Aaaand Meetup#5 happened as well ! :) The modest strength of the attendees notwithstanding, this was another fun meet. We had 3 new entrants today in Gokul S Nath, Amay Narayan and Palgun Kj . Also, pseudo-newbie Varun Vasudev finally made it to His first formal book-meetup as well :D

The books mentioned and discussed today were -

  1. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15745753-eleanor-park

  2. The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart, #1) by Philip Pullman https://www.goodreads.com/…/sh…/114982.The_Ruby_in_the_Smoke

  3. The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.The_Final_Empire

  4. Storm Born (Dark Swan #1) by Richelle Mead https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2754510-storm-born

  5. The Dresden Files Series by Jim Butcher https://www.goodreads.com/series/40346-the-dresden-files

  6. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14497.Neverwhere

  7. Shades of Darkness (Ravenborn #1) by A.R. Kahler https://www.goodreads.com/…/show/25390583-shades-of-darkness

  8. The Kingkiller Chronicle Series by Patrick Rothfuss https://www.goodreads.com/se…/45262-the-kingkiller-chronicle

  9. City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124430.City_of_Djinns

  10. Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30267604-ghachar-ghochar

  11. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126381.Purple_Hibiscus

  12. Hot Tea Across India by Rishad Saam Mehta https://www.goodreads.com/…/s…/13149984-hot-tea-across-india

  13. Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas https://www.goodreads.com/series/51288-throne-of-glass

  14. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality by Manjit Kumar https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6448772-quantum

  15. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15796700-americanah

  16. Capital: The Eruption of Delhi by Rana Dasgupta https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693636-capital

  17. Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert https://www.goodreads.com/bo…/show/20758057-empire-of-cotton

  18. 11/22/63 by Stephen King https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10644930-11-22-63

  19. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman https://www.goodreads.com/bo…/show/18774964-a-man-called-ove

  20. Shibumi by Trevanian https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1059.Shibumi

  21. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://www.goodreads.com/…/22738563-we-should-all-be-femin…

  22. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz https://www.goodreads.com/…/12000020-aristotle-and-dante-di…

  23. Robot Series by Isaac Asimov https://www.goodreads.com/series/49175-robot

  24. IT by Stephen King

  25. The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan https://www.goodreads.com/series/41526-the-wheel-of-time

  26. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens

  27. The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7235533-the-way-of-kings

  28. The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Vol. I by Rakesh Khanna https://www.goodreads.com/…/3407674-the-blaft-anthology-of-…

  29. The Mahabharata Murders by Arnab Ray https://www.goodreads.com/…/30058494-the-mahabharata-murders

  30. India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t We Just Be Friends? by Husain Haqqani https://www.goodreads.com/b…/show/30232415-india-vs-pakistan

  31. The Adivasi Will Not Dance by Hansda Sowvendra Shekar https://www.goodreads.com/…/27240055-the-adivasi-will-not-d…

  32. The Pregnant King by Devdutt Pattanaik https://www.goodreads.com/bo…/show/3086194-the-pregnant-king

  33. Shikhandi and Other Stories They Don’t Tell You by Devdutt Pattanaik https://www.goodreads.com/…/22697803-shikhandi-and-other-st…

  34. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9557.Sputnik_Sweetheart

  35. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688435-exit-west

  36. Malazan Book of the Fallen Series by Steven Erikson https://www.goodreads.com/…/43493-malazan-book-of-the-fallen

  37. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27220736-shoe-dog

  38. The Fry Chronicles https://www.goodreads.com/b…/show/8649656-the-fry-chronicles

  39. City Adrift : A Short Biography of Bombay by Naresh Fernandes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18740766-city-adrift

  40. Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12384322-narcopolis

  41. Serious Men by Manu Joseph https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7628608-serious-men

  42. The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph https://www.goodreads.com/…/13707645-the-illicit-happiness-…

:D This was quite the list to compile and as I was listing them out I felt a twinge of guilt at not having recognised close to half of the books :) I’m sure you will too. Pick up a book today! :D

Oh and we wound down the meetup by running across the road from Atta Galatta to Dyu Art Cafe where we wolfed down some good eatables.

Another good meetup :) Thank you, those of you who could make it!

Hope to see some of the rest of you next time :)

PS - A hat tip to Aarzu Sadana for yet again noting down the names of the books and making life a little bit easier for me