The River of Lost Footsteps (Writer - U Thant Myint)

One of the best books on understanding how Burma is emerging as a country today, The Rive of Lost Footsteps attempts to unravel the Burmese story. Its colourful history,  aside from hosting one of the world's longest civil wars, is often forgotten. To tell it, U Thant Myint weaves together the stories of his ancestors, who served the royal family of Burma, to give a voice to the people of Burma including his grandfather who began his career as a small town school teacher and later became the UN's secretary-general. It's part history, part memoir, and part travelogue.