These are books that I have read or am reading currently as research before I go.
Amsterdam | Greece | Vietnam & Cambodia | India | Nepal | United Kingdom | General |
Favorite Reads
I am Rembrandt’s Daughter by Lynn Cullen
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Hercules by Jeanette Winterson
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
Rules, Britannia: An Insider’s Guide to Life in the United Kingdom by Toni Hargis
The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British by Sarah Lyall
Land of the Seal People by Duncan Williamson
The Folk Tales of Scotland by Norah Montgomerie & William Montgomerie
Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
The Victorians by A.N. Wilson
SOLD by Patricia McCormick
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthissen
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
Elementary Hindi by Richard Delacy and Sudha Joshi (and workbook)
Teach Yourself Hindi by Rupert Snell with Simon Weightman
May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons by Elisabeth Bumiller [nonfiction]
In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce [nonfiction]
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Khan [nonfiction]
AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India by [nonfiction anthology]
The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan [fiction]
Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India by Roberto Calasso [mythology/fiction]
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic by R. K. Narayan [mythology/fiction]
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai [fiction]
To Uphold the World: A Call for a New Global Ethic from Ancient India by Bruce Rich [nonfiction]
Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors [fiction]
A Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott [fiction]
Culture Shock! India: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette by Gitanjali Kolanad [nonfiction]
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts [memoir-inspired-fiction]
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventureby Sarah McDonald [memoir]
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lamaby H.H. Dalai Lama [memoir]
The Space Between Usby Thrity Umrigar [fiction]
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern Indiaby William Dalrymple [nonfiction / travel memoir]
The House on Dream Street by Dana Sachs [travel memoir]
Catfish & Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham [travel / viet kieu memoir]
Vietnam Today: A Guide to a Nation at Crossroads by Mark Ashwill [nonfiction]
Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor [memoir]
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh [fiction]
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram by Dang Thuy Tram [nonfiction, diary]
General
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Kristof and WuDunn
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