Recommended Reading

One of the interesting points about blogging is the ability to share information.  Here is a list of books which you might find intriguing, fascinating, and remarkable :

Africa
"Nightmare Along the River Nile" by Suzanna E. Nelson
"The Helpers" by Suzanna E. Nelson
"Chicago" by Alaa Al-Aswany
"The Yacoubian Building" by Alaa Al-Aswany
"In Country of Men" by Hisham Matar
"The Memory of Love" by Aminatta Forna
"Lyrics Alley" by Lelia Aboulela
"Half a of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Asia
"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
"The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
"The Inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai
"Bookseller of Kabul" by Asne Seierstad
"Mao's Last Dancer" by Li Cunxin