The Best of 2011
Radha Spratt
Hindsight can be wonderful gift, and this comes to apply very literally in the instance of people compiling lists of their favourite books from the year nearly-past.
I’ve collated for you the best of South Asian book-mentions from broadsheets across the spectrum. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, popular science and more, all highly recommended.
Happy 2012 to you from SALF.
The Good Muslim – Tahmima Anam
The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje
The 9/11 Wars – Jason Burke
Pakistan: A Hard Country – Anatol Lieven
Geek Nation: How Indian Science Is Taking Over The World – Angela Saini
Tippoo Sultan’s Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy Machine!!! – Daljit Nagra
Last Man in Tower – Aravind Adiga
Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan – M.J. Akbar
Pakistan: A Personal History – Imran Khan
Inside The Pakistan Army – Carey Schofield
The Collaborator – Mirza Waheed
The Emperor of All Maladies – Siddhartha Mukherjee
Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan – Rodric Braithwaite
Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay Bar Dancers – Sonia Faleiro
Songs of Kabir – Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Mumbai Fables: A History of an Enchanted City – Gyan Prakash
The Wandering Falcon – Jamil Ahmad
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