Hong Kong Book Club

Set in the fictional town of Medallion, Ohio, the story spans several decades and explores the complex relationship between two Black-American women, Sula Peace and Nel Wright.

His scrambled visions of history yield unexpected insights. And his genius for dialogue, parody, and collage, was for him a guiding light. Delight in his frequently subversive ideas, the pleasures of a consummate stylist whose sentences are worth marveling at and savoring like a well-marbled ribeye.

Explores the concept of disorder through a chaotic New Year's Eve party.

… a comprehensive exploration of the orange farming and processing business. The book offers a detailed and informative look at the history, science, and economics behind the cultivation, harvesting, and distribution of oranges.

…dramatizes the conflict in Ukraine through the adventures of a\_beekeeper and his frenemy in what seems to be in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine.

Before going their separate ways, narrator Jesse and his pal Lee Mellon converge, drink, and then go their separate ways.

Set in South Africa, the story revolves around a family and their struggles with identity, secrets, and the legacy of apartheid.

Primo Levi's _Periodic Table_ is a group of autobiographical episodes of the author's experiences as a Jewish-Italian doctoral-level chemist under the Fascist regime and afterward.

The novel is a roman à clef written as a memoir. The narrator is in Paris

The novel is about a deaf man, John Singer, and the people he encounters in a depression-era town in Georgia.

The story revolves around a group of scientists in Antarctica, who discover an alien life form trapped in the ice.

Alfred Kazin's classic portrait of immigrant life in the early decades of the twentieth century.

The novel begins during the Cultural Revolution in China, where a young astrophysicist named Ye Wenjie witnesses her father's death at the hands of Red Guards.

The novel tells the story of Lionel Essrog, a private detective with Tourette's syndrome

Bras Cubas is one of the weirdest books I've read in a while and it doesn't feel like it was written in the 19th century.

A disastrous job interview and a confrontation with the police force Ignatius to find real work as a hotdog vendor.

A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959.

Vanya is a middle-aged professor who feels disillusioned with his life and bitter about his wasted potential.

Kazuo Ishiguro sets _Klara and the Sun_ in a dystopian future when some children are genetically engineered for enhanced academic ability.

The initial Star Trek episode as intended and not the one aired.

a first-person narrative that revolves around the character known as Sister. She recounts the events leading up to her decision to leave her family home.

_The Cyberiad_ are the stories of Trurl and Klapaucius, master inventors and engineers known as “constructors,” who have created marvels for kingdoms.

_Ragtime_ combines fictional narratives with real-life events, blurring the lines between fact and fiction. Think Zelig.

The essays in "Intimations" touch on a range of topics, including the impact of the pandemic, racial injustice, social inequality, and the role of art in times of crisis.

Rasselas enlists the help of an artist who is also known as an engineer to help with his escape from the Valley

Known to millions as the preeminent swashbuckler of the silver screen, Errol Flynn was a complex man who lived a life far more adventurous than any of his films.

Professor Jack Gladney teaches Hitler studies at a small liberal arts college in rural New York…

The story about the piano teacher has stayed and will stay with me for a while…

explores the changing relationship between art and power in a materialist America. This theme is addressed through the contrasting careers of two writers…

Tod T. Friendly has a secret.