NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #29 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
And so we enter the fifth week! Yikes. Tonight, I wanted to share some of my favorite books, fiction and nonfiction, about India—but also would really love suggestions for this category. It's been years since I've read books on India, so what are your recent favorites?
1) Suketu Mehta's nonfiction MAXIMUM CITY explores the unfathomable scale of Bombay, bookshop.org/books/maximum-…
2) Kate Boo's BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS is one of the most amazing and haunting pieces of reporting you'll ever encounter. Seriously, if you haven't read this, get it now: bookshop.org/books/behind-t…
3) Aravind Adiga's novel THE WHITE TIGER is a tale of the caste system: bookshop.org/books/the-whit…
4) Amitav Ghosh's Ibis trilogy, including RIVER OF SMOKE, is a masterpiece: bookshop.org/books/river-of…
5) Jhumpa Lahiri’s THE LOWLAND is a multi-generation family epic: bookshop.org/books/the-lowl…
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. As you can tell from the pub dates of this list, I haven't touched a book on India in years. Please do share your own favorite nonfiction or fiction about India. What are your favorite indie bookstores? Share! #avidreadersunite
