Sonali Bendre, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Suhana Khan’s 2023 reading journey; see here
Sonali Bendre, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Suhana Khan’s 2023 reading journey; see here
Japanese author Haruki Murakami was a popular reading choice for Mouni Roy and Pooja Hegde
Urmi ChakrabortyCalcutta
Published 09.01.24, 04:50 PM
From Sonali Bendre to Sara Ali Khan, Bollywood celebrities have always showcased their passion for reading on social media. Right from partition literature to Haruki Murakami’s works, here’s a look at popular stars and their favourite books in 2023.
Sonali Bendre, who has been running a book club on Instagram since 2017, read a lot of Partition literature and modern fiction last year. The actress introduced her fans to Ann Patchett’s 2019 novel The Dutch House, describing it as “a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past”.
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Sara Ali Khan, too, often posts about her current reads on Instagram. She spent much of her 2023 Paris vacation at a cafe, poring over Marianne Eloise’s 2022 book Obsessive Intrusive Magical Thinking .
Mouni Roy got herself immersed in Haruki Murakami’s 2015 coming-of-age novel Wind/Pinball, showcasing how winter could be the perfect time to enjoy a book from cover to cover.
Murakami turned out to be one of the winter reads of Pooja Hegde, who clicked a selfie with a copy of the Japanese author’s 1987 novel Norwegian Wood. “Murakami, you make me cry.. you brilliant, twisted, beautiful, soul provoking GENIUS 🥺❤️,” the Mohenjo Daro actress wrote.
Suhana Khan, who recently made her acting debut with Zoya Akhtar’s Netflix musical The Archies, recently finished Emily Henry’s 2023 novel Happy Place while travelling in New York.
Shraddha Kapoor posed with her bookshelf, which featured Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981), Bonnie Garbus’s Lessons in Chemistry (2022) and Emily Henry’s Book Lovers (2022).
Made in Heaven star Sobhita Dhulipala was reading Interstellar actor Matthew McConaughey’s 2020 memoir Greenlights. “Tastes like boisterous laughter and earned freedom. @officiallymcconaughey you are a legend,” she wrote on Instagram about her latest read.