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    What I Read in 2025

    As usual, my last year’s reading was split between deliberate explorations and guilty pleasures. The thrillers, murder mysteries, and crime fiction were my airport…

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    What I read in 2024

    My reading goals used to be overly ambitious, leaving me frustrated at year’s end. I inevitably read less than I had planned. But this…

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    What I read in 2023

    The absurdity of the hope that we will do things differently in the new year than what we did in the year gone by…

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    What I read in 2022

    I already wrote about what happened with my reading routine and habit this year. But still managed to read some books. Here are the…

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    What I read in 2021

    Non-fiction This year I consumed more reports on climate change and carbon market than books. COP26 was a landmark event for everyone whether working…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    What I read in 2017- 1 (Non-fiction)

    Thanks to my sleeping disorder and the age-old habit of going to bed with a book or kindle, I did manage to finish 30…

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    What I read in 2016

    Non-fiction Connect by John Browne The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo What I talk about when I talk about running by…

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    What I read in 2015

    Non-fiction Essentialism by Greg Mckeown Move Up by Clotaire Rapaille and Andres Roemer How to Be Alone by Sara Maitland Looking Away by Harsh…

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    What I read in 2014

    Non-fiction Capital by Thomas Piketty The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell Think Like a Freak by…

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    What I read in 2013

    Non-fiction Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo Eat by Globe by Simon Majumdar Thinking Fast and Slow by…

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    What I read in 2012

    Non-fiction The Stuff of Thoughts by Steven Pinker Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Fiction A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin Before I Go…

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    What I read in 2011

    Fiction 1. Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro Kazuo Highly recommended if you are looking for a good thought provoking science fiction.  A mushy…

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    What I read in 2008

    Fiction Sacred Games By Viikram Chandra Bandicoots in moonlight by Avijit Ghosh The Girl with Dragon Tatoo by Steig Larsson Memories of My Melancholy…