Monica Ali Books in Order

An arranged marriage brings Nazneen from Bangladesh to London's East End, where she raises daughters with her older husband. An affair with a young political activist challenges her assumptions about duty, desire, and the life she can choose.

In Portugal’s Alentejo province, villagers and outsiders share a landscape that shapes their hopes and frustrations. Linked stories follow people including a young woman longing to leave and a café owner facing competition from a new internet café.

Chef Gabriel Lightfoot hopes to leave a London hotel and open his own restaurant. When a worker is found dead in the kitchen's basement, his carefully managed career and personal life begin to unravel.

Inspired by Princess Diana, this novel imagines a famous royal surviving and seeking a different life beyond public scrutiny. Her attempt to find peace raises questions about identity, celebrity, and the cost of escaping a familiar past.

Young doctor Yasmin Ghorami prepares to marry Joe Sangster, whose upper-class family differs sharply from her own. As their wedding approaches, infidelities and family secrets unsettle both their relationship and the story of her parents' marriage.