Books & Authors I Liked
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Enid Blyton |
A list perpetually in the making...Some books in here are the ones I liked at the time i read them, not sure if all of them would fascinate me as much (chances are they would)...Not a comprehensive list again....
- Enid Blyton - Enid Blyton Wiki Page
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Harper Lee |
- Pink Whistle - Read this and binkle & flip even now in the pretext of reading it to my son
- Binkle & Flip (book of bunnies)
- Amar Chitra Khata - Most of them - need to thank the publication for information and interest kindled
- Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Ema Orczy
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- To Sir With love - E R Braithwaite (never tire of reading it - highlly recommended)
- Mahabharata for kids by Rajagopalachari
- Who moved my cheese by Spencer Johonson
- Sex is not a four letter word by Dr.Sudhakar Krishnamurti- A must read-informative& humorous - About sudhakar Krishnamurti
- Animal Farm - George Orwell
- To Kill a mocking bird - Harper Lee
- Harry Potter - J K Rowling
- The suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
- The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hameed
- Arthur Hailey: Have loved all his books few lines have stayed with me one is from Strong Medicine - a lesser man will have reminded me, he told me so..... his books gives one an insight into the working of the industry - Arthur Hailey - Wiki page
- Final diagnosis
- Overload
- Airport
- Hotel
- Strong Medicine
- Evening news
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Arthur Hailey |
- Runway Zero eight - Not many pages,quick read, good one (also published as flight into danger)
- A J Cronin - Another all time favourite - have loved all his books - A J Cronin wikipage
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A J Cronin |
- Citadel
- Pocketful of rye
- The Keys of the kingdom (loved this book)
- A J Quinnell - A J Quinnell wiki page
- The Mahadi
- The Siege of silence
- In the name of the father (outstanding - a must read)
- Dan Brown
- Da vinci Code
- Deception Point
- Angels & Demons
- Dominique Lapierre
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Henry Denker |
- Freedom at midnight (Indian Independence movement) (With Larry Collins)
- O Jerusalem (Birth of Israel) (written with Larry Collins)
- Five Past Midnight in Bhopal ( written with Javier Moro)
- Frederick Forsyth - Have liked most of his books
- Icon
- Odessa File
- The Devil' alternative
- Henry Denker - Brilliant - exceptional work - loved his books - Relatively lesser known
- The Choice
- Kate Kincaid
- Outrage
- The Experiment
- Humphrey Hawksley
- Dragon fire
- Dragon strike
- The Third world war
- Jeffrey Archer: Loved all his books except the Prison diaries,they got drab after a point - one book should have done it... About Jeffrey Archer
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Jeffrey Archer |
- Shall we tell the president (more so since it was the first Archer I read)
- As the Crow Flies
- Kane & Able
- Not a penny less, not a penny more
- The fourth Estate
- A Matter of Honour
- Prisoner by birth (loved the way he flicked Count of Monte Cristo)
- Sons of fortune
- First among equals
- Paths of glory
- John Grisham - Like most of his books About John Grisham
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John Grisham |
- The Berthen
- The Rainmaker
- The Runaway Jury
- The Juror
- The Pelican Brief
- The Client
- A Time to kill
- The Innocent Man (True Story - non fiction) liked it a lot
- Ken Follet - Another author where in I have liked all his books About Ken Follett
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Ken Follet |
- Eye of the needle
- On wings of eagles (true story - Ross Perot's rescue of EDS employees from Iran)
- Lie down with the lions
- Pillars of the earth
- World without end
- Leon Uris
- Ramesh Menon:
- Richard Bach: The first one is a must read - the rest depends, as for myself liked them all. The rest many would find slow paced and far fetched - About Richard Bach
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Richard Bach |
- Jonathan Livingston the seagull
- Bi Plane
- illusions
- The Bridge Across forever
- One
- Robert Fulghum - Man with a varied background, the richness of which shows in his works.simple writing style.Brilliant body of work - About Robert Fulghum
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Robert Fulghum |
- All I needed to learn, I learnt in kindergarten
- Uh-Oh - some observations from both sides of the refrigerator door
- From beginning to end The rituals of our life
- It Was on fire when I lay down on it
- Maybe Maybe not
- Stieg Larson
- The girl with a dragon tattoo
- The girl that played with fire
- The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
- Wilbur smith - Finds mention given a few brilliant pages.The elephant song - In the first few pages, the forest warden explains how & why culling the elephants is essential, the pain is well captured. In Eagle in the sky the last few pages stand out - where the protagonist is making up his mind on what is the right thing to do. All his books have a fair share of Africa in it. Commendable body of work - About Wilbur Smith
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Wilbur Smith |
- Eagle in the sky
- Elephant Song
- Biographies
- SMG a Biography of Sunil Manhor Gavaskar by Devendra Prabhudesai
- Head On - Ian Botham
- Open - Andre Agasi
- Serious - John McEnroe
- Pele - Pele
- Straight from the gut - Jack Welch
- Iacoccca an autobiography
- Made in Japan - Akio Morita -Sony
- Screw it lets do it & Loosing my virginity - Richard Branson
- Who says Elephants can't dance - how i turned around IBM - Louis Gerstner Jr
That's an exhaustive list..
ReplyDeleteWill take your reco, after finishing you know what series :)
Interestingly I was just commenting to a frd(Satish) who has suggested me a few titles to read and sharpen my feminist ideas :))) Some titles are enticing.. You may like too.. copy pasting for your ref
1.Simone de Beauvoir-The Second Sex
2. Kate Millet-Sexual Politics
3. Mary Ellman -Thinking About Women
Ellman wries: Books by women are treated as though they themselves were women, an criticism embarks, at its happiest, upon an intellectual measuring of busts and hips.
4. Elaine Showalter-A Literature of Their Own
5. Sandra M Gilbert & Susan Gubar- The Mad Woman in the Attic
6.Literary Women-Ellen Moes
7. Helene Cixous-An Imaginary Utopia
8.Luce Irigaray-Looking Glass
9. Toril Moi-Sexual/Texual Politics
Thanks...current to read list (as in books bought not read) is big..after that will get your list...
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