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Spotlight · August 2026

Global Voices

Books that map the world beyond the Anglo-American canon — voices writing from and about places too often flattened in translation.

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Sharks in the Time of Saviours

Kawai Strong Washburn

"A boy saved by sharks. A family bound by the old gods of Hawaiʻi."

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi (tr. Geoffrey Trousselot)

"In a Tokyo basement café, one seat lets you travel back in time — until your coffee gets cold."

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Empire of Sand

Tasha Suri

"She can dance the gods awake — and an empire wants her power."

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Ninefox Gambit

Yoon Ha Lee

"To retake an impossible fortress, she must share her mind with a dead traitor."

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The Gilded Wolves

Roshani Chokshi

"Six outsiders. One impossible heist. Paris, 1889 — and magic is power."

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The House of Shattered Wings

Aliette de Bodard

"She's the last of her kind — bound to a fallen angel who might get her killed."

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Trail of Lightning

Rebecca Roanhorse

"The world ended. Dinétah survived — and its monsters need killing."

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Son of a Trickster

Eden Robinson

"Jared's just trying to survive high school. Then the ravens start talking."

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The Lesser Blessed

Richard Van Camp

"A Tłı̨chǫ teenager, a new kid in town, and one unforgettable northern winter."

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Moon of the Crusted Snow

Waubgeshig Rice

"When the power dies, an Anishinaabe community rediscovers how to survive winter — and outsiders come knocking."

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Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

"Four generations of a Palestinian family, scattered by war, held together by memory."

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The Moor's Account

Laila Lalami

"The first Black explorer of America finally tells his own story."

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Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar

"A son, a father, and an America that promised more than it gave."

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Crescent

Diana Abu-Jaber

"Love simmers in a Lebanese café in Los Angeles — one dish at a time."

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The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

Fatima Bhutto

"One morning. Three brothers. Three different Pakistans."

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Mem

Bethany C. Morrow

"In 1920s Montreal, memories can be extracted — and one of them refuses to fade."

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The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

"Lovecraft's most racist story, retold — and reclaimed — by a Black hustler in 1920s Harlem."

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Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Cassandra Khaw

"A wedding party. A haunted Heian mansion. A bride buried in its walls."

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The Knights of Breton Court

Maurice Broaddus

"King Arthur rises again — on the streets of Indianapolis."

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Grace

Natashia Deón

"A murdered mother watches over the daughter she never got to raise."

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A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki

"A diary washes ashore in Canada. Inside: a Tokyo schoolgirl's last words?"

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Dial A for Aunties

Jesse Q. Sutanto

"One accidental death. Four meddling aunties. The biggest wedding of the year."

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The Atlas of Reds and Blues

Devi S. Laskar

"As she bleeds on her driveway, a woman replays the thousand cuts that led here."

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A Burning

Megha Majumdar

"One Facebook post. Three lives. A country on fire."

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The Worst Best Man

Mia Sosa

"Her dream contract depends on the best man who helped wreck her wedding."

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Ceremony

Leslie Marmon Silko

"A Laguna Pueblo veteran comes home from war — healing lies in the old stories."

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House Made of Dawn

N. Scott Momaday

"The Pulitzer winner that announced Native American literature to the world."

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Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi (tr. Marilyn Booth)

"Three sisters, one Omani village, and a country transforming beneath their feet."

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Tomb of Sand

Geetanjali Shree (tr. Daisy Rockwell)

"At eighty, Ma gets out of bed — and walks straight toward the border that split her life."

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Frankenstein in Baghdad

Ahmed Saadawi (tr. Jonathan Wright)

"A junk dealer stitches a body from bomb-blast remains. Then it stands up."

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The Memory Police

Yoko Ogawa (tr. Stephen Snyder)

"On an unnamed island, things disappear — and remembering them is a crime."