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Amish Raj Mulmi

Books that made my year: The 2021 edition

Macabre short story collections and butterfly musings to Ghalib as the detective and a defeated soldier’s journals.

Dec 3, 2021

Books that made my year: The 2021 edition

Dec 3, 2021

Books that made the Coronavirus year —Part IV!

My annual list of books, in a year when the passage of time made little sense. Season’s greetings, everyone!

Dec 28, 2020

Books that made the Coronavirus year —Part IV!

Dec 28, 2020

Books that made my year, part III

Keeping with tradition, here’s the third instalment of the books that made my 2019. Happy New Year, folks!

Dec 29, 2019

Books that made my year, part III

Dec 29, 2019

This crime series set in Bangkok’s neon-lit streets brings the city’s lurid side to life

John Burdett’s Sonchai Jitpleecheep series compels readers to look beyond Thailand’s beaches and the fetishisation of its sex industry

Nov 22, 2019

This crime series set in Bangkok’s neon-lit streets brings the city’s lurid side to life

Nov 22, 2019

Writing from beyond India and Pakistan

A personal South Asian reading list featuring books beyond India and Pakistan

Jul 5, 2019

Writing from beyond India and Pakistan

Jul 5, 2019

Before Lisbeth Salander: The couple that invented Nordic noir

The 10 Martin Beck books mark the beginning of what we now know as Nordic noir.

May 21, 2019

Before Lisbeth Salander: The couple that invented Nordic noir

May 21, 2019

Countering the narrative of being a Muslim in the West: on Ausma Zehanat Khan’s crime writing

Ausmat Zehanat Khan’s series of crime novels starring Detective Esa Khattak counters the demonisation of Muslims in the West

Jan 29, 2019

Countering the narrative of being a Muslim in the West: on Ausma Zehanat Khan’s crime writing

Jan 29, 2019

To understand modern China, read Qiu Xiaolong’s crime fiction

Qiu Xiaolong‘s crime books starring the reluctant detective Chen Chao show a side of China beyond the news

Jan 11, 2019

To understand modern China, read Qiu Xiaolong’s crime fiction

Jan 11, 2019

Books that made my year, Part II

A short note on my favourite books of 2018

Dec 24, 2018

Books that made my year, Part II

Dec 24, 2018

Two detectives for our troubled times

On the novels of Ausma Zehanat Khan & Abir Mukherjee

Jul 26, 2018

Two detectives for our troubled times

Jul 26, 2018

Amish Raj Mulmi

Amish Raj Mulmi

Consulting Editor @ Writers' Side Literary Agency. Writes mostly on books & publishing, and Nepali history. More at amishmulmi.wordpress.com

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