BBB Meetup-20
Today’s meetup had 16 members attending and went on for a spirited 3 hours! This time, we switched locations from our regular favorite (Atta Galatta) to a new bookcafe in the city - Champaca - and it.was.BEAUTIFUL! The members loved the place and the hosts Radhika, Pavithra and Rahul were awesome! :grin:
The following were the books discussed -
- Exit West (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688435-exit-west)
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40961543-the-reluctant-fundamentalist)
- In the sea there are crocodiles (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10291971-in-the-sea-there-are-crocodiles)
- And the mountains Echoed (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16115612-and-the-mountains-echoed)
- The Return (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28007895-the-return)
- In the country of men (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63657.In_the_Country_of_Men)
- Good Talk (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34953002)
- The three-body problem (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem)
- Culture Series - https://www.goodreads.com/series/49118-culture
- Dune (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39776179-dune)
- The Quantum Thief (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7562764-the-quantum-thief)
- Harappa Series (https://www.goodreads.com/series/224809-harappa-series)
- Latitudes of Longing (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40932440)
- All the lives we’ve never lived (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36391803)
- Munnu (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25394441)
- Hangwoman (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17154644-aarachar)
- The Vegetarian (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489025-the-vegetarian)
- How I became a tree (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34532567-how-i-became-a-tree)
- Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4026537-insects-are-just-like-you-and-me-except-some-of-them-have-wings)
- Remnants of A Separation (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36001646)
- Big Magic (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24453082-big-magic)
- The Day the Crayons Quit (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101018-the-day-the-crayons-quit)
- Fox 8 (George Sanders) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17620753-fox-8)
- The legend of rock, Paper and Scissors - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31215005-the-legend-of-rock-paper-scissors
- At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149029.At_the_Same_Time)
- Duck death and the tulips (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12666682-duck-death-and-the-tulip)
- Newcomer (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43616256-newcomer)
- The devotion of suspect X (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8686068-the-devotion-of-suspect-x)
- Becoming (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38746485-becoming)
- Uncommon type (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34389773-uncommon-type)
- Beast (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44587297)
- Superintelligence (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20527133-superintelligence)
- Homo Deus (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31138556-homo-deus)
- The forty rules of love (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6642715-the-forty-rules-of-love)
- Leila (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34932175-leila)
- Bombay Brides (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40041682)
- An American Marriage (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33590210-an-american-marriage)
- Perfume - Story of a murderer (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/343.Perfume)
- Arcanum Unbounded (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28595941-arcanum-unbounded)
- The Emperor’s Soul (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13578175-the-emperor-s-soul)
- The Obelisk Gate (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26228034-the-obelisk-gate)
- At the existential cafe (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25658482-at-the-existentialist-caf)
- Man’s Search for Meaning (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning)
- Siddhartha (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha)
- Mr. God, This is Anna (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50807.Mister_God_This_is_Anna)
- The Old Man and the Sea (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2165.The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea)
- Trade Winds (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10218.Trade_Wind)
- The Bear and the Nightingale (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489134-the-bear-and-the-nightingale)
- All the light we cannot see (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see)
- Ben hur (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/387749.Ben_Hur)
- Stephen Alter (The Cloud Farers)
- 1947 partition boxset
- Rebel Sultans (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40506778-rebel-sultans)
- Ivory Throne (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28264135-ivory-throne)
- Aurangzeb (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34265228-aurangzeb)
- Daytripper (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8477057-daytripper)
- Tatami Galaxy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26597708-the-tatami-galaxy)
- Pachinko (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34051011-pachinko)
- Circe (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740-circe)
- Good Omens (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12067.Good_Omens)
- Cracking the Coding Interview (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12544648-cracking-the-coding-interview)
- The Strange Library (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23128304-the-strange-library)
- Chaos (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/64582)
- Broca’s Brain (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485812.Broca_s_Brain)
- Ken Liu
- Invisible Planets (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28220730-invisible-planets)
- Confessions of a banker (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30822002-confessions-of-a-banker)
- The Global Novel (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31213627)
And thanks to Alfa for providing us this treasure of recommendations about and related to the 1947 partition -
Fiction -
- In freedom’s shade (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11467809)
- Ice Candyman/ Cracking India (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40238.Cracking_India)
- Toba Tek Singh (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11961425-toba-tek-singh)
- Train to Pakistan (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/785454.Train_to_Pakistan)
- This is not that dawn (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9850018-this-is-not-that-dawn)
Non-Fiction -
- The great partition (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/721931.The_Great_Partition)
- Making sense of Pakistan (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5912577-making-sense-of-pakistan)
- Mr. and Mrs. Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34297262)
- Remnants of separation: A history of the partition through material memory (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36001646)
- The last Mughal (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124429.The_Last_Mughal)
Additional authors mentioned -
- China Meville
- Ted Chiang
If you have any suggestions to be added on this list, please feel free to leave it in the comments below!
See you next time!