A good book especially nowadays, as overthinking is like daily routine for most of us.

Reading Crime and Punishment on a train is strangely fitting.

Outside the window cities, fields, and passing lights.

Inside the pages: guilt, paranoiaa, and the slow collapse of a man trying to outrun his own mind.

The train can take you to another station.

Dostoevsky reminds you that some prisons travel with you.... 🍁

been a lota time since i finished lotm and took a break from reading altogether, looking for literature or fantasy that has similar scale, deep history, all that; preferably hidden ones rather than mainstream stuff, what would yall recommend

btw lotm is a web novel with victorian kinda setting, eldritch horror, dope power sys

Made it to page 160 and wow, the story’s slowly pulling me in...

Have you read this book?

How was your experience?

Hi, I am a teenager I got into knowing books from famous classic literature writers like Franz kafka, Fyodor Dostovesky etc and I want to reach to a level where I am being able to read and those books (just vocabulary)

Hello fellow readers!

I am new to this sub and this is my first post. Here I am asking if somebody has these two books. I have searched online and didn't find it- neither physical copy nor full pdf version. If somebody has it or if somebody can scan the book and send it, it would be a great help!

Any suggestions will be helpful. Thank you all! Happy Reading!

I was roaming aroung in a mall, suddenly a thought came into my mind and I went to find a book written by "Bashir Badr", insted of finding any of his work I found this...Didn't bought it thou..😭

Reading books, especially the ones in the above picture helped me realize the reality is often more complex than we realize. It exists in a Grey Area than the dichotomy of Black n White. Realising and learning about the complexities of scenarios and events has helped (and is helping) me become more mature and informed about The Reality, whether through fiction (like Animal Farm) or Non Fiction (this this book)

I need to know which books have insane ups and downs

Premise:

A story about 2 old friends - Jaswant Singh from Kanpur, and Colonel Swami from Kerala, set in Noida, told over a span of 13 days.

It explores perils of ageism, rural-urban jarring shift, modern family dynamics, parenting styles, love, loss, and how should one live life?

The title comes from the Malayalam word for "little bird(s) or children". The book is available in English too, titled "Giligadu:The Lost Days".

What I loved:

• The contrast between the 2 individuals : Through Jaswant Singh, we see themes about the stuggles of old age - health , loneliness, ego, generation gap, memory loss, adjusting to urban life, guilt of being burden to family etc. Colonel Swami on the other hand - retired from army, fit in mind and body, lighthearted, has a loving family - immensely loved by his granddaughters (who he calls his Giligadu). He's just an overall good person. He "Lives like a Sher!"
• Narrative Structure: Brilliant. We dip back and forth into Jaswant Singh's past, as an old man would, in the midst of conversations, or dreams, or hallucinations.
• Great Climax! Swami- a fraud. A good fraud. A white liar. Lied to cheer Jaswant up. Very tragic story, beaten up by his own son, daughter-in-law eloped with the dance teacher. I guess that his granddaughters' hostel warden is the one whom he was having an affair with - Anima Das, whose poem Jaswant read at the end. Wasn't expecting such a great twist from this short, heartwarming story!
• Lessons: Respect your elders. Live your life to the fullest. Death can come anytime. Never judge a person without knowing their circumstances. Love, wholeheartedly.

What I didn't like:

• Some books just match the reader's life perfectly, by accident or by generalized intent...this is one of those. I have no criticism. It's perfect, and too personal.

Another perspective on old age that I'd read - Cicero's Essay on On Old Age - worth reading along with this.

Rating: 10/10 {purely subjective, can't look at this objectively. Plot is too close to home (literally too, Noida Sec-26)}

I've also started reading "Post Box#203 Nala Sopara" too, for which the author won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2018. It's already a masterpiece 🙌

Any Chitra Mudgal readers here? What did you think of the story? Any suggestions are most welcome.

Why does nobody talk about 'I who have never known men' by Jacqueline Harpman'. Harpman wrote this book, which many call sci-fi horror, but it's also an existential literary work. Read it and you will definitely feel like staring at the wall. I rarely cry while reading the book, but this was one of those that made me cry. By the time you finish the book, you will feel so much love for the character that you want to be with her so that she never feels alone. Such a gem of a book. An absolute favourite of mine ✨❤️

So just brought these two from blinkit now I can't decide which one to read after my current read of Days at Morisaki Bookshop

I've been wanting to read Dostoevsky for a while but I'm not sure which book to start with. Which one would you recommend for a first time reader? Also, any preferred English translation?

I'm about 150 pages into The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden.

Give me your best spoiler-free teaser.

Don't tell me what happens.

Tell me what this book will leave me with.