While going to the gymnasium and focusing on physical health are common around this time of the year, I'd like to speak of an easy tip to resolve to take care of one's mental health: making time for reading in our busy lives. If reading more books in 2024 is one of your goals, here is some inspiration for you! As much as I would have liked to remember every book I read, I cherish the fact that somewhere in between, I lost track of how many and which ones I read — but here are the 52 I managed to recall and put down in a list. Much like how many of us forget the many series we watch on OTTs and struggle to remember! But this 'book forgetfulness' is a gift to myself; I wish more of it!
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay
Burial at Sea by Khushwant Singh
There is no God by Khushwant Singh
Don’t sweat the small stuff… by Richard Carlson
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
French Grammar in Context by Annie Rouxeville
Two Sisters by Blake Morrison
Games and Rituals: Stories by Katherine Heiny
The really useful creativity book by Dominic Wyse
One More Day by Emma Heatherington
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
Mrs Van Gogh by Caroline Cauchi
Almost French by Louis Jansen Van Vuuren
Not Quite Mastering the Art of French Living by Mark Greenside
Au Revoir by Viv Groskop
Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
In the Land of the Lovers: A Punjab Qissa by Sakoon Singh
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
1 mix, 50 cakes
NW by Zadie Smith
Swing by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
12 Days by Shelley Silas
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg
Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart by William Alexander
Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai by Todd Reisz
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh by Shrayana Bhattacharya
Around the World in 80 Cocktails by Chad Parkhill
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Stuff Dutch People Like by Colleen Geske
We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light by John Baxter
In the Times of Love and Longing by Amrita Pritam and Imroz
La Belle au Bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty)
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Illustrated Biography of Pablo Picasso
Delhi by Khushwant Singh
Disappear by Mai Elsayed
Indlish: The Book for Every English-speaking Indian by Jyoti Sanyal
Khayaloon Ke Darmiyaan by Rashmi Kotriwala
Wine. All the Time.: The Casual Guide to Confident Drinking by Marissa A. Ross
Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig by Lillian Li
The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody
Leaf Storm by Gabriel García Márquez
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
Twenty-One Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace and More by Haleakalā Hew Len
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp
Becoming: Michelle Obama (again)
#icouldhavebeenaninstapost by Purva Grover (read ten times, releasing in 2024)
Currently reading Two Sisters by Blake Morrison