Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
Istanbul to Oxford, faith and friendship, tradition and modernity. A brilliant book.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Beautiful and sad, one of my all time favourite novels.
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomas di Lampedusa
One of the most important works of Italian literature.
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Fascinating story of a double agent at the end of the Vietnam war.