Tahmima Anam

'Poignant as well as savagely witty' - Observer 'Stylish and funny' - Sunday Times 'Hits every note perfectly' - Kamila Shamsie Halfway through her PhD, computer scientist Asha has her future all mapped out. Then a chance meeting and whirlwind romance with her old high-school crush, Cyrus, changes everything. Together with their friend Jules, they come up with a revolutionary...

East Pakistan, 1971 - a country on the brink of war and a family that is about to change forever. Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her children in her rose-filled garden. Beyond the garden walls, the city buzzes with excitement over recent elections. But no one could ever imagine what the coming days and months would bring -...

One hot afternoon in a remote Bangladeshi village, a telegram brings life-changing news to Maya Haque's door. Eight years before, a brutal war tore Maya's country and her family apart. Now Maya realises it is time to return home at last. She arrives to find that everything has changed. Her old friends have been seduced by the lure of new...

On the eve of her departure from Boston to find the bones of the walking whale—the fossil that provides a missing link in our evolution—Zubaida Haque falls in love with Elijah Strong, a man she meets in a darkened concert hall. The two immediately connect despite their differences: Elijah belongs to a prototypical American family, whereas Zubaida is the adopted...

A 2026 BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THE OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN 'Captivating, gripped me from the first page' — ELIF SHAFAK 'An unflinching, violent storm of a novel' — TASH AW 'Extraordinary' — SALMAN RUSHDIE 'A dark, brazen fairytale' — LEILA ABOULELA 'Part holy legend, part undeniable, illuminating prophecy of how we will overcome' — V.V....