Reading Lists

We hear snippets of information and we read bits and pieces of them. Are there broader documentations with context? That is what we’ll be exploring in this new segment called Trivia-l Recommendations - literally, the recommendations of books borne out of happenstance trivia. 1 - The earliest complaint [History] It’s probably of no debate that we would have, presumably, had complaints as long as we have existed. But how far back can we trace them? Do we know if somewhere there was Early man complaining in sign languages about a thorn on his foot to his friend? That doesn’t seem to be the case. ...

We have meetups once a month, but we’re always reading something, aren’t we :) We asked our Facebook group members what they were reading this fortnight. And this is what they told us. You might find your next read here! What are you reading this week? Let us know on the post! Wks 7 May - 21 May 2020 Crooked Kingdom Assassin’s Apprentice Salvation of a Saint Poems That Make Grown Women Cry Chosen Spirits The Woman in the Window Pretentiousness: Why It Matters The City and the Stars The Blind Assassin The Hidden Girl and Other Stories A state of freedom Gone with the wind Doctor Sleep The Fires of Heaven The Henna artist The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Letters to Milena City of Djinns Mirza Ghalib Gardens of the Moon Early Indians Tuesdays with Morrie Dune Darshan - a short SFF story Men without Women My Family and Other Animals Democrats and Dissenters My Uncle Napoleon Howards End is on the Landing Discovering Bengaluru Wks 20 Apr - 4 May 2020 Hooked Roads to Mussoorie Matterhorn The Laughing Policeman Murder at the Grand Raj Palace Chasing the Monsoon Upon a sleepless isle The Elephant’s Journey The Giver of Stars The Ringworld Throne A Man Called Ove Dune The Story of a New Name Kheror Khata A search in secret India The Piano Teacher E=mc^2 Sister of my heart The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy The Great Gatsby Sophie’s world A Wizard of Earthsea Born A Crime A brief history of seven killings Letters to Milena The many that I am No Longer Humans A fine balance Harry Potter To Kill A Mocking Bird The Lord of The Rings Laughable Loves Good economics for hard times Daisy Jones & the Six The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat Hot Milk Nausea The Medium is the Message Leo the African Muslims, the real history From Hell The Three Body Problem The Left Hand of Darkness The Edible Woman Chemmeen What kind of creatures are we? The Lonely City Birdsong Gaijin Cakes and Ale The Regeneration Trilogy The Bat I love you, Michael Collins