Award-winning short story author Vimi Bajaj is a lover of surprising, heartfelt, and well-crafted listens. Her debut title, Nadine, is a poignant story of life, love, and ultimately, choices, that will inspire listeners. Her own go-to listens, selected from across the literary spectrum, are just as inspiring. Here are six she shared with us.
This is a mesmerizing short novel, tightly crafted with spot-on characterization. A must listen!
Insightful essays about writing and about growing up gay and Asian in America. A warm and candid self-portrait.
This singular hypnotic novel, written by the inimitable V. S. Naipaul, revolves around the life of an unnamed narrator who’s come to live in a decaying English manor.
This book speaks to the failure of the collective, of artists and policy makers, and of the culture at large in the crisis of climate catastrophe, which has put the health of our planet on the brink. Urgently relevant.
A little gem of a story, which has the tone and cadence of a Chekhovian piece. A quiet tale about a farmer and the love he sees, or wants to see, in his relationship with his wife. The masterful simplicity of the story and the writing blew me away.
