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January 24, 2026 04:12 PM GMT+03:00

Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head.”

Orhan Pamuk, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Literature

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they really happened and after you are finished reading one you feel that it all happened to you and after which it all belongs to you.”         

Ernest Hemingway, 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature

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Books I can read in a day

 

 

1. Waiting for the Fear 

by Oguz Atay

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2. A Long Day's Evening 

by Bilge Karasu

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Novel that takes me back in time

 

 

1. Memed, My Hawk 

by Yasar Kemal

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2. The Silence of Scheherazade 

by Defne Suman   

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3. There Are Rivers in the Sky 

by Elif Shafak 

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Non-fiction book that takes me back in time

 

 

1. The Caravan Moves On 

by Irfan Orga   

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Have a laugh

 

 

The tales of Nasrettin Hoca 

by Aziz Nesin

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Thriller crime stories  

 

 

1. Many and Many A Year Ago 

by Selcuk Altun    

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2. Aylin 

by Ayse Kulin 

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3. A Colder War 

by Charles Cumming 

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Current events

 

 

Disquiet: A Novel 

by Zülfü Livaneli 

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2. Madonna in a Fur Coat 

by Sabahattin Ali 

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3. Calikusu (the Wren) 

by Resat Nuri Guntekin

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Science fiction & fantasy

 

 

1. A Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye 

by A.S. Byatt

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2. The Time Regulation Institute 

by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar

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3. The Book of Devices 

by Ihsan Oktay Anar 

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Biography

 

 

1. House with Wisteria: Memoirs of Turkey Old and New 

by Halide Edib Adivar

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2. Istanbul: Memories of a City 

by Orhan Pamuk

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Boo! (scary stories)

 

 

1. The Tomb in Turkey 

by Simon Brett

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2. A Memento for Istanbul 

by Ahmet Ümit 

 

 

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2. The Turkish Cookbook 

by Musa Dagdeviren