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Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused

by Howard Goldblatt

“In contrast to the utopian official literature of Communist China, the stories in this wide-ranging collection marshal wry humor, entangled sex, urban alienation, nasty village politics and frequent violence. ….

Back to Back

by Julia Franck

“Franck’s unsparing novel, superbly translated by Anthea Bell, tells a moving story of suffering down the generations in East Berlin.” —Guardian…

Everyday People

by Stewart O'Nan

“o’Nan’s protean imagination, if it can be summed up at all, seems to be civic. . . . He is a writer who reaches out, both making and bridging worlds….

Land Between the Rivers

by Bartle Bull

The epic, five millennia history of the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that was the birthplace of civilization and remains today the essential crossroads between East and West

Monkey

by Ch'eng-en Wu

This classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic is probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East.

9 Must-Read Banned Books

…Libraries Confidential Challenge Support School Library Journal The Freedom to Read Foundation School Book Challenge Resource Center Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q&A LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund Intellectual Freedom Consulting…

The Rebels’ Hour

by Lieve Joris

“[The Rebels’ Hour] achieves intense intimacy with a few characters to represent a much more immense historical experience. . . . It is as deeply reported and directly observed as…

The World Beneath

by Cate Kennedy

“Written in precise and singing prose, [Kennedy’s] powerful first novel . . . [is] a work of mythic depth, lyrical description, and gripping suspense.” —Adelaide Advertiser…

A Storm in Flanders

by Winston Groom

A reissue from the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, A Storm in Flanders is a fascinating history of the four-year battle of Ypres, the most notorious and dreaded place in…

Escape Velocity

by Mark Dery

“A lively compendium of dispatches from the far reaches of today’s computer savvy avant-garde . . . this book is your ideal guide to the cultural complexities of the computer…