Passion Flower: Seven Stories of Derangement by Cyrus Mistry

For a review of Cyrus Mistry's Passion Flower: Seven Stories of Derangement proceed to the Overrated page.

Cyrus Broacha on 2014

For fun recap of the year that was 2014, check out Cyrus Broacha's article at http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/same-old-same-old/article1-1301833.aspx

Best of 2014

December is typically a  time to look back and assess the highlights of the past year.  In keeping with this tradition, various magazines/newspapers/websites take out a list of the Best Books of 2014.  I too will follow suit but with a difference.  Below, I have included titles that have been the most popular books of the year, in that they have been featured in more than two lists.  Some of the sites I have looked at are: The Guardian, The Book Beast, Oprah, Time, The Independent.

*How to Be Both by Ali Smith (probably the most popular book)

*The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (a serious contender to Ali Smith's book in terms of popularity)

*Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyami

*Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

*Us by David Nichols

*All the Light We Can See by Anthony Doerr

*Family Life by Akhil Sharma

*Lila:A Novel by Marilynne Robinson

*Redeployment by Philip Klay

*The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

*The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

A Strange Kind of Paradise: India through Foreign Eyes

For a well written account of how foreign travelers have viewed India through the ages pick up Sam Miller's A Strange Kind of Paradise: India through Foreign Eyes.  For a review of the book proceed to the Non-Fiction page.

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

If you want a good laugh you might like to pick up Jonas Jonasson's The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden.  To check out the review of the book proceed to the Good Reads page.