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 For the first time ever, I managed to read as many non-fiction titles as I did fiction, in a year. And I found that these very well-recommended titles deserved all the praise they got from others. Well, most of them.  Here's the list-  The Almanack of Naval Ravikant – Eric Jorgenson The Psychology of Money – Morgan Housel What got you here won’t get you there – Marshall Goldsmith The Richest Man in Babylon – George S Classon Nudge – Richard H. Thaler The Compound Effect – Daren Hardy Why We Sleep – Matthew Walker Think Again – Adam Grant The Inugami Curse – Seishi Yokomizo The Village of Eight Graves – Seishi Yokomizo The Afghan – Frederick Forsyth James Moriarty: Consulting Criminal – Andy Weir Murder House – James Patterson Moonflower Murders – Anthony Horowitz Shikhandi – Devdutt Pattanaik Black Wind – Clive Cussler Would definitely recommend #3 - 'What got you here...', #7 - 'Why we Sleep' and #8 - 'Think Again' to anyone. Talk about broadening the hori...

 Tried reading more non-fiction this year. Took quite a bit of effort in finding the best/ most relevant ones to read; eventually ended up with a scarily long list of books to read.  Also, tried to diversify my non-fiction reads to newer authors, genres and languages.  Here goes the list-  Skin in the Game - Nassim Nicholas Taleb Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham David & Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell Confessions of an Economic Hitman – John Perkins Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen The Honjin Murders – Seishi Yokomizo Impact Winter – Travis Beacham Poseidon’s Arrow – Clive Cussler Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn Private Berlin – James Patterson The Labours of Hercules – Agatha Christie Absolute Power – David Baldacci Some of these were fantastic reads- those that I wondered how I hadn't heard of sooner. Others- Impact Winter and Private Berlin - such drags! But then again, that is the idea of trying a...

The first half of this year was so messy and turbulent in my life that I barely had the time or attention to read anything. And the second half of the year- well, I needed some comfort and solace. So this year, my reading list is all about the book-version of soul food.  The list goes thus- The Effective Executive – Peter Drucker Good to Great – Jim Collins 21 lessons for the 21 st Century – Yuval Noah Harari Elephants can Remember: Poirot – Agatha Christie A Caribbean Mystery: Marple – Agatha Christie At Bertram’s Hotel: Marple – Agatha Christie Dead Man’s Folly: Poirot – Agatha Christie Halloween Party: Poirot – Agatha Christie After the Funeral: Poirot – Agatha Christie The Return of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle His Last Bow: Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four – Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet – Arthur Conan Doyle The extraordinary adventures of Arsene Lupin – Maurice LeBlanc Origin – Dan Brown Salvation of a Saint – Keigo Higashino The Odessa F...

 This was the year we were all stuck at home, in a pandemic-induced lockdown. While the initial few months were chaotic, I quickly fell into a rhythm in what was then termed as 'the new normal' (sic).  This was also the year I finally gave in and got an audible subscription. Charges about INR 199 per month, offers one free title each month. Great deal, if you ask me. So, while I had been long struggling about getting around to sit down and grab a copy of books, with audiobooks, I can listen while doing other mundane stuff such as, say, taking a walk, or cleaning the car or doing meal prep.  And thus began my exploration of newer genres and non-fiction titles. For the year 2020, here's the list of titles I read/ listened to: Ikigai – Hector Garcia Puigcerver Inglorious empire – Shashi Tharoor The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz How the Mighty Fall – Jim Collins Blink – Malcolm Gladwell Death on the Nile – Poirot – Agatha Christie The Tales of Beedle, the Bard –...