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Ratings:★★★★☆ (4.1/5)
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Literary Fiction

Book Review:
''My Name is Red'' by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk is a dazzling murder mystery set in 16th-century Istanbul. The story unfolds when a secret book commissioned for the Sultan, to be illustrated in the European style, leads to the murder of one of the miniaturists. The novel is uniquely narrated by a cast of characters, including the murdered artist, his colleagues, a dog, and a coin. Pamuk masterfully weaves together themes of love, artistic devotion, and the cultural clash between East and West. It's a fantastic, dreamy, and passionate novel that is as much a philosophical meditation as it is a gripping thriller.