Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said

It’s an old and familiar story: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back.  Except in Ali and Nino, getting the girl back involves committing murder, the boy and girl struggle with their differences, and they do not live happily ever after.
Often called the national novel of [...]

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My Name is Red, by Orhan Pamuk

Crime fiction has always been popular here at the library, and amongst the general public. Lately, some of the best crime novels being written are coming from writers outside the U.S. and are set in locales across the globe. The international settings for these stories add another element to the appeal, opening up new worlds [...]

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Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

Common knowledge suggests that men tend to read nonfiction and that women tend to read fiction. Is this really true? Beats me– but I know this much for sure: There are a lot of women who like to read nonfiction. Some nonfiction titles have appeal that transcends sex or gender (think John Grisham’s book The [...]

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