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Books, music and ideas — curated by our community.
The Reading List
Istanbul: Memories and the City
Orhan Pamuk
A deeply personal memoir that maps the melancholy and beauty of Istanbul through one writer's eyes. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this city.
Recommended by BOOKGROOVE Team
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
A novel about loss, desire and the music that soundtracks our most formative years. Murakami at his most intimate and accessible.
Recommended by konuralpine
Just Kids
Patti Smith
A love letter to New York, art, poetry and the courage to live creatively. Smith's prose is as musical as her songs.
Recommended by Aylin T.
High Fidelity
Nick Hornby
The definitive novel about music obsession, record shops and the lists we make to understand ourselves. Funny, true and deeply human.
Recommended by Community Pick
The Soundtrack
The BOOKGROOVE Playlist
Curated by BOOKGROOVE Team
Our ever-evolving collection of tracks that pair with great reads. From jazz to electronic, ambient to indie — music for curious minds.
Listen on SpotifyCities & Sound
Curated by konuralpine
The soundtrack to our "Between the Lines Vol. 1" event. Istanbul meets Tokyo meets New York through vinyl.
Listen on SpotifyLate Night Reading
Curated by BOOKGROOVE Community
For those 2 AM reading sessions when the city goes quiet and the pages come alive. Ambient, jazz and slow electronic.
Listen on SpotifyThe Guest Edit
Elif Savaş
Writer, translator & culture curator
One Book
The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Milan Kundera
One Track
Nils Frahm — Says
One Idea
Every great conversation starts with a question nobody expected.
Prof. Kemal Aydın
Literary critic & cultural commentator
One Book
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler — Italo Calvino
One Track
Chet Baker — Almost Blue
One Idea
Reading is not solitary. Every book is a conversation with someone who is not in the room.
konuralpine
DJ, vinyl collector & music curator
One Book
Love Is a Mix Tape — Rob Sheffield
One Track
Khruangbin — Friday Morning
One Idea
The best playlists, like the best books, take you somewhere you didn't plan to go.