Books reviewed by Tasneem Pocketwala at BookBrowse.

Tasneem Pocketwala

Tasneem is a freelance writer and journalist based in Mumbai, India. You can find her documenting the reading-and-writing life on Instagram at @tasneemsworld05, and on her blog.

Books reviewed by Tasneem Pocketwala

A Death in Denmark (05/17/23)

Portable Magic (11/02/22)

The Earthspinner (09/07/22)

The Wonders (05/04/22)

Tides (02/02/22)

Skinship (10/06/21)

The Other Black Girl (06/23/21)

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Brave the Shanghai tunnels in this tale of love, identity, and resilience passed through generations.

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Lies and Weddings
by Kevin Kwan

A forbidden affair erupts at a lavish Hawaiian wedding in this wild comedy from the author of Crazy Rich Asians.

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The Lilac People
by Milo Todd

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a poignant tale of a trans man’s survival in Nazi Germany and postwar Berlin.

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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

Based on the author’s family story, comes an extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ escape from Taiwan.

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