Author Arvind Adiga won the 2008 Booker Prize for this novel of one man's quest to overcome his lowly circumstances in life.

In this breathtaking thriller author Erik Larson takes you to the streets of Chicago's 1893 World's Fair and into the mind of a madman.

Discover Ancient Rome from the inside out through the fictional autobiography of Claudius, the stuttering crippled man who would one day become the fourth emperor of Rome.

Deborah Rodriquez attempts to bring relief to the women of war torn Afghanistan by empowering local Afghan women to become breadwinners for their family as certified beauticians.

The 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning retelling of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women as seen through the eyes of Mr. March, who leaves his happy home to fight for the Union's cause in the Civil War.

The true story of how one teacher dares to teach classic western literature to female students in the face of Islamic raids and shooting squads in Tehran, Iran.

In this follow-up novel to his blockbuster hit The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini grants us an intimate look into the lives of two Afghan women during the rise and fall of the Taliban.

John Krakauer explores the history of the Church of Latter-day Saints to give you a vivid understanding of one of the fastest-growing religions in the United States.

National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning author Wallace Stegner crafts a moving story about two couples' intertwining lives during the Great Depression.

The moving and oftentimes funny memoir of how a widow and mother of three becomes a chaplain for the Maine Warden Service.

Brunonia Barry joins us as we discuss her bestselling novel, The Lace Reader. Learn all about Towner Whitney, who has returned to Salem Massachusettes to locate her lost Aunt Eva... but in Towner's life the truth is never what it appears to be.

Living in the California desert with his bohemian mother and autistic brother, 12-year-old Ares Ramirez struggles with his conscience as he becomes a man in a world filled with violence.