Below is an incomplete list of books I have read in the last few years. I made notes of those books to aid my memory; before, it happened a few times that I unwillingly picked up a book again and then, towards the end of the book, noticed faint familiarity in its contents.

These are all books I actually read, for my own entertainment. I chose them because they won or almost won the booker prize, or I read a review of them somewhere, or found them on the street; and decided to read them. So yes, external influence, but sought out by myself. And the reviews, as said, are for myself.

Caveat lector: These are nothing close to real reviews, such those published by newspapers as the Guardian, the FT, the New Yorker, etc. Please read those to get a good impression of the book. In these reviews I am way too biased and whimsical to take seriously.

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