5 books you should be reading this monsoon

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Collected Stories – Ruskin Bond

It’s comfort and nostalgia as warming as a blanket. Ruskin Bond’s love for nature, the rains and the nostalgia he induces with every passing paragraph, sentence even, lights up a sour mood into a cheerful one.

Black Margins – Saadat Hasan Manto

In this collection of powerful stories, Manto addresses anti-imperialism, communalism, prostitution and the inhumanity and incomprehensible violence of the partition, with acerbic wit and grim humour. A dark read to contemplate on a dark and stormy night.

Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll

The famous Lewis Carroll novel is a sequel to the much popular Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This time Alice enters a fanatical world through a mirror.

My Friends And Other Animals – Gerald Durrell

A delightful book about the author and his family’s life on the Greek island of Corfu. To say the book is funny is an understatement. You would laugh aloud or snort with laughter multiple times bringing more cheer to a rainy day.

Nimona – Noelle Stevenson

A graphic novel that you can finish reading over a couple of lazy hours when the rains give you a perfect reason to stay home. It’s also funny and wild and makes you look at things sideways with fresh new perspectives.

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