5 book picks from Yasmin

“When the World Breaks Open” by Seema Reza: In this memoir, a suburban mother breaks free of a dysfunctional and abusive marriage.

“A Nail the Evening Hangs On” by Monica Sok: This collection of poems draws on memories, grief and imagination to examine a family’s experience surviving the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime.

“Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You” by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi: Promising this is “not a history book,” the authors trace the history of racism through the political, literary and philosophical narratives used to justify slavery, oppression and genocide.

“Girl, Woman, Other” by Bernardine Evaristo: This Booker Prize-winning novel follows the lives and struggles of 12 different characters, mostly women, Black and British.

“The Impatient Dr. Lange: One Man’s Fight to End the Global HIV Epidemic”: Yasmin’s first book was a science biography of her mentor, Dutch scientist Joep Lange, a leading figure in the fight against AIDS until his death aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down in 2014.