Real Americans

Rachel Khong

River spirit

Leila Aboulela

Ghost season

Fatin Abbas

The café with no name

Robert Seethaler

Fire rush

Jacqueline Crooks

America fantastica

Tim O'Brien

Two blankets, three sheets, a towel, a pillow, and a pillowcase

Rodaan Al Galidi

Chain-gang all-stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Hungry ghosts

Kevin Jared Hosein

Wandering souls

Cecile Pin

Absolutely and forever

Rose Tremain

Olga dies dreaming

Xochitl Gonzalez

Tremor

Teju Cole

Tar baby

Toni Morrison

The Heaven & Earth grocery store

James McBride

Julia

Sandra Newman

The wind knows my name

Isabel Allende

The book of fire

Christy Lefteri

How to write about Africa

Binyavanga Wainaina

Ducks

Kate Beaton

How not to drown in a glass of water

Angie Cruz

Watch us dance

Leïla Slimani

Honor

Thrity Umrigar

Perfection

Vincenzo Latronico

Saha

Cho Nam-Joo

Take my hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

The last house on the street

Diane Chamberlain

Looking for Jane

Heather Marshall

The family Chao

Lan Samantha Chang

Hope beyond the waves

Heidi Chiavaroli