Reading has gained momentum in the last few years especially since lockdown. Reading has gained momentum in the last decade with the onset of covid and social media aesthetics of the literary community from dark academia to cottage core to gothic, literature has a whole wide bunch of options to offer. Here are five books that are perfect for gifting your loved ones this new years ranging from poetry to short stories to fiction.
Norwegian Wood By Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami is the perfect blend of emotions known to any person. The book delves deep into the questions about love, identity, grief and mental illness through the characters of Naoko and Toru Watanabe. The story is gripping, full of emotional turmoil and heartwarming and wrenching tale of love between two young people which makes it a perfect companion for a steaming cup of tea in the cold. Set in Japan and published in 1987, Murakami has managed to capture the peaceful yet profound sense of Japanese Literature beautifully.
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Nocturnes By Kazuo Ishiguro
Nocturnes By Kazuo Ishiguro is a collection of short stories on music and nightfall. It offers insights on the psychological connection that is bound together by music in each story. The book, once again explores the nuance nature of love, need and past. The book is a perfect blend of tragic, sometimes comic, sometimes making you throw it across the wall. Another celeberated writer of the twenty first century, Ishiguro’s attempts at short stories in the same year as his most celeberated science fiction Never Let Me Go.
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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid is perfect for a beach read. Set in 1983, the story revolves around the lives of the Rivas siblings living in Malibu, California. Fame, Money and past trauma binds the siblings together, making Malibu Rising a read that will break your heart, heal it at the same time and provide catharsis. Brought together by childhood trauma and an absent father, the Rivas siblings navigate through their personal journeys as individuals with fame clutching onto their lives and everyone watching their moves.
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Just Kids by Patti Smith
Just Kids by Patti Smith is perhaps one of the most famous and widely known works by the singer/writer. It explores an honest path of relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe set in New York City. It’s a remarkably moving story about youth and friendship. It’s a memoir of the singer specifically about the time of her staying at the famous Chelsea Hotel. Patti Smith beautifully captures the transience of youth, as if the reader is living vicariously through her while reading the pages. After leaving her mark on the music industry, Smith tries her hand at literary world and exquisitely so.
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Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del rey
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey makes a perfect gift for music lovers. The book presents nuanced poetry similar to the lyrical style Lana has embodied and perfected over the last few years. The book offers poetry on fame, identity, what it is like to live in a fish bowl and the constant betrayal of love. Each poem in the book feels like a fever dream, as if living the same life the singer has sung and wrote about. Every sigh, every full stop is more than just a sound and more than a punctuation. The book doesn’t feel like a book but rather a spoken album.
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