Rumaan Alam
Books by Rumaan Alam
“Leave the World Behind, is about two couples stuck together. A white couple with kids rent a vacation home. Something terrible happens in the world. The roads are closed, so the owners come home. They are stuck sheltering together. The plot makes it a great pandemic novel. It feels topical.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Rumaan Alam were recommended
The Best South Asian American Novels, recommended by Wajahat Ali
South Asian Americans are too often treated as sidekicks or even suspects in national narratives. Wajahat Ali recommends five fantastic novels by South Asian American authors, and makes a compelling case that for the United States to succeed as a multi-racial democracy, “it is key that people pick up the pen to tell America’s full story.”
