A novel about two Afghan women, three decades of war, and the quiet violence of being erased. Khaled Hosseini's masterpiece is equal parts love story and political document. One of the most devastating books I've read. Ever.

Language is power and if you didn’t know, Babel will help you grasp really important concepts about it. The novel follows Robin Swift, a Chinese boy raised at Oxford’s Royal Institute of Translation, where silver-working magic transforms language into a tool of empire. This furious, intellectually audacious story will bring you heartbreak, moral dilemmas and a rich magic system that was brilliantly imagined.

Want to know more about this historical fiction based in Spain during the Inquisition and a few magic tricks propelling Luzia Cotado into a royal arena with other magic spelling tributes?