What are you reading (in Literary Fiction)?

[essrand]

Although the trend is to read more non-fiction when one grows older, I have always found good literary fiction to be more enlightening and teaching me more about the world than non-fiction.

But this is the age of fantastic non-fiction, we are spoilt for choices. As to fiction, I am finding it hard to get good recommendations.
Hope you can help....so here's a thread on "What are you reading (in Literary Fiction)?

 

[chander]

A few I read over the last couple years and really liked -
1 - Lincoln In the bardo.
2 - A couple books by China Mieville - but I guess whatever you pick up from him it will be entertaining & weird atleast if not great .
3 - The Seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
4 - The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
5 - Thin Air - Michelle Paver - One of those rare psychological horror/horror books that was worth the read.

A few return reads -
Johannes Cabal & the Necromancer
From Hell - Alan Moore
Animal Farm

These are my top picks from last couple years. Right now I am reading a non-fiction

BONSAI - the art of growing & keeping miniature trees by CHAN.

 

[skroderider]

I read these recently
1. The Master and Margarita - a classic of Russian literature by Mikhail Bulgakov. This has gotten me interested in other Russian authors. Recommendations welcome.
2. The Moon is Down - John Steinbeck - this was a reread and each time I read it, it continues to be immensely powerful in its quiet way.

My reading list is almost exclusively non-fiction but these gems creep in every now and then.

 

[Naturelover]

Good thread, thanks.
There were some threads on books a long time back.

Found these

Books you are reading

Just finished an outstanding book yesterday-Endurance by Alfred Lansing-about Ernest Shackleton's trip into the Antarctic. Described (quite accurately) on the cover by the NY Times review as one of the greatest adventure stories of our times. I was keen to get hold of this for a long time...

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Reading

Any one on the forum interested in,what is normally referred to as 'Literature'? I seldom use that word,because in the context of the Indian education system (heavily science oriented,to the point of completely ignoring the arts) 'Literature' means that one,solitary play of William Shakespeare...

www.hifivision.com

 

[essrand]

Good thread, thanks.
There were some threads on books a long time back.

Found these

Books you are reading

Just finished an outstanding book yesterday-Endurance by Alfred Lansing-about Ernest Shackleton's trip into the Antarctic. Described (quite accurately) on the cover by the NY Times review as one of the greatest adventure stories of our times. I was keen to get hold of this for a long time...

www.hifivision.com

Reading

Any one on the forum interested in,what is normally referred to as 'Literature'? I seldom use that word,because in the context of the Indian education system (heavily science oriented,to the point of completely ignoring the arts) 'Literature' means that one,solitary play of William Shakespeare...

www.hifivision.com

Thanks, I saw them, some good gems there; but wanted to start a new thread for purely (literary) fiction.

Am currently reading this astonishing collection of translated Urdu short stories:

 

[shafic]

Although the trend is to read more non-fiction when one grows older, I have always found good literary fiction to be more enlightening and teaching me more about the world than non-fiction.

But this is the age of fantastic non-fiction, we are spoilt for choices. As to fiction, I am finding it hard to get good recommendations.
Hope you can help....so here's a thread on "What are you reading (in Literary Fiction)?

I have started reading comics again .

Also reading the Tamil translation of the famous Henri charriere's Papillon. It had appeared as a weekly series in the Tamil weekly 'Kumudam'. I read it first ( kumudam binding) at the age of 11. Still it is one of my favourite books.