the … More

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Fiction — Kindle edition. Knopf, 2016. 320 pgs. Library copy. Gyasi’s novel opens with the story of Effia, a young … More

Kenya by R. Mugo Gatheru

Nonfiction — print. McFarland, 2005. 236 pgs. Library copy. Long time readers of this blog will know that the continent … More

All About Love by bell hooks

Nonfiction — print. William Morrow, 1999. 240 pgs. Library copy. This collection of essays by bell hooks analyzes the many … More

Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie

Fiction — print. Translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Drawn and Quarterly, 2007. 105 pgs. Library copy. Nineteen-year-old Aya lives … More

A Bride’s Story by Kaoru Mori (Volume Seven)

Fiction — print. Translated from the Japanese by William Flanagan. Yen Press, 2015. 191 pgs. Library copy. On his journey from … More

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Matilda Novak. HighBridge, 2005. Originally published 1999. 6 hours, 15 minutes. Library copy. Winner of … More