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Kiran Desai, author of The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that served only to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India. She fears that she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.

Week of September 7, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of September 7th include THE SECRET OF SECRETS, the sixth entry in Dan Brown’s iconic series starring esteemed professor of symbology Robert Langdon, who uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind; THE PROVING GROUND, Michael Connelly's eighth Lincoln Lawyer novel, in which Mickey Haller files a lawsuit against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl; SOME BRIGHT NOWHERE by Ann Packer, an intimate and profoundly moving look at a long marriage and the ways in which a startling request can change a couple’s understanding of who they are, together and apart; and Kiran Desai's THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY, a spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years.