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Stay Home, Read Books | May New Releases

With the COVID-19 crisis taking a sharp turn for the worse, it has never been more important for us as a country to ease the burden of our crumbling healthcare system. Our biggest contribution as a people at this point will be to stay indoors and limit the chances of infection. This month, stay home, read books.

FICTION

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

Spanning two continents, two coasts, and four epochs, Gold Diggers expertly balances social satire and magical realism, asking what a community must do to achieve the American dream.

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In Plain Sight by Mohamed Thaver

Renowned as Mumbai police’s ‘investigation machine’, Waghmare is rumored to solve crimes in his dreams. Told from the perspective of a rookie crime reporter, Rohan, In Plain Sight is a police procedural set in the terrifyingly surreal world of crime and retribution inhabited by the Mumbai police.

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Don’t slip up. This time the stakes are huge – the fate of a nation is in Colter’s hands. He must find the solution as to why his father died – but to do that he needs to stay alive…

All Our Shimmering Skies is a story about gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth and the secrets we bury inside ourselves. It is an odyssey of friendship and malice, of darkness and light; and, most of all, a love letter to Australia and the art of looking up.

NON-FICTION

This Life at Play: Memoirs by Girish Karnad, translated by Srinath Perur

Moving and humorous, insightful, and candid, This Life at Play provides an unforgettable glimpse into the life-shaping experiences of a towering genius, and a unique window into India in which he lived and worked.

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The L-Word: Love, Lust, and Everything In-Between by Aastha Atray Banan

The L-Word is about modern love: from ghosting, polyamory, love in the times of social media to more everyday problems like dealing with heartbreak, infidelity, and getting out of toxic relationships. Love can be many things – sometimes intimidating, frustrating, and often exhilarating – this book tells you how to make sense of it.

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Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy by Supriya Vani and Carl Harte

Based on first-hand interviews by peace activist Supriya Vani with Jacinda and her friends and collaborators, as well as the prime minister’s public statements and speeches, this biography reveals her to be charming, thoughtful, and sincere and gives readers a glimpse into the making of an exceptional politician, administrator, and international icon.

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1232 km: The Long Journey Home by Vinod Kapri 

The nationwide lockdown in 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19 left millions of migrant laborers without jobs, food, and shelter. Desperate and helpless, most took to the road, embarking on the long, often fatal, journey home. 1232 km is a story of the extraordinary courage of seven men in the face of tremendous odds.

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Sikkim: A History of Intrigue and Alliance by Preet Mohan Singh Malik

Sikkim is an enigma for most, its history and its 1975 merger with India shrouded in mystery. This book fills the lacunae on both fronts, combining insights into the erstwhile royal kingdom’s unique history with the intriguing story of how it became India’s twenty-second state.

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Wellbeing at Work by Jim CliftonJim Harter

In a world where work and life are more blended than ever, maximizing employee wellbeing takes on greater urgency. Wellbeing at Work shows leaders how to create a thriving and resilient culture. If you and your leaders don’t change the world, who will?

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Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism by Mircea Raianu

An eye-opening portrait of global capitalism spanning 150 years, told through the history of the Tata Corporation. Based on painstaking research in the Companies archive, Raiani elucidates how a titan of the industry was created and what lessons its story may hold for the future of global capitalism.

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Backed by Dr. Cialdini’s 35 years of evidence-based, peer-reviewed scientific research—including a three-year field study on what leads people to change—Influence is a comprehensive guide to using these principles to move others in your direction.
Digital Body Language will turn your daily misunderstandings into a set of collectively understood laws that foster connection, no matter the distance. Dhawan investigates a wide array of exchanges―from large conferences and video meetings to daily emails, texts, IMs, and conference calls―and offers insights and solutions to build trust and clarity to anyone in our ever-changing world.
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In this tender and powerful essay, expanded from the original New Yorker text, his daughter, a confessed daddy’s girl, remembers her beloved father. Notes on Grief is at once a tribute to a long life of grace and wisdom, the story of a daughter’s fierce love for a parent, and a revealing examination of the layers of loss and the nature of grief.
Drawing upon Scripture and the latest findings of brain science, Groeschel lays out practical strategies that will free you from the grip of harmful, destructive thinking and enable you to live the life of joy and peace that God intends you to live. Winning the War in Your Mind will help you. God has something better for your life than your old ways of thinking. It’s time to change your mind so God can change your life.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Eighteen-year-old Daunis’s mixed heritage has always made her feel like an outsider, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When she witnesses a shocking murder, she reluctantly agrees to be part of a covert FBI operation into a series of drug-related deaths.
Pumpkin by Julie Murphy
Return to the beloved world of Julie Murphy’s #1 New York Times bestselling Dumplin’—now a popular Netflix feature film starring Jennifer Aniston—in this fabulously joyful, final companion novel about drag, prom, and embracing your inner Queen.
The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga
The Shape of Thunder is a deeply moving story, told with exceptional grace, about friendship and loss—and how believing in impossible things can help us heal.
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