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Rumaan Alam (born 1977) is an American writer. His parents emigrated from Bangladesh to the United States in the early 1970s. Alam, one of four siblings, was born in 1977 and grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C. He studied writing at Oberlin College. He and his partner adopted two boys. He is the author of three novels: Leave the World Behind, That Kind of Mother, and Rich and Pretty. He also hosts two podcasts for Slate. Leave the World Behind was acclaimed by book critics and nominated for the 2020 National Book Award. It was later adapted as a 2023 film for Netflix with the same name. Works Books 2016: Rich and Pretty (novel) 2018: That Kind of Mother (novel) 2020: Leave the World Behind (novel) 2022: Getaway References . Discover the Rumaan Alam popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Rumaan Alam books.

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  • A Better World synopsis, comments

    A Better World

    Sarah Langan

    A cunning, outsidethebox satirical thriller about a family’s odyssey into an exclusive enclave for the wealthy that might not be as ideal as it seems.You’ll be safe here. That’s wh...

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    Summary of Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

    Condensed Books

    A highquality summary of Rumaan Alam´s book Leaves the World Behind including chapter details and an analysis of the main themes of the original book.About the original book:Clay, ...

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    We Are Not Like Them

    Christine Pride & Jo Piazza

    A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Best Book Pick of 2021 by Harper’s Bazaar and Real Simple Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by People, Essence, New York Post, Pop...

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    Next Stop

    Benjamin Resnick

    For readers of Leave the World Behind and Exit West, an astonishingly resonant novel that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through one family after a black hole ...