Are you wondering what to read next?

I’ve been a little quiet on this website recently. Fantastically, I’ve been overwhelmed with wonderful contacts for the current book I’m writing. I’ve been conducting interviews and writing chapters all hours of the day. It’s been an answer to prayer, as for a while, I felt at a dead end with the book. No longer!

I’ve also been occupied with tasks for Nepal, and I’m in the process of setting up a new charity with friends to help survivors of exploitation. What a privilege to be involved in such meaningful work; I really am thankful to God. However, there are economic downsides to all this activity; I don’t generate a penny of profit from it all. Income from my books doesn’t cover my travel costs nor online subscriptions, which allow me to conduct interviews. Sometimes, it can feel as if running charities and writing books are just expensive hobbies!

Consequently, I’m trying a little diversification. I’ve joined Bookshop.org as an affiliate, and if you buy ANY book from them through this link, I’ll earn a little commission. Although buying any book can help me, if you’d like a little advice about what to buy, then I have compiled three lists (so far) to help you pick.

The first list is made up of all the books I have been reading about Pakistan and women’s issues for my current research (yes, I have been doing a lot of reading!). Thankfully, there are some absolutely world-class Pakistani novelists and reading their work has been great fun. My top three books in this section are:

Lost to the World: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Five Years in Terrorist Captivity – Shahbaz Taseer

The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid

The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan – Rafia Zakaria

The second list is made up of a few of the books I read while writing my latest book about women in Kathmandu. Sadly, many of the interesting novels I found are published in Nepal itself and therefore, not available in the UK. The most interesting book to read about Nepal (apart from my own!) is:

While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal – Elizabeth Enslin

Finally, I have made a brutal list of genuinely helpful Christian books. The selection is brutal because I cut out a lot and only chose what has been truly helpful to me (I keep a running record of what I read on Goodreads). I promise that these Christian books are genuinely worth buying and reading. And if you want me to be super-selective, which is extremely hard, my top three are:

Ramah: A Light is Dawning in the Darkness – Robert Munday

Soul Survivor – Philip Yancey

Saturated with God: A cry for nation-changing revival – Malcolm MacDonald

I hope all these books are genuinely helpful to you. If reading isn’t your thing, and you’d still like to support and encourage my work then you can buy me a cup of coffee on Kofi. There’s also a monthly support option, which will help me fund my Zoom subscription and similar monthly expenses that I incur while running two charities and writing books. Thank you for considering this.

Are there any other Christian writers out there? I’d love to connect as I have some ideas for how we can support each other.

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