Majority of the books I read this year are related to history. As I witness unsettling transformations in the world around, I was intrigued to understand the past. As they say the present is a mere a repetition of the past. A specific event of today is a result of a century long practice from yesterday. Be it the flood in assam or the wars around.
Following are the books I have read this year (with a ⭐ beside the ones I highly recommend)
Books on history/society:
- The Doctor and The Saint: The Ambedkar–Gandhi Debate by Arundhati Roy ⭐
- Whole Numbers and Half Truths by Rukmini S ⭐
- Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco ⭐
- প্রাচীন ভারত (Ancient India) by সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্য (Sukumari Bhattacharya) ⭐
- প্রাচীন ভারতে নারী ও সমাজ (Women and Society in Ancient India), বাল্মীকির রাম : ফিরে দেখা (Revisiting Balmiki’s Ram) by সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্য (Sukumari Bhattacharya)
- The People of the Indus by Nikhil Gulati
- Aspects of War by Santanu Sengupta
- The Flow of Rivers by Debarati Bagchi
- The world of Tea by Supurna Banerjee & Anwesha Sengupta
Anxiety/Mindfulness/Buddhism
- When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron ⭐
- Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach ⭐
- A Matter of Death and Life by Irvin D. Yalom, Marilyn Yalom ⭐
Health
- Outlive by Peter Attia ⭐
Personal Development
- Range by David Epstein ⭐
- Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
- Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
Technology
- What Is ChatGPT Doing… and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram
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