Orotha, Kakkanadan (short, hemingway-esque form)
Requiem for the Living, Johny Miranda (queer? another world)
Litanies of the Dutch Battery, NS Madhavan. (ha!)
Jeevithathinte Pusthakam, Ramanunni.
Kalaapangalkkoru Grihapadam, Babu Bharadwaj (reading).
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb (reading—almost done).
Smarana, VKN. (not as funny as payyan, could pick up the references)
No Longer Human, Ozamu Dazai. (dark, mishima-like, relatable)
A Chronicle of an Hour and Half, Saharu Kannanari. (shows you why perfect words do not make a perfect story)
Ways and Means, (quarter of it—tedious after a while. pretentious.)
Yellow Face, (quarter? boring, too genZ).
Kari, Amruta Patil (dark, edgy, emo, goth)
Asterios Polyp, David Mazzuchelli. (simple in its calculated precision)
Biriyani/Vaank/Patachonte Choru/Malayali Bhranthante Diary/Auttokarante Bharya
Malayalam Dalit Cherukathakal (anthology)
Ithramaathram, Kalppetta Narayanan Mash. (ought to be translated. sharp).
The Orders Were to Rape You, Meena Kandasamy. (smooth writing, rough subject)
When I Hit You, Meena Kandasamy. (Getting hold of the domestic violence narrative.)
Love in the Time of Cholera, Marques. (Wordy, funny, technically superb, light, but also heavy.)
A Sport and a Pastime, James Salter. (Short sentences, American construction)
The Brothers Karamazov :(
Slow Homecoming, Handke :(
Intermezzo, Sally Rooney (currentlyreading)