Category: What I Read

Yearly curated reading lists with reflections on the books that shaped my thinking — spanning climate, history, fiction, and philosophy.

  • What I read in 2020

    2020 started horribly for me, and I am not talking about the pandemic which came later. The horrible start of the year forced me to agonise over and introspect about many things that would have never caught my attention normally.…

  • What I read in 2019

    What I read in 2019

      This was a post I used to write typically in the first or second week of January. But recently things have not been going in the usual way. I also used to provide a couple of line summaries and…

  • What I read in 2018 (fiction)

    What I read in 2018 (fiction)

    This list consists of the usual comfort and light reading (read crime fiction and thrillers). Yet, this year I tried to explore a few new authors and read a couple of Hindi books. There were two failed attempts at War…

  • What I read in 2018 (Non-fiction)

    What I read in 2018 (Non-fiction)

    This post is almost a couple of months late. It was begging attention in my draft folder for at least six weeks. Finally here is the list of books that I manage to finish last year. Conflicts of Interest by…

  • What I read in 2017 – Part 2 (Fiction)

    What I read in 2017 – Part 2 (Fiction)

    I read a lot of fiction. Mostly crime-fiction, it is my guilty pleasure and companion on all my flights. Choosing what to read has been a very random decision. Sometimes I pick a book because I wanted to explore a…