Niranjan Kunwar’s memoir Between Queens and the Cities, published in 2020, is a coming-of age-story of a gay man in Nepal navigating life while exploring his identity and finding a place to call home.
HIMALAYA A Human History
Ed Douglas’ 2021 book, the first major history of the Himalaya, tackles a vast subject, taking readers on a journey that starts with the geological crash of tectonic plates 50 million years ago to present-day disputes about national borders and contentious commercial expeditions.
Little Fires Everywhere
American author Celeste Ng’s sophomore novel Little Fires Everywhere that was adapted into an acclaimed miniseries is a story of two families living in Ohio in America in the 1990s and explores race, privilege, and motherhood.
Shadow City
Indian journalist and author Taran N. Khan’s memoir Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul is the author’s discovery of Kabul after having been told never to walk in the city when she first arrived in Afganisthan in 2006, five years after the Taliban government was overthrown.
Vesper Flights
Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald’s timely collection of essays published in 2020, is about the human relationship to the natural world and explores topics ranging from twentieth-century spies to catching swans to headaches and hunting mushrooms.
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