My 2021 Reading List – Part 1

I’d read 55 books last year, so this year I set myself a low target of 12 books since I was experiencing eye issues. However, it is July, and I’ve already read 32 books. Here is a list. I have hyperlinked some of these books to reviews I’ve written of them.  I’ve also hyperlinked my interviews with the authors of a few of these books. How many of them have you read? Do let me know in the comments.

1. The midnight library – Matt Haig
2. The introvert’s edge to networking  – Matthew Pollard
3. Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka
4. To be or not to be a writer – Sweetycat Press
5. Strangely familiar tales– Vijayalakshmi Harish
6. The anatomy of scars– Arjun Raj Gaind
7. Hate that cat – Sharon Creech
8. Isolocation – Various poets
9. Vignettes – A slice of life – Chandrika R Krishnan. Here’s my interview with the author.
10. 23 letters of love – Suchita Agarwal
11. Writing flash fiction- Carly Berg
12. Moonletters- Dr. Saumya Goyal
13. Women Mutiny- Various authors
14. The adventures of the JP family- Radhika Acharya. Read my interview with her here.
15. Three is a lonely number – Baisali Chandra Dutt
16. Eating sugar, telling lies – Kuzhali Manickavel
17. La Douler Exquise – Kavya U Janani
18. Anthology of short stories- Volume 1- Edited by Jilly Snowdon and featuring my chick lit story ‘Snapshots of a single girl’s life’. It is available on Smashwords here.
19. The cursed stone – Ushasi Sen Basu
20. Raising Capable Children – Sakshi Varma
21. Good Morning, Monster – Catherine Gildiner
22. Who’s who of emerging writers 2020.
23. The Lucy Temerlin Institute Guide to Starving Boys: Their Salient Features, How to Find Them, How to Care for Them after They Die, and Four Considerations … on Cryptodiversity and Decoherence – Kuzhali Manickavel
24. ‘Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2021’ featuring my bio as well! The book is available here.
25. Side Effects of Living – Edited by Jhilmil Breckenridge and Namrata Kathait
26. Jaya – Devdutt Pattanaik
27. Death is my beloved – Laudeep Singh
28. Chasing Sunsets – Vaibhav Dange
29. Kintsugi – My flash fiction story ‘Mended and Precious’ is included in this anthology available on amazon! Do read it and let me know what you think.
30. Tickled Pink – Five of my poems are featured here as a result of winning a competition and my content was declared “the best content”.
31. Misters Kuru – Trisha Das
32. Teachings of Bhagavad Gita– Richa Tilokani