If you’re looking for a well written book that might help you think through one of the controversial issues of today ,then you must read Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finley Boylan.

If you’re looking for a laugh-out-loud story about workplace inequality for women, then you must read "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus.

“Prologue. Malik. May 1969. Jaipur. It’s opening night of the Royal Jewel Cinema, which shines as brilliantly as a gemstone. Inside the theater: every one of the eleven hundred mohair seats is occupied. Still more people stand, lining the walls of the theater for the premiere. This is Ravi Singh’s big moment....I follow the rest of the group inside the lobby. Before we make it through the doors, we hear a yawning creak, then a complaining groan, and then suddenly the roar of a thousand pounds of cement, brick, rebar and drywall crashing down.”

“O’Farrell brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life and offers an unforgettable portrait of a resilient young woman’s battle for her very survival.”

“Prologue. Friday. Ben. His fingers hover over the keyboard. Got to get it all down. This: this is the story that’s going to make his name. He’s sitting in front of the apartment’s long windows, which look onto the central courtyard. It’s a beautiful building, but there’s something rotten at its heart. Now he’s discovered it he can smell the stench of it everywhere.”

“Theo couldn’t imagine wanting anything in this sadness-infused pile of discards.... There were some old paperbacks slugged into a beer carton. He was always curious about what people read. He reached down to check the titles. And that is when he saw the horse.”

If you’re interested in reading a novel that revolves around the complexities of being an Asian American in academic America, then you must read Disorientation by Elaine Chou.

“We hold a piece of women’s history in our hands every day... a piece of history created - in a roundabout fashion - by Hedy Lamarr.”

“We hold a piece of women’s history in our hands every day... a piece of history created - in a roundabout fashion - by Hedy Lamarr.”

“Every woman who enters the sea carries a coffin on her back, “ she warned the gathering. “In this world, in the undersea world, we tow the burdens of a hard life. We are crossing between life and death every day."