Saturday, January 17, 2026

Books Read in 2026

Read or reading in 2025 (14 = 10 + 2, NF 4)

ENGLISH FICTION (8)  
FICTION IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION --  (6): (Flights by Olga Tocarzuk [Translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft]), [Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec], The Zone by Sergei Dovtalov, Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki [Translated from the Japanese by Anthony Chambers], Enemies, A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer [Translated by Aliza Shevrin and Elizabeth Shub], Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz [Translated from the Hebrew]
                                                                                                                                                                        
NOVEL / FICTION IN ENGLISH (2): (Overstory by Richard Parker), (G. by John Berger)
 
ENGLISH POETRY (1=0+1) 
POETRY IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION (0): 

POETRY IN ENGLISH (1): A Street of Clocks by Thomas Lux 


ENGLISH NON-FICTION (3=0+0+3)
PHILOSOPHY / RELIGION / MYTHOLOGY (2):  (Vasistha's Yoga translated by Swami Venkatesananda), (India by Al-beruni),

POPULAR SCIENCE / ECONOMICS (0):  

 
NON-FICTION - HISTORY / ARTS/ OTHER (2): (A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry by Gregory Orr), On Writing by Stephen King, 

MAHABHARATA (by Mahrishi Ved Vyas; translated from Samskrit into English by Kisari Mohun Ganguly) (0/18): 

LITERATURE: NON-INDIAN LANGUAGES (0=0+0; 0): 

LITERATURE : INDIAN LANGUAGES (2=0+1+1)

Hindi / Urdu / Punjabi (Fiction/Mythology: 0+ Poetry: + Non-fiction: 1):
 (Sanskriti ke Char Adhyay by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar), (Jhankar by Maithalisharan Gupta)
 
Sanskrit (Fiction: 0+ Poetry: 0 + Non-fiction: 0):