Here is a list of the books I have read since May of this year:
- The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
- The Orphan Master’sSon by Adam Johnson
- Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
- The Arabian Nights: A Companion by Robert Irwin
- Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
- In Arabian Nights by Tahir Shah
- The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Let me say that The Orphan Master’s Son is a real gem, an obra maetra. It is a North Korean Casablanca which immediately reminded me also of Milan Kundera’s The Joke, Catch 22 and Slaughterhouse Five, and Mat Johnson’s recent Pym.
Now on deck, I have the following books to work through:
- Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi (currently reading)
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Nairobi Heat by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
- The Burgess Boys: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout
- Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: A Biography by Edward Rice
- The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro
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