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- Gautam Bhatia Recommends 9 Books You Should Read
Gautam Bhatia Recommends 9 Books You Should Read
Gautam Bhatia’s reading list is enviably diverse and rich with books from across genres, languages and borders. Check out some books that he recommends that you should read!
Fantasy:
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson, a subtle exploration of the political economy of empire through the lens of epic fantasy, with one of the best slow-burn romances you’ll ever read in the genre.
Science fiction:
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, cutting edge science fiction that explores first contact between human beings and a sentient, highly-evolved octopus species.
Literary fiction:
The First Woman by Jennifer Makumbi, a beautiful coming-of-age novel set in contemporary Uganda.
Historical fiction:
The Sickle and the Scalpel, by Volga, a fictionalised biography of a communist woman doctor, and one of the protagonists of the Telangana movement during the freedom struggle.
Non-fiction:
Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution, by Yasmin al-Rifae, an account of the Egyptian Revolution at the intersection of political emancipation and overcoming gendered hierarchies.
Memoir:
The White Mosque, by Sofia Samatar, a Mennonite’s journey to the silk route, retracing the steps of her exiled ancestors.
Memoir: Tower in the Sky, by Hiwot Teffera, recounting the students’ uprising against Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in the mid-1970s.
History: God’s Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan: A chronicle of one of the most devastating civil wars in recorded history, the Taiping Rebellion in mid-19th-century China.
Travelogue: Kyoto: A Cultural and Literary History by John Dougill, a thematic exploration of Japan’s historic capital.
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