Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan on X
I also write books (& words for hire) (she/her) (Latest novel SOFT ANIMAL) if you like this, you'll LOVE my newsletter 🤸🏽♀️👇🏽
Istanbul: Memories and the City
Orhan PamukMeenakshi Reddy MadhavanMeanwhile I will be rereading Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk just in time for my visit to that city. First read it in my early twenties, beautiful yearning book about urban loneliness or "huzun." I too feel huzun sometimes.
Paperback, 2006
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Agatha ChristieMeenakshi Reddy MadhavanThought I'd read some Turkish murder mysteries to get into the zone but the two I tried were so SERIOUS & so I switched back to Agatha Christie (who wrote Murder On The Orient Express right here in Istanbul while I can't even get a newsletter together.)
Paperback, Mass Market, 2011
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
German: Learn German for Beginners: A Simple Guide that Will Help You on Your Language Learning Journey
Simple Language LearningMeenakshi Reddy MadhavanLearning German might be easier if I read kids books I thought. So set out this evening and bought five of these DDR era books in very simple German for practice. Plus they were €1 each & I can never resist a book bargain no matter what language. https://t.co/LvmnPVp1x9
Paperback, 2019
$14.59$7.30 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The First Firangis: Remarkable Stories of Heroes, Healers, Charlatans, Courtesans & other Foreigners who Became Indian
Jonathan Gil HarrisMeenakshi Reddy Madhavan@maryanntheresa The First Firangis by Jonathan Gil Harris is a really riveting read about--duh--the first firangis to come to India, haunting us all like Rebecca did.
Hardcover, 2015
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fieldwork
Mischa BerlinskiMeenakshi Reddy MadhavanI know it's only March, but I don't think anything else I read this year is going to beat Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski. WHAT A BOOK. https://t.co/jLQuFzhu1d
Paperback, 2008
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Neil StraussMeenakshi Reddy MadhavanAnd it's such a guy thing to do also! Reminds me of Neil Strauss's The Game (obvs I read it & then used it to take down men who had also read it & were trying to apply its lessons to me) where he said to "peacock" wearing bright clothes and/or accessories.
Hardcover, 2005
$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie GarmusMeenakshi Reddy MadhavanHere to endorse LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by BONNIE GARMUS. Very good.
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Roald DahlMeenakshi Reddy MadhavanIn Roald Dahl's childhood memoir Boy, he talks about how prefects at his school would get "warm bottomed" younger boys to sit on the toilet seat to heat it up before the prefect used it. Today, I felt for those prefects. #delhiwinter
Paperback, 2009
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara KingsolverMeenakshi Reddy Madhavan@ProfMaterial Families posted abroad is also done really well with Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible.
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Suketu MehtaMeenakshi Reddy MadhavanWorth rereading Maximum City just for Suketu Mehta's riff on bh*nch*d https://t.co/VEGWCntfvx
Paperback, 2005
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book