Last Updated: February 14, 2026
Worth Fighting For
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
As the right hand of her father’s hedge fund company, Fa Mulan knows what it takes to succeed as a woman in a man’s world. So when her father unexpectedly falls ill in the middle of a critical acquisition, she is determined to see it through. There’s just one hitch: the family company in question is known for its ultra-masculine whiskey brand. Dedicated but overworked Shang-will only trust Mulan’s father, Fa Zhou, with the future of their business. Rather than fail the deal and her father, Mulan pretends she’s Fa Zhou. Since they’ve only corresponded over email, how hard could it be to keep things moving in his absence?
A Shipwreck in Fiji
by Nilima Rao
A young Indian police sergeant investigates a bizarre chain of events when a purported sighting of Germans in 1915 Fiji turns deadly in this charming follow-up to A Disappearance in Fiji.
Ravishing
by Eshani Surya
Two Indian American siblings are drawn into the dark allure of a beauty-tech company. Kashmira uses a product that can alter her appearance to escape her grief, while her brother Nikhil joins the company hoping to make a difference. But when the product’s harmful effects surface, both must face painful truths about beauty, identity, and the cost of perfection.
Intemperance
by Sonora Jha
A middle-aged woman starts a firestorm when she holds a contest, based on an ancient Indian ritual, in which men must compete to win her affections.
What a Time to Be Alive
by Jade Chang
A deeply moving and often hilarious novel following a woman who becomes an internet folk hero in the most unexpected way, catapulting her into fame and influence just as she’s finally beginning to reckon with her complicated past.
Bad Bad Girl
by Gish Jen
A novel about a mother and a daughter forced to reckon with one another across decades of curiosity and ambition, elation and disappointment, intense intimacy and misunderstanding. Spanning continents and generations, this is a rich, heartbreaking portrait of two fierce women locked in a complicated life-long embrace.