Books read in 2019

Last year,

In the span of 12 months,

I was bound by a

Spell of Words

They worked on me

In my journeys,

In my bedside,

In my waits,

In the vestibules,

In the hospital beds,

I read

6874 pages in

35 books

The best in recent times. So here we go

1. Nilam Poothu Malarnna Naal - Manoj Kuroor
2. A Room with a View -  E.M. Forester
3. Appan - S Hareesh
4. Jeevichirikkunnavarkku Vendiyulal Oppees - Johny Miranda
5. The Blind Lady’s Descendants - Anees Salim
6. Manichitrathaazhum Mattu Ormakalum - Fazil
7. Naalukettu (Serial Screenplay) - M.T
8. The Plot Against America - Phililp Roth
9. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson
10. A Streetcar named Desire - Tennessee Williams
11. Kaadinullil Rahasyamaayi Ozhukunna Nadikal - Ambikasuthan Maangad
12. Olivile Ormakal - Thoppil Bhasi
13. Temporary People - Deepak Unnikrishnan
14. Kusumabale - Devannoora Mahadeva (Kannada translated in English)
15. Vaank - Unni R
16. The Radetzky March - Joseph Roth
17. There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In - Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
18. Bhoomiyolam Jeevitham - Arshad Bateri
19. The Man In the High Castle - Phillip K. Dick
20. Amminipilla Vettucase - G.R. Indugopan
21. Thousand Cranes - Yasunari Kawabata
22. Mazyyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil - M. Mukundan
23. Librarian - C.V. Balakrishnan
24. Janithakam - M. Sukumaran
25. The Little Paris Book Shop - Nina George
26. The Search Warrant - Patrick Modiano
27. The Elephant Chaser’s Daughter - Shilpa Raj
28. Notes of a Dream (AR Rahman biography) - Krishna Trilok
29. Rajalakshmiyude Kathakal - Rajalakshmi
30. Nooru Simhasanagal - Jayamohan
31. Susannayude Granthapura - Ajay Mangatt
32. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
33. Everything is Illuminated - Jonatha Safran Foer
34. Sirajunnissa - T.D. Ramakrishnan
35. Who killed Palomino Molero?  - Mario Vargas Llosa

Favourite Five

1. The Blind Lady’s Descendants 
2. The Plot Against America 
3. The Radetzky March
4. There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In
5. Amminipilla Vettucase
6. Thousand Cranes
7. Rajalakshmiyude Kathakal 
8. Nooru Simhasanagal
9. Susannayude Granthapura