Classics

Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

The image of something dark, something underground. If that sounds familiar to you, it means you're well-acquainted with Haruki...

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami is innocent as much as poetic. It’s about falling for and rescuing yourself from...

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri renders a space in which readers can meditate on the realness of “identity.” And we can also admit to...

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft

One begins writing a story when afflicted by a desire to contribute to something. To understand the way we are born, deemed to live, and...

No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

Historical thinking is a result of not one, not two, but multiple perspectives joined together, at its root. This is perhaps easier to...

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

“When you looked through an angel’s eyes you saw essences instead of surfaces, you saw the decay of the soul blistering and bubbling on...

The Box Man by Kobo Abe

It all started with wanting to become, or rather be, a box man. The book introduces a work of fiction that sets the boundary that...

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

All facets of society- whether we are aware of it or not; whether we are adherents of feminism or not - are deeply altered by the weight...

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

There's no denying that this is the best non-fiction story I've read in a very long time. "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi is...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Love, like the innocence of childhood, evolves as one does in a society held tightly by the strings of convention and patriarchy. Though...