Photo: karina_lo via Adobe Stock Another year is almost over, and it’s time to look back at the books we read in 2025. As always, it’s a rich and varied collection. The fiction section includes three Booker Prize longlisted books, including the winner, David Szalay’s Flesh, as well as Tash Aw’s The South and Benjamin …
Tag: Non-Fiction
The Panama Papers—Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money: Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier
Translated from German by Simon Pare, Seiriol Dafydd, Alice Paul and Jackie Smith.Published by OneWorld, 2017, 390 pages. Original version published in 2016. In 2016, the world was rocked by the scandal known as the Panama Papers, the revelation that many of the world’s richest people—including politicians, those in the worlds of entertainment and sports, …
The Best Books of 2024
Photo: Maria Starus via AdobeStock We’re coming to the end of 2024. It’s been quite a year. But it’s good to know that people are still reading. And reading widely, judging by the lists you sent me. As always, we have a rich and varied collection. The longest part of this list is the one …
In Other Words: Jhumpa Lahiri
Translated from Italian by Ann GoldsteinPublished by Alfred A. Knopf, 2016, 233 pages. Original version published in 2016.Review by Imran Ali Khan In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri is a beautiful read that explores the relationship between a writer, language and the nature of the self. The book explores the writer's relationship with Italian, a …
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