Books in 2014 ...

Okay, here is the list of books acquired in 2014 … books were purchased from all kinds of sources – Abids second-hand book market, online stores, brick and mortar stores, book exhibitions, etc. … and in two languages, Kannada & English …

1.    The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories – Ian Rankin

2.   Collected Stories – Raja Rao

3.   Malice – Keigo Higashino

4.   The Legends of Khasak – O. V. Vijayan

5.   The City and the River – Arun Joshi

6.   Carvalho/Men of Mystery: Two Novellas – K. P. Purna Chandra Tejaswi

7.   Ocean to Ocean: A Memoir – Susmit Sen with Sehba Imam

8.   Indian Ocean: A Photographic Journey – Vineet Sharma

9.   Noontide Toll – Romesh Gunesekera

10.  Prisoner of Paradise – Gunesekera, Romesh

11.   The Hungry Ghosts – Selvadurai, Shyam

12.  Decentering Translation Studies: India and beyond – Judy Wakabayashi

13.  Pustaka Sannidhi – T. P. Ashoka

14.  Kathana Preethi – T. P. Ashoka

15.  B. Ramachandra Bhattara Samagra Krithigalu

16.  Aagomme Eegomme – Girish Karnad

17.  Sri Sahitya

18.  Panje Mangesharayara Kruthigalu

19.  Aadaadtha Aayushya – Girish Karnad

20. Hosagannada Kavigalu Mattu Natakakaararu

21.  Hosagannada Kathegararu Hagu Kadambarikararu

22. Hosagannada Saahityada Udayakaala – R. Y. Dharwadkar

23. Kannada Sahitya Vaagvadagalu – Rahamath Tarikere

24. U. R. Ananthamurthy and the Discourse of Modernity – Ganesha U. H.

25. Ghatashraaddha – U. R. Anantha Murthy

26. Endendoo Mugiyada Kathe – U. R. Anantha Murthy

27. Mouni – U. R. Anantha Murthy

28. Akasha Mattu Bekku – U. R. Anantha Murthy

29. Sooryana Kudure – U. R. Anantha Murthy

30. Suragi – U. R. Anantha Murthy

31.  Boiled Beans on Toast – Girish Karnad 

32. The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt 

33. The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton

34. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon – Alexander McCall Smith

35. Goodbye to Elsa – Saros Cowasjee

36. Best Music Writing 2007 

37. Morecambe and Wise – their funniest jokes, one-liners and sketches

38. One False Move – Harlan Coben

39. My War with the 20^th Century – Pierre Berton

40. Touch – Elmore Leonard

41.  84 Charring Cross Road – Helene Hanff

42. Farewell, My Lovely – Raymond Chandler

43. All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque

44. The English Assassin – Daniel Silva

45. Trying to say Goodbye – Adil Jussawalla

46. Animal Farm – George Orwell 

Four more and it would have been a half-century … but there is always the next year …