(Photo by Marion Ettlinger) DIANA ABU-JABER is the author of Arabian Jazz, Crescent, The Language of Baklava, and Origin. She grew up in Syracuse, New York, and now divides her time between Portland, Oregon, and Miami, Florida. Visit her on the Web at DianaAbuJaber.com. She recommends: The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver (Harper Perennial) Netherland by Joseph O’Neill (Pantheon) Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje (Vintage) To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (Harvest Books) Climbing the Mango Trees by Madher Jaffrey (Vintage)

(Photo by Marion Ettlinger)

DIANA ABU-JABER is the author of Arabian Jazz, Crescent, The Language of Baklava, and Origin. She grew up in Syracuse, New York, and now divides her time between Portland, Oregon, and Miami, Florida. Visit her on the Web at DianaAbuJaber.com. She recommends:

  • The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver (Harper Perennial)
  • Netherland by Joseph O’Neill (Pantheon)
  • Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje (Vintage)
  • To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (Harvest Books)
  • Climbing the Mango Trees by Madher Jaffrey (Vintage)