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Shawon Sarkar

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Shawon’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1991)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (609)
did-not-finish‎ (10)
next-read-e‎ (776)
bangla‎ (360)
next-read-b‎ (331)
translated‎ (128)
sheba‎ (123)

liberation-war-and-politics‎ (47)
memoir-biography‎ (46)
sci-fi‎ (41)
mystery-thriller‎ (38)
english‎ (34)
nonfiction-essay-science‎ (30)
humor‎ (28)
romance‎ (27)
teen-kids‎ (24)

travel‎ (23)
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short-story‎ (16)
historical-fiction‎ (15)
war‎ (14)
history‎ (12)
subcontinent‎ (10)
книга‎ (9)

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partition‎ (8)
poetry‎ (8)
film‎ (7)
espionage‎ (5)
plays‎ (5)
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hunting‎ (3)
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Shawon’s Quotes

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: cynicism

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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It

tags: travel

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

69831 likes

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

47090 likes

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

tags: afford, let-alone, natural, rich, wealth

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Shawon’s Groups

Goodreads Librarians Group — 320466 members — last activity 4 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

বই লাভার'স পোলাপান (Boi lover's polapan) — 1494 members — last activity Apr 16, 2026 08:02PM
ফেসবুক ভিত্তিক গ্রুপ বই লাভার'স পোলাপান (Boi lover's polapan) এর গুডরিডস গ্রুপ এটি । New টপিক পোস্ট করার আগে অবশ্যই Guideline পোস্টটি পড়ে জেনে নিন গ ...more

Bangladesh — 1517 members — last activity Apr 06, 2026 10:46AM
Goodreads users from Bangladesh, who like to read, and like to discuss about the books they love.

Bangladeshi book lovers — 223 members — last activity Mar 10, 2024 10:18AM
Hope to get a group of people who love to read and share what they're reading. Invite more of ur friends to make this group a vibrant one. By the way, ...more

Storyteller Bangladesh - A fortnightly book review competition — 50 members — last activity Oct 04, 2017 11:44PM
Have you recently or remotely read any book? If yes, why don’t you tell us about it and get an attractive prize from us!! Storyteller Bangladesh is a ...more

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