O Pioneers! Willa Cather O Pioneers! is a classic novel by Willa Cather, first published in 1913. It tells the story of the Bergsons, a Swedish immigrant family living on the Nebraska prairie. Alexandra, the oldest daughter, is a strong-willed,…
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe’s critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa’s cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the…
The Burning Side Sarah Damoff When April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. They…
The Alexandria Quartet Lawrence Durrell In this world of corrupt glamour, L. G. Darley attempts to reconcile himself to the end of his affair with the dark, passionate Justine Hosnani – setting alight a beguiling exploration of sexual and political…
The Kitchen God’s Wife Amy Tan A Chinese immigrant who is convinced she is dying threatens to celebrate the Chinese New Year by unburdening herself of everybody’s hidden truths, thus prompting a series of comic misunderstandings.
Code Name Helene Ariel Lawhon It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for a Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri…
The Extraordinary Life of Sam He’ll Robert Dugoni Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his…
The Lies They Told Ellen Marie Wiseman When Lena Conti—a young, unwed mother—sees immigrant families being forcibly separated on Ellis Island, she vows not to let the officers take her two-year old daughter. But the inspection process is more rigorous…
The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation…
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an…