Saturday, January 21, 2012

My favourite books from last year


Here are 15 books which I would recommend for reading. This selection has been made from the ones I read last year; some for the first time and some I had read earlier but gave them a repeated read – 

1. Chanakya’s Chant – Ashwin Sanghi
2. Immortals of Meluha – Amish Tripathi
3. Secret of the Nagas (sequel to Immortals of Meluha) – Amish Tripathi
4. Open: An Autobiography – Andre Agassi
5. Chowringhee – Shankar
6. The Story of My Assassins – Tarun Tejpal
7. Tunnel of Time (An Autobiography) – R K Laxman
8. Mao – Jung Chang, Jon Holliday
9. The Girl Series – Stieg Larsson
            The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
            The Girl who played with Fire
            The Girl who kicked the Hornet’s Nest
10. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography – Waltor Issacson
11. God save the Dork (sequel to Dork) – Sidin Vadukut
12. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
13. Romancing With Life: An Autobiography – Dev Anand
14. Alchemy of Desire – Tarun Tejpal
15. Curfewed Night – Basharat Peer
P.S. Of these 2 must read are: Open and Curfewed Night. 

Bye

P.P.S. If you are going to buy online, I recommend flipkart.com as you will get great discounts plus very good service and delivery. On sites likes Indiaplaza.com and Infibeam.com you might get additional discount of Rs. 15-20 but you might end up ruing your decision plus their customer care sucks. This is Personal experience. Rest is up to you. After all ours is a democratic country.

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