Thread: Sharing some of my best reads of 2020. Not ranking, because I loved all these books for different reasons. So, listing according to broad categories. This is not to say that I didn't enjoy the other books I read -- just that these are going to stay with me longer.
Books I had fun reading:
Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The Savage Crew by Yudhanjaya WIjeratne
Books that made me want to read more
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Girl Made of Gold by Gitanjali Kolanad
The Wall by Gautam Bhatia
Books that I learnt a lot from
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, And You by Jason Reynolds and Ibrahm X Kendi
The Person You Mean to be by Dolly Chugh
Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Dr Pragya Agarwal
Books that made me wish I could write like that
You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas
The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
Book that was a pleasant surprise
The Never Game by Jeffrey Deaver
Books that left me breathless
Principles of Prediction by Anushka Jasraj
Freshwater by Awkaeke Emezi
Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan
Books that I keep quoting
Love Is Not A Word : The Culture and Politics of Desire edited by Debotri Dhar
Amma's Daughters by Meenal Shrivastava
Books that made me fall in love (platonically or not) with the protagonist/s:
The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Books that warmed my heart:
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Jwala Kumar and The Gift of Fire by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Books that gave me new perspectives, on things I thought I knew:
No Nation for Women by Priyanka Dubey
Chosen Spirits by Samit Basu
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera
Books that made we weep, and rage, and gave me hope
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women ed. by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Savitribai Phule and I by Sangeeta Mulay
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