New York Times-bestselling novel,
Love, Hate and Other Filters (Soho Teen, 2019). The book explores the life of an Indian-American Muslim as she battles Islamophobia and cultural divides. Her other works include
Internment (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2019) and
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know (Soho Teen, 2020).
Internment revolves around the life of a Muslim teen who is forced into an internment camp for Muslim Americans and decides to rebel. Narrated in dual timelines,
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know traces the lives of two women striving to chase their passion while escaping family burdens.
Canadian author Uzma Jalaluddin s debut novel,
Ayesha At Last (Berkley Books, 2019), is loosely based on the plot of Jane Austen s
5 Tips for Writing About Controversial Topics
Bestselling author Syed M. Masood shares his top 5 tips for how to handle a controversial topic in your work.
Author:
Feb 9, 2021
I might not be the right author for this piece. I just want to admit that upfront.
Yes, my work is considered controversial in some quarters. I mean, my next book is called
The Bad Muslim Discount. Obviously, that was always going to raise some eyebrows.
But I truly don’t set out to be controversial. My fictional worlds are based on the truths I know and have experienced. My goal has always been to tell these truths in the most entertaining way possible. That’s it. It just so happens that there are people holding a wide variety of beliefs on the ideological spectrum who find these truths uncomfortable. That, so far as I am concerned, is more of a ‘them’ problem than a ‘me’ problem.
The top pick of the month comes from Kristin Hannah, author of the ever-popular The Nightingale. Hannah s newest novel, The Four Winds, vividly and poignantly details the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. February s featured debut Cherie Jones How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is what Vanessa Cronin describes as a can t-look-away winner due to its lively and beautiful critique on the patriarchy, class, and race.
Here are Amazon s top 12 books of February 2021:
Captions have been provided by Amazon s book editors. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah