🌟Books From Different Countries on My Radar 📚 Books by Authors from Different Countries💖

[@biblioobscura]

The God of Small Things is really beautiful. Made me cry a lot. I'm a huge fan of Roy, who is also well known for her socio-political speeches. I hope you love it :)

[@bookishtopics]

I like it when a book can make me emotional and it looks like a lot of people really love the God of Small Things. It makes me very excited. 😍📚

[@biblioobscura]

@@bookishtopics I'm sure you'll love it then! :)

[@laurab2572]

You always discover me new authors or book that I didn´t know. Thanks

[@bookishtopics]

I'm glad! It really makes me very happy to know that people discover new interesting books and authors through my videos! Thank you so much for the sweet comment :)

[@zebaali]

Your accent is cute and I love the way you accept it 🥰❤️ Just found your channel and staying here 💖 Keep up the good work ☺️

[@bookishtopics]

Thank you very much :)

[@Busha69]

This video is a breath of a fresh air on booktube because well, majority of booktubers are from North America or the UK and they usually just stick with literature from English speaking authors...as a person from not an English speaking country (and a fellow Slav;)), I think it's a shame because I know we have some interesting cool authors and books in my country they will never ever read...and so it has inspired me to start reading books from every country in the world...I also discovered the British lady who did so before and her list of what she did read is very helpful.

[@bookishtopics]

I know of that lady! I watched her Ted talk a long time ago. I also was very inspired by her and started looking for more diverse books after I watched that video 🌟

[@leahl442]

I haven't read much Iranian literature other than the Persepolis graphic novels, and I still want to read The Blind Owl, but some of these other books you mentioned also sound really interesting. I read The invention of Morel many years ago, I remember liking it, it's a well known book. Some of my favorite Argentinian writers are Julio Cortazar and Manuel Puig.

[@bookishtopics]

I've already ordered Julio Cortazar's book which contains two of his novels Hopscotch and one more, I forgot the name at the moment. So I'm excited to read him for the first time 😍 and I've never heard of Manuel Puig before so thank you for recommending him! 🌞 I'll definitely check him out 🌟

[@gnitsetnetukar1823]

I really appreciate this video. I need to read more international books 📚

[@bookishtopics]

Thank you 🌞 I think, reading internationally is very important 📚

[@mediumjohnsilver]

The Invention of Morel is one I will have to try. I am not familiar with the author, but I have read many short stories by Jorge Luis Borges (in Ficciones, Labyrinths, The Book of Sand, and Doctor Brodie’s Report). I have also been pleased with the NYRB Classics series, having recently reread their edition of The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing.

[@bookishtopics]

NYRB Classics series has so many interesting titles. I don't have a lot of books in this editions, but just from what I see on Book Depository. So many interesting books. I want Ivo Andric's books in this edition and Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki. Those are my priorities for now, but there are so many more interesting books in this series. :)

[@aliceandtheworld1292]

So many great recommendations! Practically every book sounds great! I added like all of them to my tbr! Thanks for the recommendations!

[@bookishtopics]

I am glad! I hope you'll enjoy them! 🌟📚

[@books_and_ki]

Hi from India! You could read some of our mythology if you like those sorts of stories - The palace and enchantments by Chitra Devakurni and Jaya by Devdutt Pattnaik are great. If you are interested in history, then the Emperors of the Mughals series by Alex Rutherford is amazing. Ghachar Ghochar is a great family drama and a short read!

[@bookishtopics]

Thank you so much for the recommendations! I'll definitely get to them. I never knew where to start with Indian literature so it's very helpful 😍🌟

[@kritikamargadarshini2866]

I suggested mythology as well! 😄 Clearly, that is a great place to start with Indian literature. And yeah, Chitra Banerjee, Devdutt Pattnaik, Kavita Kane, Amish... all of them are great for mythological retellings. 🤩

[@TK-mn3id]

So many interesting books! I haven't heard almost of any of them before. Thanks for all the recommendations!

[@bookishtopics]

You are very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed this video and it was useful! 📚🌞

[@stitchesinpink]

I just finished The Stationery Shop in Tehran and I absolutely LOVED it. It is so beautiful. I just can't say enough!

[@bookishtopics]

I really need to read it 📚I also think the premise sounds so good. I'll definitely get it and read it at some point 🌟

[@jennifer6278]

Thanks for putting so many interesting books on my radar 😱 I just ordered The Mountains Sing!

[@bookishtopics]

I'm glad this video was helpful 😍 I hope you enjoy the book! I'll get it too at some point 😅

[@aashnavinodhan3445]

You absolutely must read God of Small Things. It's one of my favourite books of all time. Also, thank you for so many great recommendations

[@bookishtopics]

I've already ordered it actually 🌞 so I will read it as soon as possible 🌸🌸🌸 A lot of people told me it is truly a great book so I'm excited 🌟 I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found some interesting books 📚🍂

[@BernasBookishAdventures]

Loved this video. So many books I have not heard of, thanks for the recommendations 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@bookishtopics]

I am glad it was useful! :) I hope both of us will read them one day and enjoy :)

[@lauraa4329]

Great video! I'll have to look into some of these books. They do sound intriguing

[@bookishtopics]

I hope you'll give some of them a read! They must be great 🌟📚

[@Readinordertolive]

I just started The God of Small Things this morning, I’m not very far in but it is so well written. I own Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, but have not read it yet. The Calcutta Chromosome sounds really interesting

[@bookishtopics]

I'm looking forward to reading The God of Small Things in the future and Amitav Gosh as well :) I've seen Sea of Poppies on book depository before and it made me curious too :) I hope you enjoy it :)

[@readingwithlaurane2490]

I've been meaning to get The wizard and the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. But now I'm curious about the ones you mentioned as well. He sounds like such a good author doesn't he! I'm doing a project in which I am reading books from different countries (reading the world in 80 books). So got a few recommendations from your video. I try not to look to far in advance for some countries because it takes a while before I can get to them sometimes.. I've heard good things from 'the mountains sing' as well!

[@bookishtopics]

Oh this is such a great project! 🌟 Books from which countries have you already read? And good luck! I think it's great to try and read books from different cultures 😍 Ngugi Wa Thiongo does sound really great. I read somewhere that he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature. He still hasn't won it yet, but hopefully one day he will 🌞

[@kritikamargadarshini2866]

Hey, I have read The God of Small things, and yes, even I keep recommending it to everyone !! It is an amazing book. And it follows two twins, a boy and a girl (not two sisters). I have to tell, it will be slow and unrelated to its central theme from the beginning... but when you finish it, things will come together beautifully. Also, it plays around with timelines a lot. It's like, past-present-past. 😊 You should read it... it is a great read. Writing style is very different. And may I suggest, try Indian mythological retellings by Devdutt Pattanaik. They are my favorite of indian literature! 😍

[@bookishtopics]

The God of Small Things sounds great and also other people in the comments mentioned that the writing is very beautiful so I'm really excited to get to it at some point. I 100% will. And thank you for the mythology retelling recommendation! I love mythology so this book goes directly to my tbr :)

[@ujjyaini332]

God of small things is about this twins and how a single incident on a day reshapes the life of the twins and their mother and everyone around them. Hopefully you'll like your picks 😄

[@bookishtopics]

I hope so too 😍 did you like God of Small Things? 🌞

[@ujjyaini332]

@@bookishtopics I have to say it's a different experience for me as it will be for you. This happens when we read about societal evils happening in our own country vs foreign country, so the depth of emotions will be different. But yes, it's fantastic piece of literature

[@lisal2130]

I am very interested in hearing your opinions on these books eventually :) I think it's really great to see some books from authors all around the world on your channel :)

[@bookishtopics]

Thank you 🌞 I'm glad it was interesting 😊 I'm very excited about all of these books so I will eventually get to them 😍

[@tatianasilina4232]

The Calcutta chromosome sounds interesting. I haven't read anything by authors from India either. Great video! Thanks for all the recommendations!

[@bookishtopics]

I'm glad you enjoyed and got interested in some books. The Calcutta Chromosome does sound really good 😍🌟

[@garay_riveros]

whenever she says a word that starts with 'A', her accent disappears. Don't get me wrong, I love accents, I have one myself (Chilean in Australia), I just found it interesting :).

[@CourtneyFerriter]

I just discovered your channel! You have some great recommendations here, many I'd never heard of before. The Yacoubian Building sounds particularly interesting to me. I read The God of Small Things a couple of months ago and didn't care for it, but it seems like a "love it or hate it" book for people, so hopefully you will enjoy it more than I did. If you are interested in other Indian writers, Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger and his newest book Amnesty are both quite good. The White Tiger won the Man Booker Prize in 2008.

[@bookishtopics]

I've never heard of the white tiger before, I'll definitely give it a read, I do need to grow my Indian literature collection 📚 Thank you very much for the recommendation 🌞

[@kaethecollector]

The God of Small Things is also on my TBR! I’m trying to grow my international bookshelf as well; I’m getting a little tired of only reading white American authors lol. Here are some others on my list which you may find interesting: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows; The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal (author is Indian-Singaporean, I believe) The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay (author is Indian) Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (author is Nigerian) The House of Blue Mangoes by David Davidar (author is Indian) Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu (author is Sri Lankan)

[@bookishtopics]

Thank you so much for sharing the books on your radar 🌟 I'll look into them for sure! I need to grow my collection of Indian books and I have not a single novel by an author from Sri Lanka. And I've never heard of Akwaeke Emezi so these are really interesting! 😍📚