The books I liked are: * Bottle of Lies (Katherine Eban) - from having a very scattered awareness of the underbelly of generics, the book was useful to understand what goes on. * Coming Out As Dalit (Yashica Dutt) - aside from the topical nature of the memoir, the writing/prose has strength which is both authentic and makes one pause * Assam - The Accord, The Discord (Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty) - have always had fragmented understanding of the accords and this provided an opportunity to seek to know more and have better understanding of the troubles.
full list of books I read are at <https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2019/732796> On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 9:04 AM Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 7:49 AM Anil Kumar <anilkumar.naga...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Any takers for a book recommendation thread this year? > > > > Two books I enjoyed reading are: > > > > 1. This Divided Island - Samanth Subramaniam. > > 2. A Beginner's Guide to Japan - Pico Iyer. > > > > I also enjoyed 'Autumn Light' by Pico Iyer. > > Other books that I read and enjoyed in 2019: > > * We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families > (Gourevitch, Philip) : Excellent book about the Rwandan genocide, and the > aftermath > > * The Fat Years (Koonchung, Chan): Sometime after the 2008 Great Financial > Crisis, China becomes the dominant world superpower following the collapse > of the Western economies. But there seems to be a collective amnesia in > China. People don't seem to remember what happened during some crucial > months. Only a handful seem to be immune from this amnesia. > > * A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth (Weinberg, Samantha) > : The story of the discovery of the Coelacanth. >
