Indian Readers discussion

Please post your nominations for our group read next month, ie. May 2017. Do take care to follow the rules, which are:

1. Only one book nomination per person. The book goes to poll if it is seconded by another person, or if the moderators decide so.
2. NO PROMOTIONS OF ANY KIND.
3. Please avoid recommending previous winners; the list can be seen here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Hoping for some cool recommendations to cool us this summer. :)

It's the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in May so I'm going to suggest Chokher Bali.

Avinash wrote: "It's the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in May so I'm going to suggest Chokher Bali."

Nice choice. Have read only some short stories and the first ten verses of Gitanjali by Tagore so far...

How about a classic .... Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë ?

How about something experimental this time. Deviating from prose to poetry.

Essential Rumi by Coleman Banks.

since I am allowed only one book I nominate the above.

If anyone is interested then please have a look at Golden Gate by Vikram Seth

The Handmaid's Tale
I've wanted to read it for a long time.

I recommend The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh for May 2017

I second The Handmaid's Tale.

I second the glass palace

Arpit wrote: "I second The Handmaid's Tale."

Even I've been meaning to read this soon, one of the most relevant books considering our present world order. I even read reports that the books sales have shot up after Trump got elected in the US! LOL!

I recommend Infomocracy

I recommend Crime and Punishment

Rags wrote: "How about something experimental this time. Deviating from prose to poetry.

Essential Rumi by Coleman Banks.

since I am allowed only one book I nominate the above.

If anyone is interested then..."

This would get my vote as a Second! I've been intending to reread his work...and he's a favorite poet. I love Barks's translation, too.

Harsha wrote: "Arpit wrote: "I second The Handmaid's Tale."

Even I've been meaning to read this soon, one of the most relevant books considering our present world order. I even read reports that the books sales ..."

Book sales in the US are also up because there is a new TV or miniseries soon to be released which is based on the book. :)

I second The Handmaid's Tale

Neverwhere about by Neil Gaiman.

i would like to suggest the palace of illusionsThe Palace of Illusions

The Pregnant King by Devdutt Patnaik

Mohitha wrote: "i would like to suggest the palace of illusionsThe Palace of Illusions"

I hope I can second another book even after my suggestion for May. If that is alright, I second this one.

Mona wrote: "Neverwhere about by Neil Gaiman."

We read Neverwhere in August, 2016.

I nominate The Nest

Nest was boring. I abandoned in the middle..had taken it up reading the interesting blurb.

Avinash wrote: "It's the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in May so I'm going to suggest Chokher Bali."

Very thoughtful. Seconded!

Neverwhere and The Palace of Illusions can't be considered as they have been read as group reads before.

Rags wrote: "If anyone is interested then please have a look at Golden Gate by Vikram Seth"
Will be reading it this year, as a part of Sahitya Akademi winners shelf.

Gorab wrote: "Rags wrote: "If anyone is interested then please have a look at Golden Gate by Vikram Seth"
Will be reading it this year, as a part of Sahitya Akademi winners shelf."

Have studied this as part of my MA post colonial fiction paper... Very ingenious book.

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf.

Harsha wrote: "Have studied this as part of my MA post colonial fiction paper... Very ingenious book."

Thanks! The curiosity increases. Will pick it sooner now :)

I second To the Lighthouse. ..as I won't be reading it else how.

How about Flipped ?

I recommend "Never Let You Go" by Chevy Stevens.

Genre: #Psychological Thriller, #Suspense


The book is a fast-paced psychological thriller with alternating POVs and twists and turns that will satisfy fans of psychological thrillers and keep them guessing until the end.

I would rate the book at 5/5.

Shouvik, we had clearly stated in the beginning that no self recommendations. Sorry, we can't take this up. :)

I second To the lighthouse. It was a fantastic read

Closed Casket by sophie hannah

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Would anyone be interested in Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame?

कोसला (Cocoon) by Bhalchandra Nemade

Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah

Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana How about this?

I support:
Siva wrote: "I recommend The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh for May 2017"

Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph

I recommend Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for JK Rowling) for May 2017

We will be putting up the polls tomorrow. There's still time to second the books that havent been seconded yet. :)

I second wind in the willows

Dear friends,
Have put up the poll here
Have included the 6 seconded books.
The link is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...