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• The Great Gatsby

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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  USA (Co-host) -- Known as one of the great American novels, The Great Gatsby follows enigmatic millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsessive, tragic attempt to reunite with his past love, Daisy Buchanan, who is married to the wealthy Tom Buchanan.

• The Blind Assassin

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  CANADA (Co-host) -- The novel begins with the mysterious death--a possible suicide--of a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945. Decades later, Laura's sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gods of Jade and Shadow

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  MEXICO (Co-host) -- In Gods of Jade and Shadow, the Mayan God of Death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. Set in the late 1920s as Mexico transitions from its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here One Moment

  a Novel

  Moriarty, Liane,

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  AUSTRALIA (AFC) -- On a seemingly normal day, travelers aboard a delayed flight from Hobart, Australia, to Sydney are startled when a woman stands and moves down the aisle, foretelling the causes and ages of death of several more passengers before…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lion Women of Tehran

  Kamali, Marjan,

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  IRAN (AFC) --Marjan Kamali's sweeping tale revolves around two young girls who forge a deep friendship across class differences in 1950s Tehran. Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold

  a Novel

  Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971-

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  JAPAN (AFC) -- In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fencing With the King

  a Novel

  Abu-Jaber, Diana,

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  JORDAN (AFC) -- Amani is hooked on a mystery - a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father's books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Almond

  a Novel

  Son, Wŏn-p'yŏng, 1979-

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  SOUTH KOREA (AFC) -- A teenager born with a brain condition that makes it difficult to feel emotions has his world shattered when he loses his devoted mother and grandmother and finds himself in a surprising friendship with the school bully. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl Who Fell to Earth

  a Memoir

  Al-Maria, Sophia

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  QATAR (AFC) -- In this funny, insightful memoir, artist, filmmaker, and writer Al-Maria chronicles being raised by an American mother from rural Washington State and a Bedouin father from Qatar. After immigrating to America, marrying the author's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls of Riyadh

  Ṣāniʻ, Rajāʼ ʻAbd Allāh

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  SAUDI ARABIA (AFC) -- In her debut novel, Rajaa Alsanea reveals the social, romantic, and sexual tribulations of four young women from the elite classes of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Originally released in Arabic in 2005, it was immediately banned in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The White Mosque

  a Memoir

  Samatar, Sofia,

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  UZBEKISTAN (AFC) -- In the late nineteenth century, a group of German-speaking Mennonites traveled from Russia into Central Asia, where their charismatic leader predicted Christ would return. Over a century later, Sofia Samatar joins a tour…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frankenstein in Baghdad

  a Novel

  Saadawi, Ahmed,

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  IRAQ (AFC) -- From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and to give them proper…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stranger

  Camus, Albert, 1913-1960

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  ALGERIA (CAF) -- Published in 1942 by French author Albert Camus, The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger --Camus's masterpiece--gives us the story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Will and Testament of Señor Da Silva

  Almeida, Germano

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  CABO VERDE (CAF) -- Everyone in Cape Verde knows Señor da Silva. Successful entrepreneur, owner of the island's first automobile, a most serious, upright, and self-made businessman, Señor da Silva is the local success story. Born an orphan, he never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Company of Men

  Tadjo, Véronique, 1955-

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  CÔTE D'VOIRE (CAF) -- Two boys venture from their village to hunt in a nearby forest, where they shoot down bats with glee, and cook their prey over an open fire. Within a month, they are dead, bodies ravaged by an insidious disease that neither the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The City of Brass

  Chakraborty, S. A.

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  EGYPT (CAF) -- A brilliantly imagined historical fantasy in which a young con artist in eighteenth century Cairo discovers she's the last descendant of a powerful family of djinn healers. With the help of an outcast immortal warrior and a rebellious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Homegoing

  a Novel

  Gyasi, Yaa,

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  GHANA (CAF) -- Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Country of Others

  Slimani, Leila, 1981-

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  MOROCCO (CAF) -- Mathilde, a spirited young Frenchwoman, falls in love with Amine, a handsome Moroccan soldier in the French army during World War II. After the war, the couple settles in Morocco. As tensions mount between the Moroccans and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• At Night All Blood Is Black

  Diop, David, 1966-

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  SENEGAL (CAF) -- A "Chocolat" soldier with the French army during World War I, Senegalese Alfa Ndiaye's friend Mademba Diop is in the same regiment. Injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Born a Crime

  Stories From a South African Childhood

  Noah, Trevor, 1984-

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  SOUTH AFRICA (CAF) -- Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was…Read moreRead more of this annotation