Anum Shafqat

WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a “tour de force” (O, The Oprah Magazine) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic.

|+| Add to Your Shelf More Perfect Following two main characters, Moremi and Orpheus, MORE PERFECT is set in near-future London, where almost everyone has opted to have a small device—the Pulse—implanted in their brains, making social media an augmented reality. Orpheus and his father, however, remain Pulseless and hidden from the Panopticon for reasons Orpheus doesn’t understand and his father won’t reveal. But one terrible night, everything changes for Orpheus.

You know you have a good historical fiction book on your hands when there’s so much history and growth packed into a well-plotted story that a quick review won’t suffice. In our latest Rediscovered Reviews roundup, we’ve gathered some previously reviewed books on Off the Shelf that shed new light on past events. |+| Add to Your Shelf The German Girl Hannah and Anna, two 12-year-old narrators living in different countries 75 years apart, are both lost.