Now a Netflix series, this bestselling memoir follows Deborah Feldman’s escape from the Satmar Hasidic sect, her struggle with an arranged marriage, and her journey toward independence in New York.

Zora Neale Hurston’s first-hand travelogue through Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s reveals voodoo ceremonies, rituals, and beliefs from an insider’s perspective, immersive, offering vivid cultural anthropology and gripping storytelling.