Orotha, Kakkanadan (short, hemingway-esque form)
Requiem for the Living, Johny Miranda (queer? another world)
Litanies of the Lanthan Battery, NS Madhavan. (ha!)
Jeevithathinte Pusthakam, Ramanunni.
Kalaapangalkkoru Grihapadam, Babu Bharadwaj (reading).
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb (reading—almost done).
Smarana, VKN. (not as funny as payyan, could pick up the references)
No Longer Human, Ozamu Dazai. (dark, mishima-like, relatable)
A Chronicle of an Hour and Half, Saharu Kannanari. (shows you why perfect words do not make a perfect story)
Ways and Means, (quarter of it—tedious after a while. pretentious.)
Yellow Face, (quarter? boring, too genZ).
Kari, Amruta Patil (dark, edgy, emo, goth)
Asterios Polyp, David Mazzuchelli. (simple in its calculated precision)
Biriyani/Vaank/Patachonte Choru/Malayali Bhranthante Diary/Auttokarante Bharya
Malayalam Dalit Cherukathakal (anthology)
Ithramaathram, Kalppetta Narayanan Mash. (ought to be translated. sharp).
The Orders Were to Rape You, Meena Kandasamy. (smooth writing, rough subject)