Probably H.C. Andersen, all those iconic stories how could it not be?
sysaphiswaits on
This is only the second time I’ve heard of Memory Police, but just from the title, I think I really need to read it.
Tilapiasoup on
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
BruceVVain on
Three Body Problem
Strange-Assistant-32 on
Nadine gordimer is a South African fiction writer with a very unique writing style. I have yet to find another author with her style.
Eta name of fav book by her is the house gun. It is about racism, gender stereotypes and homophobia.
Ok-Pangolin-3790 on
Ince Memed, best book ever by turkish author Yasar Kemal.. 100% recomended
DrMikeHochburns on
Brothers by Yu Hua,
Responsible_Hater on
The Marrow Thieves
Dry-Strawberry-9189 on
Some nonfiction:
– Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #MeToo Movement by Toufah Jallow
– We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
– Defiant Dreams by Sola Mahfouz
maximum-awesome on
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao. Anything by Khaled Hosseini. These are some of the books I’ve read that will be with me until the day I die.
lucysbooks on
Behold the Dreamers
Lutembi on
_The Box Man_ by Kobo Abe
madcapfrowns on
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
thejokerofunfic on
Well there’s not a ton of books I’ve ever read or even in existence from Pakistani American culture so… for me this is just a regular “favorite book” thread.
Anyway, Le Petit Prince, Wolf Hall, Invitation to a Beheading, and Once & Future King come to mind offhand. All non-American let alone Pakistani.
Narge1 on
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
HealthyDietInfo on
Blindness by Jose Saramago. Difficult read with insufficient punctuation. I thought the lack of clarity was an analogy for the lack of the character’s vision but I read a few of his other books and found out it was just his style.
malcontented on
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
Pepper_Pines on
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly, by Luis Sepulveda.
magdalyn77 on
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
FeuerroteZora on
*Texaco*, by Patrick Chamoiseau.
(Author is from Martinique. Truly amazing book.)
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Tsitsi Dangarembga, *Nervous Conditions*
Shamelessly quoting from Wikipedia, “Her debut novel, *Nervous Conditions*, which was the first to be published in English by a Black woman from Zimbabwe, was named by the BBC in 2018 as one of the top 100 books that have shaped the world.”
OldBikeGuy1 on
Kite Runner.
Candyvanmanstan on
*A Thousand Splendid Suns* and also *The Kite Runner* by Khaled Hosseini
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*A Personal Matter* by Ōe
Pet from Akwaeke Emezi
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Probably H.C. Andersen, all those iconic stories how could it not be?
This is only the second time I’ve heard of Memory Police, but just from the title, I think I really need to read it.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Three Body Problem
Nadine gordimer is a South African fiction writer with a very unique writing style. I have yet to find another author with her style.
Eta name of fav book by her is the house gun. It is about racism, gender stereotypes and homophobia.
Ince Memed, best book ever by turkish author Yasar Kemal.. 100% recomended
Brothers by Yu Hua,
The Marrow Thieves
Some nonfiction:
– Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #MeToo Movement by Toufah Jallow
– We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
– Defiant Dreams by Sola Mahfouz
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao. Anything by Khaled Hosseini. These are some of the books I’ve read that will be with me until the day I die.
Behold the Dreamers
_The Box Man_ by Kobo Abe
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Well there’s not a ton of books I’ve ever read or even in existence from Pakistani American culture so… for me this is just a regular “favorite book” thread.
Anyway, Le Petit Prince, Wolf Hall, Invitation to a Beheading, and Once & Future King come to mind offhand. All non-American let alone Pakistani.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Blindness by Jose Saramago. Difficult read with insufficient punctuation. I thought the lack of clarity was an analogy for the lack of the character’s vision but I read a few of his other books and found out it was just his style.
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly, by Luis Sepulveda.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
*Texaco*, by Patrick Chamoiseau.
(Author is from Martinique. Truly amazing book.)
editing to add :
Tsitsi Dangarembga, *Nervous Conditions*
Shamelessly quoting from Wikipedia, “Her debut novel, *Nervous Conditions*, which was the first to be published in English by a Black woman from Zimbabwe, was named by the BBC in 2018 as one of the top 100 books that have shaped the world.”
Kite Runner.
*A Thousand Splendid Suns* and also *The Kite Runner* by Khaled Hosseini
Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okafor
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison!
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini.