Reading South Asia 2024 - hosted by bbansal

The Mountains are Calling
Set in one of the many mountain ranges of South Asia (the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, the Eastern/Western Ghats and the like). 
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Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain World by Gigi Ganguly

Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain World

Gigi Ganguly

196 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary fantasy literary nature short stories speculative fiction
Taste Tibet: Family Recipes from the Himalayas by Julie Kleeman, Yeshi Jampa

Taste Tibet: Family Recipes from the Himalayas

Julie Kleeman, Yeshi Jampa

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Thin Air: A Ghost Story by Michelle Paver

Thin Air: A Ghost Story

Michelle Paver

223 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical horror thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Spy in Amber by Manohar Malgonkar

Spy in Amber

Manohar Malgonkar

138 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

adventurous informative tense fast-paced
The Himalayan Arc: Journeys East of South-east by Namita Gokhale, Meghna Pant

The Himalayan Arc: Journeys East of South-east

Namita Gokhale, Meghna Pant

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction poetry adventurous reflective medium-paced
Butter Tea at Sunrise: A Year in the Bhutan Himalaya by Britta Das

Butter Tea at Sunrise: A Year in the Bhutan Himalaya

Britta Das

missing page info • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel reflective slow-paced
The Black Hill by Mamang Dai

The Black Hill

Mamang Dai

308 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
A Town Called Dehra by Ruskin Bond

A Town Called Dehra

Ruskin Bond

219 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction travel reflective medium-paced
Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas by Ruskin Bond

Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas

Ruskin Bond

230 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction nature travel reflective relaxing medium-paced
Murder in Shimla by Bulbul Sharma

Murder in Shimla

Bulbul Sharma

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark mysterious medium-paced