Best Books That You Should be Reading with Your Summer Book Club 2024
There’s something inherently enticing about the quiet aisles of bookstores and the storied halls of libraries — places where your next adventure awaits within the pages of a great story. If you love to add books to your summer club, then check out this list of novels/books that celebrate the charm of libraries and bookstores!
Echo of the Waves by Vinayak Aralelimath:
This novel involves story of some engineering college students, who become friends in the campus. The narrator is influenced by people-reading abilities of Sandy, his friend and roommate. As one vacation when they go to one friend’s home, Sandy inspires Chetna to take back her dream of becoming a swimmer. From this point the novel not only remains a college campus story but gains suspense and thriller elements. An interesting read for being so engrossing a novel it turns out ultimately.
Amongst the Believers by Kochery C Shibu:
Third crime & suspense thriller novel by the author. This novel has a high dose of action and adventure, thrilling readers to the core. It intertwines fate of three major protagonists from India: Khushru, a terrorist from Kashmir, Nanda is a murderer from Kerala, and Rekha is a doctor. Each of one has a motive and tasks to fulfill, while one may do it for nation, another is seeking the traces of true love, and someone is busy scouting the mountains, escaping to foreign countries with a warlord’s daughter. The plot is deeply layered with espionage and borderline hide & seek drama. With major Indian characters the novel navigates through the dangerous terrains of the world such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, etc. Readers can read this book without the fear of predictability.
Valmiki Ramayana: A Commentary by Lakkaraju Ananta Rama Rao:
For readers those who have so far have read many re-tellings based on the epic Ramayana, can now have a slightly different taste of Hindu mythology and Iitihaas. The commentary is vast with its scope of veracity and information it encapsulates. Scholar from India, Lakkaraju Ananta Rama Rao, has in between cited comparison of sages and prominent characters from Ramayana to Western poet’s eulogies and works such as Homer, Milton, Virgil. Ramayana has many facades just than the Lord Rama winning against the devil Ravana of Lanka. If you have penchant for deep analysis of Ramayana, this is the best commentary right now available.
Vanilla Loves and Dusky Lives by Kritika G Soin:
A collection of 10 stories, as the title suggests it has got contrasting point of view on love. 5 stories about love have positive characters that cross the barriers to continue their love subjects and aspirations afloat though unconventionally. Dusky Lives represents another shade of love, the darker one with people becoming villain in love. If you want to know what is good and bad love — this is the book for you.
Juuhhhuuu by Manoj Kumar Sharma:
A collection of 3 long stories thematically based on love. Placed around Mumbai’s famous tourist spot Juhu beach, these stories draw you in right since the first page. At time love is destined, and sometimes love needs refugee, and a few lovers believe in magic for reunion. Amazing and heartfelt stories of love and redemption and reunion. This book will resonate with your vibes for love.
Drug Lords of the World by Dr. Binoy Gupta:
Written with a conviction towards immaculate facts and stats, this book brings alive the forgotten and lost stories of world’s famous and notorious drug lords from across the continents like North America, Asia, Latin America, and regions like Mexico, South-East Asia, and much more. Moving like a Hollywood level documentary, this book will augment your knowledge but well before that it will entertain you with the personal stories of drug lords and cartels and drug mafias. Have you ever heard the story of Al Capone — who was he — how did he die? If not yet, time for you to pick up this book.
The Illustrated Boatman’s Daughter by Tom Durwood:
A rich piece of historical fiction. Staged against Egypt, this absorbing YA graphic novel transports readers to 18th century when France and British were building the Suez Canal to connect it the Red Sea. Salima, a boatman’s daughter, is hired along with two other characters to look after the ships carrying cargo and machinery for construction. Her main job was to intercept the corrupt forces, however, the task was neither simple nor safe. She has to tussle a lot against foreign and internal forces. Artistic illustration compliments Tom’s narrative powers beyond literary realms.
The Book of Sevens: The Mountains by A R Vikram:
A children’s novel, the story of the novel is about three young students taken on a world tour by a magical book. However, they not only enjoyed their trip but also tested for their mettle, courage, intellectual and much more. The cultural and societal elements covered around the world’s famous mountains are informative…and makes up a formidable backdrop.
The Water Veil by Nikhil D Hegde:
A mystery wrapped around waterfalls in a hidden valley. Leela has got some ancestral connection with mysterious waterfalls. Slowly she discovers divine powers of the waterfalls but she is disappointed to discover that the falls are being misused on the pretext of tourism. Can she restore the legacy of the falls without being pulled in a mess?
