Sunday, January 13, 2019

Books Read 2018

My earlier posts on books read in a particular year always started with the usual complaint that I didn't read enough books :-) This year it will not be, for I have met my Goodreads challenge and even exceeded it by one book. As per Good reads that is 104% (26/25). So you know what I am going to do this year, I just upped it by 5 books.



So here are my books read in 2018 and my ratings.

  1. If on a Winter's Night a Traveller  - Italo Calvino  - 3/5
  2. Varanasi - M.T - 3.5/5
  3. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz - 4.5/5
  4. Strange Pilgrims - Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 4/5
  5. Smarakashilakal - Punathil Kunjabdulla - (re-read) 
  6. Kaalam - M.T - (re-read)
  7. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - 3/5
  8. Ormachipp - K.V. Praveen - 2/5
  9. Family Life - Akhil Sharma -1/5
  10. The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexandar McCall Smith - 4/5
  11. Koo - Lasar Shine - 2.5/5
  12. The Last Temptation - Nikos Kazantazakis - 4/5
  13. 84, Charring Cross Road - Helene Hanff - 4/5
  14. Football in Sun & Shadow - Eduardo Galeano - 4.5/5
  15. Ghachar Ghochar - Vivek Shanbhag - 5/5
  16. The Curios Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon - 2.5/5
  17. By Night in Chile - Roberto Bolano - 3.5/5
  18. The Little Town Where Time Stood Still - Bohumil Hrabal - 4/5
  19. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink - 3.5/5
  20. The Thirty-Nince Steps - John Buchan - 3/5
  21. Drishtichaver - Pramod Raman - 3/5
  22. Kanthapura - Raja Rao - 3/5
  23. Rebel Sultans - Manu Pillai - 4/5
  24. Rework - Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson - 4.5/5
  25. Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi - 4.5/5
  26. Ente Priyapetta Kathakal - N.S. Madhavan - 4/5

Personal Recommendations

  1. Ghachar Gochar - One of the best books that have come out of Kannada Literature. I have made almost everyone in Geektrust read this :) 
  2. Persepolis - To know how life was in Iran pre & post the Revolution. I formatted my laptop and gave it the name of this book.
  3. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - To know Dominican Republic. To know Oscar. 
  4. Football in Sun & Shadow - To know the history of football and world cup. Also to know the brilliance of Galeano. The book is poetry in prose. 
  5. The Little Town Where Time Stood Still - If you want to get to know about Hrabal, who was called as Czechoslovakia's greatest writer by Milan Kundera. A book with life & wit.
  6. The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency - For Mma Ramotswe. 
  7. Rebel Sultans - To know Deccan.

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