Suggest a book that has recently been published in the last 5 years.
"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

It portrays Afghanistan from the Russian invasion, to the Taliban regime, to the life of Afghans in America (late 80's to late 90's) and in Modern Afghanistan.
It's a fictitious masterpiece, but you would have never thunk it after reading it. It's a story of betrayal, family, culture, love, and a boy molding into a man. Hosseini is like an artist with words, so vivid, so enchanting. At times I even found myself with a twinkle in my eye, and then found my body cringe as if I was feeling his (character's) pain both physically and emotionally.
Some of the food and traditions he mentions are in Farsi, and since I know some Bengali and some words are the same or close enough, I was able to get by the book without a lot of huh? or what the hell is that? He explains most of the time what the word means in English, but sometimes he doesn't. Still, they have nothing to do with the plot of the book.
This to me is a must read, it made the San Francisco Chronicle's best books of the year list.