Book Recommendations
Mrs. Manker’s Reading List
The following is a list of books I have or would like to read. I find the books and their topics interesting for a variety of reasons. When I can I will add my opinion and reviews of the books. Most are historical or sociological in nature.
I hope you are able to find some good reads that fit your style. NPR’s List
Not Categorized
Last Train to Istanbul: A Novel by Ayşe Kulin
Monsoon Memories by Renita D'Silva
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Asian and Indian
Asian
The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India by William Dalrymple
The Age of Kali by William Dalrymple
In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple
City of Djinns By William Dalrymple
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
My Lai: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by James S. Olson, Randy Roberts
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him
Novel without a Name by Duong Thu Huong, Phan Huy Duong, Nina McPherson
Seven Years in Tibet (Cornerstone Editions) by Heinrich Harrer
My Land and My People: The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet by The Dalai Lama
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Indian Mysteries
A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul: Inspector Singh Investigates by Shamini Flint
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
The Case of the Love Commandos: From the Files of Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator by Tarquin Hall
The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken: A Vish Puri Mystery (Vish Puri Mysteries) by Tarquin Hall
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator (Vish Puri Mysteries) by Tarquin Hall
The Case of the Missing Servant: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator (A Vish Puri Mystery) by Tarquin Hall
Europe and the Americas
North American
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row: by John Steinbeck
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck,
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) by Bill Bryson
The Fires of Jubilee Nat Turner`s Fierce Rebellion by Stephen B. Oates
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Ford, Jamie
Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline
European
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
1984 by George Orwell
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
Fin Gall: A Novel of Viking Age Ireland (The Norsemen Saga Book 1) by James L. Nelson
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Rose of Sarajevo by Ayse Kulin, Kenneth Dakan
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
World Without End (The Pillars of the Earth Book 2) by Ken Follett
In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel by Sarah Dunant
In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel by Sarah Dunant
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King
The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone
Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Africa and the Middle East
African
The Power of One: A Novel by Bryce Courtenay
The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Coelho
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane
No Longer at Ease (African Trilogy Book 2) by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart: A Novel (African Trilogy Book 1) by Chinua Achebe
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating…William Kamkwamba
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Middle East/European Asian
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini