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Best Holiday Reads this Winter

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only

think what everyone else is thinking.”

― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

Books are the silent companions who bring solace and ll the emptiness

with meaning.

 here is no doubt that reading books e!poses you to a greater world of

knowledge and understanding.

"avid #oster $allace one of the greatest poets mentioned reading as wayfor human beings to talk to each other about stu% they can&t normally talk

about.

'eading takes us to the magical world of thoughts and e!periences. hey

provide you a sneak peek to the lives of diverse characters and their

emotional labyrinth.

"()Iblit* brings you some ama*ing books that are perfect read for these

wintery +olidays.

1. The Green Road by Anne Enright

novel takes you through an enchanting -ourney of the ve lives of

an Ireland family between /01 and 2113.hey gather at their

family home for one last 4hristmas. he book is poignant and

enthralling.nne eresa (nright is an Irish author. #ellow of the 'oyal )ociety

of 5iterature, her novel he 6athering won the 2117 8an Booker

9ri*e.

. !eli"ious #oods by $ames Hannaham

"arlene, a young widow and mother shattered by the death of her

partner, becomes a drug addict to wipe out the distress. he :ovel

describes how she disappears into the thin air and her eleven;year

old son, (ddie and terried and left behind.

 <ames +annaham is an merican author and his rst :ovel 6od )ays:o was a nalist for a 5ambda Book ward.

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%. #ind Me by &aura 'an den Berg

 <oy spends her lonely days working in a grocery store trying to

manage a troubled past. But when a strange disease that begins

with memory loss and ends with death sweeps the country, she

seems to have an advantage. fter two notable anthologies,

merican uthor 5aura van den Berg&s debut novel is a illustrious

piece of work.

(. God Hel) the *hild by Toni Morrison

 his :ovel is the story of a stunning young woman , whose dark skin

which causes her light;skinned mother to re-ect her even the simple

acts of love.

 oni 8orrison is an merican author, editor, and professor who won

the //= :obel 9ri*e in 5iterature for being an author >who in novels

characteri*ed by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an

essential aspect of merican reality.> his is her "ebut :ovel.

+. The Buried Giant by ,a-uo shiguro

 he Buried 6iant begins with a couple who start out through a tough

 -ourney of mist and rain in the anticipation of locating a sonthey have not seen in years. <apanese born ?a*uo Ishiguro@s novel is

about recollections of the past, love, and vengeance.

Ishiguro have received four 8an Booker 9ri*e nominations, and won

the /0/ award for his novel “ he 'emains of the "ay”. In

2110, he imes ranked Ishiguro =2nd on their list of >he 31

greatest British writers since /A3>

/. A &ittle &i0e by Hanya anagihara

$hen four friends from a small college move to :ew ork to make

their way, they@re penniless, lost and adrift .Cnly thing which keep

them alive is their friendship and dreams. he novel weaves around

their lives and their bond over the decades. +anya anagihara is an

merican novelist of +awaiian ancestry. anagihara was also an

editor;at;large at 4onde :ast raveler.

2. The ear o0 the Runaways by 3un4ee' 3ahota

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:ovel ells us the dreams and struggles and daily battles of a fake

family. hirteen Indian young men live in a house in )heDeld, Enited

?ingdom. (ach one has a uniFue story which unfolds as they search

for new meaning to their lives.

)un-eev )ahota is a British novelist and he ear of the 'unaways,

has been shortlisted for the 213 8an Booker 9ri*e.

5. The #ishermen by *higo-ie 6bioma

 he novel follows four brothers in a little village in :igeria who are

given a outrageous forecast which shudder their lives to the core.

 he #ishermen is the debut novel by :igerian author 4higo*ie

Cbioma, was shortlisted for the 213 8an Booker 9ri*e.

7. 3atin sland Tom M"*arthy

 he :ovel revolves around a protagonist called E, who is employed

by a company as an anthropologist. E decides to approach his

pro-ect not by strange methods and in no time the whole thing gets

uncontrollable. +e turns a sharp eye to the so called cooperatenthropologists in his story. om 8c4arthy is a British writer and rtist whose :ovels are best

selling and e!perimental.

18. 3lee)ing on $u)iter Anuradha Roy 

5ittle :omita witnesses the murder of her father, and the lose of

her brother and nally was deserted by her mother , all within a

couple of days. his cruel encounters change her life forever andshe becomes a lmmaker&s assistant in :orway. nuradha also

e!poses the hidden face of se!ual abuse in the name of spirituality

in her :ovel.nuradha 'oy is an award;winning novelist and -ournalist. +er rst

novel, n “tlas of Impossible 5onging” has been translated into

fteen languages across the world.

+ave a great holiday 'eads and ell us about what did you en-oy

reading