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One Book You Want Everyone to Read
I wish more people knew about the Agent Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. A bit like Sherlock Holmes, but in the present era. Lots of interesting scientific data is incorporated into the story. There are many smartass confabulations between the characters. These authors are quite popular in the West and top the charts in the New York Times bestsellers list for fiction from time to time. But here in India, hardly anyone knows about them, let alone read their books.
Immortal Talks by Shunya.https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...
Below is my review of the same :
"A Hidden Gem.
This is the first book that I read on spirituality and it turned out to be so clear and effective in terms of the knowledge it intends to impart. The best thing about it is that it's not some random self help book but one written in the form of a fiction novel, where the author is like introducing a whole new concept, and I guarantee that none of you would have ever thought about life to be like this. The author has used many examples and illustrations to explain the otherwise complex concepts of soul and existence. If you ever had questions like "What is the meaning of Life ?" this book answers that for you. The author believes so much in these concepts that he even has kept himself anonymous and published this book by naming himself as Shunya (the meaning of this will be clear to you if you read the book). It was very liberating to read this. I would urge everyone who comes across this review to read this book. It is just 160 pages long."
As a thriller fan, I wish everyone reads "The Day Of The Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth. This book was the one that started it all!! The new age thriller pioneer.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Mine is https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... . it has an english translation too. This is one of my favorite books.
1. "Diary of Anna Frank" (Also watch "Jojo Rabbit" movie)2. Premchand's "Godan "
3. Arvind Adiga 's "White Tiger"
sofi ka sansaar for understanding the basic of western philosophy godaan by premchanda
sapiens by Yuval Noah harari
biography of dr.b.r.ambedkar by dhanjay keer
Non-Fiction: The Silent Coup by Josy JosephFiction: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain
Vidyasagar wrote: "'The Prophet' by Khahlil Gibran"I already read it. It was very erudite and cleverly written. I used to think before reading the book that the prophet is about the teachings of prophet Muhammad but turns out that it's a fictional prophet who is in the book and the book had nothing whatsoever about Islam. Also before reading the book I used to think that Kahlil Gibran was a Muslim. I was surprised to find out that he was a Lebanese Maronite Christian.
Ankita wrote: "Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain"this is on my tbr
The Brain that Changes ItselfBook by Norman Doidge
Rings of Saturn by W.G-Sebald. An impressive book that can make you read memoir/fiction/travelogue/history/biography with an entirely different perspective.
Meditations - Marcus AureliusEast of Eden - John Steinbeck
The World According to Garp - John Irving
Godam - Munshi Premchand
Pachinko - Min Jin
House Of Spirits - Isabel Allende
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThis book opened my eyes to what women had to (and sadly still today) endure. It made me more aware of the sexism that I'd internalized and gave me the nudge to call myself a feminist (which I was quite hesitant to do before).
The mountains sing by Nguyen Phan Quai Ma. Based on Vietnam War and tragedies century after century.
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Lokesh wrote: "Fountainhead by Ayn Rand."Don't worry. I will read that at some point. I liked We the Living by the same author.
Booksandcolors wrote: "The mountains sing by Nguyen Phan Quai Ma. Based on Vietnam War and tragedies century after century."I see. looks good. Always wanted to read a Vietnamese novel by a Vietnamese author.
Prosenjit "Librarywallah" wrote: "As a thriller fan, I wish everyone reads "The Day Of The Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth. This book was the one that started it all!! The new age thriller pioneer."+1
Forsyth's 'The Negotiator' was pretty good, too.
Aditi wrote: "A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson"+1
An all-time favourite. Easily among the Top 5 books I've ever read.
The house of paper by Carlos Maria Dominguez
Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The seed keeper by Diane Wilson. Absolute gem of a book. Kindly requesting all the members to read this marvellous book.
All the crooked saints ~ Maggie Stiefvater All the light we cannot see ~ Anthony Doerr
Just two of those rare life-altering fiction books.
Stephen Covey’s The seven habits of highly effective people
40 Rules of Love by Elif Shafak.
Tamas - Bhishm SahniKafka on the Shore
The Grapes of Wrath
SARAH wrote: "The Intelligent Investor"I doubt even those who have an active interest in markets will be able to put up with Ben Graham's outdated writing style. :)
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India Was One (other topics)
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Fiction, Non-Fiction, doesn't matter.
Here's mine....
Autobiography Of An Unknown Cricketer
You don't have to like Cricket to enjoy this lovely memoir.