Book Haul: Books of End September, 2014.

My last book haul of September was full of wonderful books. I got these books from Flipkart and I got mostly literary fiction, books that I've heard amazing things from friends. I've already read three books from this pile and I am excited to read the rest, I am always excited about reading my new books! :)

All That Is- James Salter

Tenth of December- George Sanders

Love Among The Bookshelves- Ruskin Bond

Collected Stories- Anita Desai

The Thousand Faces of Night- Githa Hariharan

Too Much Happiness- Alice Munro

House of Cards- Sudha Murthy

The Sari Shop- Rupa Bajwa

The Adulterous Woman- Albert Camus

Cat Among Pigeons- Agatha Christie

Happy Reading Guys.

And Happy Dusshera to all my Indian readers.

Comments

Bookish Mind said…

I Must say I am jealous of your books! I am more into nonfiction books, but I read fiction once in a while. Seeing all these adorable and mesmerizing books makes me want to just stay at home and read and read...if only I could^^
I can see that you got lot of Haruki Murakami books. I've read a lot about him and was lucky enough to got t hold of his book. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. It'f my first book of him. I think I'm bound to like him after finishing this book.

Buying English books here in Thailand is quite a challenge and expensive. How I wish I could buy lots of books to read^^

8 October 2014 at 14:19

Bookish Mind said…

Oh, how I love your books! If only I could buy those books here...I definitely would!

It's great that English books are abundantly available in your place.^^*

Blessings!

10 October 2014 at 09:25

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