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• Never Saw Me Coming

  Kurian, Vera

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  Chloe Sevre is a freshman student and one of seven students at her college who is part of a clinical study for psychopaths. When one of the other students is found murdered, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins. Also available as an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sari, Not Sari

  a Novel

  Singh, Sonya K.

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  This heartwarming debut rom-com follows a woman trying to connect with her South Asian roots after the loss of her beloved parents. Also available as an eBook and audiobook.

• Age of Vice

  Kapoor, Deepti

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  Part crime thriller and part family saga, this action-packed novel begins with a car crash that kills five people in New Delhi. The driver, a servant named Ajay, is arrested but is unable to explain the events that led up to the crash.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Exit West

  a Novel

  Hamid, Mohsin, 1971-

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  A young couple meet and fall in love while their country is on the brink of a civil war, in this intimate and bittersweet novel with magical realism elements. Also available in Large Print, and as an eBook and audiobook.

• Sparks Like Stars

  a Novel

  Hashimi, Nadia

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  Thirty years after being adopted by an American diplomat, a woman has a chance encounter with the soldier who saved her, but may have murdered her entire family in Kabul, Afghanistan.

• Whereabouts

  Lahiri, Jhumpa

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  This introspective, character-driven contemporary fiction novel follows an unnamed narrator in an unnamed Italian city as she experiences a year of transformation following her father’s untimely death.

• The God of Small Things

  Roy, Arundhati

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  Set in Kerala, India, during the late 1960s, this haunting and brilliantly plotted novel follows twins Rahel and Estha as they struggle to experience childhood amid family crisis. Also available as an eBook and audiobook.

• Homeland Elegies

  a Novel

  Akhtar, Ayad

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  A deeply personal work about hope and identity, this novel tells the story of a father and son in the post-9/11 world.

• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

  a Novel

  Karunatilaka, Shehan

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  This unconventional, darkly humorous satirical novel follows Maali Almeida, a murdered Sri Lankan photojournalist who is trying to put his afterlife to good use. Also available as an eBook and audiobook.