📚 Bookshelf
Reading Journey
Here are some of the books I've been reading lately. I love exploring different genres - from classic literature to modern fiction, philosophical works to horror stories. These reviews are from my Goodreads account.
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
by Seishi Yokomizo
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
The Vegetarian
by Han Kang
I DNFed it at around page 30 not because the writing was bad but because I just couldn't endure what was happening. I just don't have that much guts in me.
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
I don't know what to write honestly. When I finish a book I often try to put myself in the shoes of one of the characters and try to think about what I would've done in that situation. I wore George's shoes and honestly, I don't know.
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
কালীগুণীন ও ছয় রহস্য
by Soumik De
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
কেরালায় কিস্তিমাত (মিতিনমাসি, #3)
by Suchitra Bhattacharya
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
ট্রেজার আইল্যান্ড
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
টেরাকোটা টালমাটাল
by প্রবীরেন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
রাজধানীতে তুলকালাম
by প্রবীরেন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
সিগন্যাল মুন
by Kate Quinn
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দ্য রেড ফিঙ্গার
by Keigo Higashino
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
কারমিল্লা
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
If Tomorrow Comes
by Sidney Sheldon
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
তিন গোয়েন্দা ভলিউম ১/১ (তিন গোয়েন্দা, #১,২,৩)
by Rakib Hassan
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
তিন গোয়েন্দা ভলিউম ১/২ (তিন গোয়েন্দা, #৪,৫,৬)
by Rakib Hassan
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Malice (Detective Kaga, #1)
by Keigo Higashino
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
পথের পাঁচালী (অপুর পাঁচালী #1)
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
অশনি-সংকেত
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দেনা-পাওনা
by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
পদ্মানদীর মাঝি
by Manik Bandopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
সপ্তপদী
by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
কবি
by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দুর্গেশনন্দিনী
by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
বাংলাসাহিত্যের সেরা গল্প
by Ahmad Mostofa Kamal
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
পুতুলনাচের ইতিকথা
by Manik Bandopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
হীরামানিক জ্বলে
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দ্য উইলোস
by Algernon Blackwood
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দ্য লেজেন্ড অফ স্লিপি হলো
by Washington Irving
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
মরিয়ার্টি
by Anthony Horowitz
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দ্য হাউজ অব সিল্ক
by Anthony Horowitz
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
ঘুণপোকা
by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
অপরাজিত
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
পূর্বক্ষণ
by Ivan Turgenev
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দ্য প্লেগ
by Albert Camus
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
None of This Is True
by Lisa Jewell
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
হাজার বছর ধরে
by Zahir Raihan
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
নূপুর
by Nihar Ranjan Gupta
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
যকের ধন
by Hemendra Kumar Roy
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
খগম
by Satyajit Ray
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
অদ্ভুত লাইব্রেরি
by Haruki Murakami
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
আগুনপাখি
by Hasan Azizul Huq
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Newcomer
by Keigo Higashino
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
নিরীহ
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
ক্রীতদাসের হাসি
by Shawkat Osman
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি
by Sunil Gangopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
হারবার্ট
by Nabarun Bhattacharya
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
গল্প সমগ্র
by Abu Ishaque
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Salvation of a Saint
by Keigo Higashino
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
Around the World in Eighty Days is just as fun as it was when I read it as a kid. A stellar cast of characters, detailed descriptions of the places being visited, and the breakneck pace of the story make it a certified classic. This translation by William Butcher is undoubtedly one of the best.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories: Annotated Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Honestly, I picked up this book jist to read the title story, and as far as that is concerned, a solid 4 out of 5 read. Seems a bit drawn out near the end but very, very well written. Maybe someday I'll read the rest of the stories in the book as well.
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
by Keigo Higashino
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
White Nights
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
খোঁড়া ভৈরবীর মাঠ
by Avik Sarkar
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Undoubtedly a very well written book. Up until chapter 22, I enjoyed a lot and read fast but from chapter 23, I started to struggle. I wish it didn't drag as long as it did. That's my only complain.
A Gentle Creature and Other Stories: White Nights; A Gentle Creature; The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Some of the best short stories out there You may have seen White Nights mentioned a lot on BookToks recently. While one of the best short stories out there, it's certainly not Dostoyevsky's best work. It's still a very good story, and I come back to the story of the dreamer time and time again simply because it's written so beautifully. A Gentle Creature is another great story, and I read it long ago in my native language. I've since read it a few different times, and it felt equally good. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man is the story is the one I have the least experience with. Nice story with a beautiful ending.
