Thank you for restarting the recommendations list :) + Black River by Nilanjana S Roy + Unveiling Jazbaa: A History of Pakistan Women’s Cricket by Aayush Puthran + The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law by K.G. Kannabiran + Land, Guns, Caste, Woman by Gita Ramaswamy
On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 at 05:20, Thaths via Silklist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > Now that Silklist is back online, it is time to revive our almost-annual > tradition of sharing our annual book recommendations. I would love to hear > your recommendations. > > Here are the best books I read in 2022: > > 1. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey: A very > meditative book. Loved it. A great pandemic read. > > 2. West with the Night by Beryl Markham: Not a new book, but a classic. > Beryl's description of growing up in Kenya and becoming a bush pilot is > beautifully written. I was lucky enough to live in Kenya much later, and had > the chance to experience some of what she describes (though with more modern > planes). > > 3. Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James: Part 2 of the 3-part trilogy. > Imagine Lord of the Rings / Game of Thrones set in Africa. > > 4. In This Corner of the World by Fumiyo Kouno: The story (in manga format) > of a young woman's coming of age in a suburb of Hiroshima during the war. > Despite being prime material for war and suffering depictions, the book was > actually quite beautiful and touching. > > 5. Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders > by Dennis C. Rasmussen: Hmmm... I wonder what was in the air that made me > want to read about the disillusioned final years of the Founding Father. > > 6. Masala Lab : The Science of Indian Cooking by Krish Ashok: Not much new > for someone like me who reads Harold McGee as bedtime reading, or steeps in > Serious Eats during the day, but he has a knack of customizing food science > to Indian cuisine (in all its complexity). > > 7. Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival by David Pilling: A book > that combines the micro (stories of a handful of people impacted by the > Tohuku Tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster) and the macro (Japan's history > in the recent past). Superbly sourced and cited. And the level of depth and > clarity that I would expect from someone working at the FT. > > 8. Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses by Pranay Lal: I loved > Pranay's first book - Indica - and went into this book (Invisible Empire) > also with high expectations. My expectations were met, and surpassed. Pranay > weaves together history and natural history to paint a biography of viruses, > and the roles they have played (and continue to play as I write this in the > midst of the COVID19 pandemic) in history. > > Thaths > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay <https://about.me/sankarshan.mukhopadhyay> -- Silklist mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist
