Navdeep's List

[Gussie]

There are more than 52 books in here but what fun is it taking up a book challenge if you are not ambitious? ;-)

Albania: The Palace of Dreams
Algeria: La peste
(Since I am fluent in French, I plan to read it in the original language. :-D)
Argentina: Hopscotch
The Library of Babel
Australia: Knitting
Belgium: La neige était sale
Bosnia: The Bridge on the Drina
Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Brazil: Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Bulgaria: Night Soldiers
Canada: The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose
Chile: The House of the Spirits
China: Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise
Colombia: Of Love and Other Demons
Czech Republic: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Denmark: We, the Drowned
Egypt: Palace Walk
England: Great Expectations
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy
Summer Moonshine
Estonia: The Czar's Madman
France: L'élégance du hérisson
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo I
Le Magasin des suicides
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Le Dimanche de la vie
Finland: The Year of the Hare
Germany: Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom
India: Tamas (Again, planning to read it in original Hindi.)
Raag Darbari (Reading this one - and shall still be reading it in January.)
What the Body Remembers: A Novel
Iran: Samarkand
The Blood of Flowers
Ireland: Dracula
Three Bags Full
The Decay of Lying
Italy: The Late Mattia Pascal
The Homecoming Party
The Prague Cemetery
Japan: Norwegian Wood
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Kazakhstan: The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
The Keeper of Antiquities
Lebanon: The Book of Mirdad: The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called the Ark
Mexico: The Savage Detectives
Netherlands: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Norway: A Doll's House
Pakistan: A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Palestine: I Saw Ramallah
Papua New Guinea: Mister Pip
Peru: The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
Poland: Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
Portugal: The Book of Disquiet
Quebec: Thérèse et Pierrette à l'école des Saints-Anges
Russia: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
The Master and Margarita (Already reading it and will probably still be doing so when 2012 rolls in.)
Scotland: 44 Scotland Street
Spain: Don Quixote
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Secret Life of Salvador Dali
The Painter of Battles: A Novel
Sweden: Popular Music from Vittula
Switzerland: On a Day Like This
Heidi (Somehow, this one slipped through my childhood reading lists.)
Syria: Damascus Nights
Turkey: Dear Shameless Death
Tibet: From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
Ukraine: Dead Souls
United States: Slaughterhouse-Five
The Haunted Bookshop
Archy and Mehitabel
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
Uzbekistan: The Railway
West Indies: Wide Sargasso Sea

[Pragya]

Great list, Navdeep. I have read Tamas, though it's been long since I read it, I remember enjoying it.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

When you're finished, comment here or let me know and I'll add your selections to the master list!

[Gussie]

Chelsea wrote: "Navdeep, Welcome and I love your list. I may have to borrow a few! :)"

Thank you, Chelsea. I've also borrowed quite a few titles from others' to-read lists. :-)

[Gussie]

Pragya wrote: "Great list, Navdeep. I have read Tamas, though it's been long since I read it, I remember enjoying it."

Thanks, Pragya. I've been meaning to read it for quite a while now. Did you have it in school or something? I know some people who have studied as a part of their syllabus.

[Gussie]

Jenny wrote: "When you're finished, comment here or let me know and I'll add your selections to the master list!"

I will. Just have to explore around a little more to come up with the final few names.

[Gussie]

Jenny wrote: "When you're finished, comment here or let me know and I'll add your selections to the master list!"

It's done! *claps hands in glee*

[Preethi]

Am gonna need soooo many books on this list!

[Preethi]

Did you not read Norwegian Wood yet? I am planning to put 1Q84 under Japan.

[Gussie]

Scarlett wrote: "Did you not read Norwegian Wood yet? I am planning to put 1Q84 under Japan."

No, I was about to pick it up in the bookshop once but a VERY pretty Breakfast at Tiffany's distracted me. Will buy it as my Yay-It's-2012 gift.
I'm going to put other Murakami books on a back burner until I finish Norwegian Wood.

[Preethi]

Navdeep wrote: "Scarlett wrote: "Did you not read Norwegian Wood yet? I am planning to put 1Q84 under Japan."

No, I was about to pick it up in the bookshop once but a VERY pretty Breakfast at Tiffany's distracted..."

NW is my favorite love story, man. There with Love in times of CHolera. 1Q84 is one huge book, man. will take me 2 weeks to finish it... :)

[Parsa]

And you let me know when u r gonna read The palace of dreams. You have a very interesting list. There are many books I find interesting. I was going to read samarkand too but since I was reading hakawati, I tried to add some variety. It would be interesting to know your reviews on these :)

And tell me how is damascus nights too

[Gussie]

Paras wrote: "And you let me know when u r gonna read The palace of dreams. You have a very interesting list. There are many books I find interesting. I was going to read samarkand too but since I was reading ha..."

After reading the synopsis of 'Samarkand', I just couldn't help adding it to my list. It sounded so interesting!

Sure, will let you know about the other books. Planning to read all those in the latter half of the year.

[Mikki]

Great list, Navdeep. I like that you're adding a few young adult titles in the mix.

How are you enjoying The Master and Margarita so far? I might be reading that for my Russia pick but haven't narrowed down my choices as of yet. Also, which translation do you have?

And....Welcome!

[Pragya]

Navdeep wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Great list, Navdeep. I have read Tamas, though it's been long since I read it, I remember enjoying it."

Thanks, Pragya. I've been meaning to read it for quite a while now. Did you ..."

No, I read it for fun from the school library.

[Gussie]

Mikki wrote: "Great list, Navdeep. I like that you're adding a few young adult titles in the mix.

How are you enjoying The Master and Margarita so far? I might be reading that for my Russia pick but haven't n..."

Thank you, Mikki. I mainly added young adult titles to put some variety. Otherwise, it'd get too "heavy" to read only serious books for 12 whole months.

I am quite liking The Master and Margarita so far. I love the satire and the writing style is very different from other Russians that I've read like Chekhov and Dostoyevsky. Also, I am pretty interested in Soviet Russia as a historical time period and I like the way Bulgakov has written about it.

I have the Wordsworth Classics 2011 edition of this book. It was translated by Michael Karpelson.

[Gussie]

Pragya wrote: "No, I read it for fun from the school library."
Haha, I am planning to borrow it from the library too. These books are severely under appreciated amongst the humongous pile of Twilights and Sophie Kinsellas.

[Mikki]

Navdeep wrote: "Thank you, Mikki. I mainly added young adult titles to put some variety. Otherwise, it'd get too "heavy" to read only serious books for 12 whole months. ..."

Yeah, I had the same thought when adding collections of short stories to my list--breaks it up a bit.

[Janice]

Oooo - there are some great titles here. Welcome Navdeep.

[Mikki]

Judy wrote: "Mikki wrote: "Navdeep wrote: "Thank you, Mikki. I mainly added young adult titles to put some variety. Otherwise, it'd get too "heavy" to read only serious books for 12 whole months. ..."

Yeah, I ..."

Thank you, Judy. I do love a short story!

[Gussie]

Janice wrote: "Oooo - there are some great titles here. Welcome Navdeep."

Thankee, Janice!

[Gussie]

Judy wrote: "Mikki wrote: "Navdeep wrote: "Thank you, Mikki. I mainly added young adult titles to put some variety. Otherwise, it'd get too "heavy" to read only serious books for 12 whole months. ..."

Yeah, I ..."

Haha, nice! I'm always in search for good short stories. Sometimes, they can be more powerful than the biggest tomes.