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
ইছামতী
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় আমার অন্যতম প্রিয় লেখক। তাঁর কালজয়ী উপন্যাস ইছামতী অনেক দিন ধরেই আমার বইয়ের তাকে ছিল, কিন্তু সম্পূর্ণ পড়ার সুযোগ হলো এই সম্প্রতি। লেখকের অন্যান্য লেখার মতোই এটি একটি অসাধারণ সৃষ্টি। এই উপন্যাসে আমি খুঁজে পেয়েছি চমৎকার সব চরিত্র—তাদের সুখ, দুঃখ, সংগ্রাম আর পারস্পরিক সম্পর্কের এক গভীর বুনন। বিশেষ করে, নরহরি ও তার পরিবারের জীবনযাত্রা, তাদের সরলতা আর প্রকৃতির সঙ্গে তাদের একাত্মতা আমাকে গভীরভাবে প্রভাবিত করেছে। বিভূতিভূষণের অনবদ্য লেখনী ইছামতী নদীকে শুধু একটি ভৌগোলিক অবস্থান হিসেবে নয়, বরং উপন্যাসের একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ চরিত্র হিসেবে ফুটিয়ে তুলেছে। লেখক যেভাবে নদীর গতিপথের সাথে মানুষের জীবনের উত্থান-পতনকে মিশিয়ে দিয়েছেন, তা এক কথায় অতুলনীয়। এটি কেবল একটি গল্প নয়, বরং এটি একটি জীবন দর্শন, যা পাঠকের মনে গভীর ছাপ ফেলে যায়। বিভূতিভূষণের লেখনীর এই জাদুই বইটিকে করে তুলেছে এক অবশ্যপাঠ্য ক্লাসিক।
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy
This collection of novellas translated by Nicolas Pasternak Slater is a first class reading experience While I can't comment on the accuracy of the translation without knowing Russian, the prose is fluid and engaging, making the book a genuine pleasure from start to finish. There are six stories/novellas in this book and I more or less liked all of them. 1. The Two Old Men - a solid 4/5 story. Profound, it had a good message and I liked the characters. 2. How Much Land Does a Man Need? - a 3/5 story. Short, it was deep but I didn't like the characters that much. 3. The Forged Coupon - another 4/5 story with a lot of surprises. Absolutely loved it. 4. Master and Workman - the weakest of the bunch, a 2/5 story at best. I read up to the fifth chapter, got bored and then skipped it. 5. Alyosha Pot - somewhere between 3.5/5 and 4/5 story. Short, sad but enjoyable. 6. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - the absolute best. Easily a 5/5 story. I could literally what death feels like. My favorite quote from the book - "He wept for his helplessness, and his terrible loneliness, and people’s cruelty, and God’s cruelty, and God’s absence."
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
I loved how despite having many decorous characters around the Phantom held the center stage throughout. I loved how the story is told as reports/memoirs/notes and so on. This is my first Leroux book and I'm looking forward to reading more of him. I read the translation by Mireille Ribière and I enjoyed it very much. Except for a tiny mistranslation in the Epilogue everything was top notch. You can find further information about all the available translations here - https://fdelopera.tumblr.com/phantom-...
NOS4R2
by Joe Hill
DNFed it. This is certainly a great book but just not for me. The story while started out good started to feel drawn out after 200 pages. The characters are not likable at all. Mostly dumb, unintelligent and predictable. The only character that I liked was the librarian and the waitress at that gas station.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Chader Pahar
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দ্য বার্ডস
by Daphne du Maurier
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
রেবেকা
by Daphne du Maurier
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
আরণ্যক
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
ময়ূরাক্ষী (হিমু, #1)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
দরজার ওপাশে (হিমু, #2)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
হিমুর মধ্যদুপুর (হিমু, #17)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
এবং হিমু ... (হিমু, #5)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
পারুল ও তিনটি কুকুর
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
পিশাচিনী
by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
ও
by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
নিশিকন্যা
by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
আমার প্রিয় ভৌতিক গল্প
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
গৌরের কবচ
by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
শেষ বিকেলের মেয়ে
by Zahir Raihan
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
অনীশ (মিসির আলি, #8)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
তন্দ্রাবিলাস (মিসির আলি, #11)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
আমিই মিসির আলি (মিসির আলি, #12)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
বাঘবন্দি মিসির আলি (মিসির আলি, #13)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
হরতন ইশকাপন (মিসির আলি, #15)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
মিসির আলির চশমা (মিসির আলি, #16)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
কহেন কবি কালিদাস (মিসির আলি, #14)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
মিসির আলি! আপনি কোথায়? (মিসির আলি, #17)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
মিসির আলি Unsolved (মিসির আলি, #18)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
পুফি (মিসির আলি, #19)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
যখন নামিবে আঁধার (মিসির আলি, #20)
by Humayun Ahmed
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.
বিড়াল সাধক
by Tamzid Rahman
Couldn't find the words to describe my feelings... sometimes a book just leaves you speechless.