1990s

Dreams from My Father

Memoir by Barack Obama that explores the events of his early years in Honolulu and Chicago until his entry into Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama originally published his memoir in 1995, when he was starting his political campaign for the Illinois Senate

The Famished Road

Novel by Nigerian author Ben Okri, the first book in a trilogy that continues with Songs of Enchantment and Infinite Riches . Published in London in 1991 by Jonathan Cape, the story of The Famished Road follows Azaro, an abiku or spirit child, living in an unnamed African, most likely Nigerian, city

A Fine Balance

Second novel by Rohinton Mistry, published in 1995. Set in “an unidentified city” in India, initially in 1975 and later in 1984 during the turmoil of The Emergency, the book concerns four characters from varied backgrounds Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash Darji and the young student Maneck Kohlah who come together and develop a bond

A Game of Thrones

First novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin

Oranges

Fruit of various citrus species in the family Rutaceae ; it primarily refers to Citrus sinensis, which is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related Citrus aurantium, referred to as bitter orange

The Poisonwood Bible

Best-selling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo, close to the Kwilu River