• The best books on South Asian history and culture that draw upon the ordinary lives and unheard perspectives
• The best books to take you all over the world, in good company
• The best books by writers breaking cross-cultural boundaries
• The best novels that immerse you in the history and culture of another part of the world
• The best books for visualizing hunger and health problems in developing countries
• The best middle-grade books about girls who love sports
• The best books about the world’s most popular wild animal
• The best books on workers’ rights in the fashion industry
• The best classic books on the management of rice insects, diseases, weeds, and rats in tropical Asia
• The best fiction books that make the political feel intensely personal
• The best books about India under the Raj that are not about princesses, palaces and people floating about in silk dresses