I read fewer books this year than in the pandemic years. In 2020, I read 55 books and in 2021, I had read 32 books until July. I have hyperlinked some of the books I read this year to the reviews I’ve written of them for your reference. How has your reading been during the pandemic and post-pandemic?
- The masks and other poems – Vasudha Pansare
- Beyond the horizon beyond – Haiku and Haibun – Kala Ramesh
- The 12 commandments of being a woman – Tahira Kashyap Khurrana
- The seven sins of being a mother – Tahira Kashyap Khurrana
- Good night stories for rebel girls – Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
- The rudest book ever – Shwetabh Gangwar
- The war of art – Steven Pressfield
- Desi Modern Love – An anthology of true stories curated by Ranjani Rao and Nandini Patwardhan
- The time merchants and other strange tales by Vasudev Murthy
- Destination Moon – Tintin (a repeat read)
- Diary of a wimpy kid – the third wheel (a repeat read)
- When God is a traveller – Arundhati Subramaniam
- The timeless turns – Kavya Janani U
- The murder at lemontree grove- Andaleeb Wajid
- Chumki and the elephants – Lesley D Biswas
- A Christmas tail by Sudesna Ghosh
- High wire – D.W. Vogel
- His search for the perfect bride – Sudesna Ghosh
- Paati vs. uncle – Meera Ganapathi
- The inmate – Frieda Mc Fadden
- Rising – Kiran Manral
- Prince with a paintbrush – The story of Raja Ravi Varma – Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan
- Learn from the almond leaf- Eunice De Souza
- Adam – S- Hareesh
- I heart New York- Lindsey Kelk
- Three Chinese Poets – Vikram Seth
- The leaf and other poems – Vasudha Pansare
- I’m old, I’m wise and I know my shit– Bevinda Collaco
- Gulf-Michelle D’ costa
- There are no foreign lands– Jeffrey A Sheehan
- Stand for Ukraine – Anthology compiled by editor Trinity Wood
- Bits and Pieces – Harshita Nanda
- Live smart – Teja Lele
- Tales from moonlit hearts – Soumya Bharathi
- You, Me & the Universe – Manas Mukul
- Whorls Within – A hundred poems- Nandini Sen Mehra
- Hues from cues – Vandana Saxena