scroll.in's Not the NYT list: 100 find books from around the world (and not just the USA) of the 21st century

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Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad

Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War

Raghu Karnad

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

Rachel Aviv

276 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

An Unnecessary Woman

Rabih Alameddine

291 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Indica by Pranay Lal

Indica

Pranay Lal

416 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat by Perumal Murugan

Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat

Perumal Murugan

179 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes

Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia

Orlando Figes

768 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Olivia Laing

315 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks

On the Move: A Life

Oliver Sacks' memoirs #2

Oliver Sacks

397 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir science informative reflective slow-paced
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

274 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin

The Dream Life of Sukhanov

Olga Grushin

354 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced