Archive - Books of Words

My Eight Best Books of 2023

Here's the best of what I read in 2023. Prior lists: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. Last year, I disrupted and innovated like crazy by…

Mar 4 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

December 2022

My Ten Best Books of 2022

Here's the best of what I read in 2022. New feature klaxon: I’m picking a Book of the Year! It is Mazower’s Dark Continent. Mazower’s devastating review…

Dec 24, 2022 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

January 2022

Science Fiction and Fantasy: What’s in a Name?

I’ve always embraced the fact that I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy. Indeed I believe that some of the best writing of the last three decades…

Jan 9, 2022 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

December 2021

My Ten Best Books of 2021

Here's the best of what I read in 2021. And here are links to prior lists: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016. This year’s list has a number of books from…

Dec 19, 2021 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

December 2020

My Ten Best Books of 2020

Here's the best of what I read in 2020.

Dec 27, 2020 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

September 2020

In my Twitter header is a quote by Michel Foucault, whose influence on me has been substantial.

Sep 20, 2020 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

December 2019

My Ten Best Books of 2019

Here's the best of what I read in 2019.

Dec 26, 2019 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

May 2019

Iain M. Banks and Technology: An Homage

May 27, 2019 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

December 2018

My Ten Best Books of 2018

Here's the best of what I read in 2018. I set myself an arbitrary count of ten, which forced me to think hard about which books had a meaningful impact…

Dec 26, 2018 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

December 2017

My Best Books of 2017

Here's the best of what I read in 2017. It was as good a year as 2016, if not better. My original shortlist was twice the length and it was very…

Dec 25, 2017 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

October 2017

I'd just graduated college when I read The Remains Of The Day. At the time I thought it was the best novel I'd ever read, and while that ranking may…

Oct 6, 2017 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

December 2016

My Best Books of 2016

Here’s the best of what I read in 2016.

Dec 26, 2016 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

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