Fiction & Literature

Journalist and prizewinning novelist Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before turning to fiction. His first novel, Moth Smoke, won the Betty Trask Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Prize. His second, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has just been adapted for film. His new novel, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, is at once an inspired satire and a poignant love story. Visit our featured author page for some of his top recommendations.

Sessalee, a voracious reader and fiction taste-maker, has been buying books for Barnes & Noble for more than two decades. Below are her top reads for the month. Click here for the NOOK Book editions.