Not My Own Booklist – Part Tres
“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
This is my third and final post and attempt to store and share the top seven books selected by a small circle of my friends. I had no idea when I started to compile the lists that I would end up needing three posts to capture and share them. Now, that I’ve done the work, I am so glad I invested the time. I do believe I have created a very valuable reference for my use and for whoever else wants to.
I may have missed one or two but here is the third and final installment of book treasures for us to savor over time:
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India by Shashi Tharoor
Educated – A Memoir by Tara Westover
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
The Poison of Love by K.R. Meera
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True by Richard Dawkins
Mahabharata by C. Rajagopalachari (Translator)
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Patel: A Life by Rajmohan Gandhi
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Raja Ravi Varma: Painter of Colonial India by Rupika Chawla
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
So, that’s it on this topic. When I look at this list of books spread out over three posts, first I am once again awed by the rich reading treasures that are available to us. Then, I am amazed at the wise reader friends I have. So fortunate are we!
“I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.” – Patrick Rothfuss
Posted on October 8, 2019, in books, friends, life, quality of life, recommendations and tagged curated books, Eclectic collection, friends' booklists, India connection. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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