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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