ENGAGING AND ENLIGHTENING HISTORY of Islam’s shari’a law, from its earliest days to the present moment.

EXTRAORDINARY, SWEEPING STORY set in 1950s Malaysia covers questions of love, art, war, cruelty, and beauty.

THE INCOMPARABLE KENYAN WRITER Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s second volume of memoir juxtaposes political and personal.

GORGEOUS, GRITTY STORIES illuminate the nature of love, and bring Dominican-American culture vividly to life.

ALISON BECHDEL IS SIMPLY a national treasure! Her latest memoir in graphic novel form is thoughtful and wise.

COMPELLING NEW HISTORY of the Amistad uprising: deeply revelatory about the lives of its African leaders.

A MARVELOUSLY ENJOYABLE TOUR of so-called “living fossils”—the world’s oldest (and strangest) organisms.

POWERFUL, DELICATELY SKETCHED portrait of an Ojibwe family in crisis, through the eyes of a 13-year-old boy.

A FILIPINA HEIRESS TURNED revolutionary takes center stage in a novel marvelously evocative of the Marcos era.

BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, EYE-OPENING memoir of China in the 1970s looks at three generations in a time of change.