The Books Thread (Fiction)

amitoj · 5th November 2004, 16:10

Am i too late to post my two pennies here?? I love to read as well.
Many favourite authors for many different reasons.
I like Jeffrey Archer, Sidney Sheldon etc for the ease of reading and a good time pass.
Salman Rushdie coz he has a beautiful writing style.
Terry Pratchett and Doug Adams for hilarious novels.
Khalil Gibran to seek comfort.
The list can go on and on.
And not to forget, the best is Bill Waterson for giving us Calvin and Hobbes.

tifosikrishna · 16th December 2005, 13:40

hello bhpians, let me know the best books that you have read ... .be it fiction or biography or any topic. hope we will have good list and may be used for future reading.

mine are

1. Gun, germs and steel by jared diamond
2. Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid by c.k.prahalad
3. all books by arthur hailey
4. 7 habits of highly effective people by stephen covey
5. understanding exposure by bryan peterson.

i am now currently reading Toyota way.

amitoj · 16th December 2005, 14:00

here goes mine:
1. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
2. HithchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
3. The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie, tied with Moor's Last Sigh here.
4. 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King

Apart from above, love all of Terry Pratchett's works. Recently finished reading 5 Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. A very interesting reading for people like me who brought up the rear when it came to grades in engineering

Currently reading Eyeless In Gaza by Aldous Huxley.

Cheers
Amitoj

islero · 16th December 2005, 14:01

In no particular order

All things bright and beautiful (and the other 3 parts of omnibus) - James Herriot
My family and other animals - Gerald Durrell (and any other book by him )
The world of nagaraj - RK Narayan
The fourth protocol - Frederick Forsyth
angels and demons - Dan Brown

damn I wanna include more, I just love books........

tifosikrishna · 16th December 2005, 14:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by islero

In no particular order

damn I wanna include more, I just love books........

5 is just an arbitary number... just go ahead.. would like to know more.

GTO · 16th December 2005, 14:13

Great Topic!! Heres mine :

1. Leading the revolution - Gary Hamel
2. Art of War - Sun Tzu
3. 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey - Spot on Tifosi!
4. Various biographies by Iacocca, Jack Welch, Sam Walton, Michael Schumacher etc.
5. The Polyester Prince - Hamish McDonald (On Dhirubhai Ambani)
6. Assorted Collection by Dale Carnegie
7. Forever the Faith - Cyrus Merchant
8. Assorted collection on Jainism. By various spiritual leaders and Jain preachers.

Sorry but it was too difficult to restrict to 5

GTO

tifosikrishna · 16th December 2005, 14:16

guys, please do it in the following order. once we have a big list, let me try to consolidate.

name of the book, author,topic, short description.

thanks.

mohit · 16th December 2005, 14:24

1. The Prophet - Khalil Gibran
2. Notes to Myself - Hugh Prather
3. Anything and everything by Alistair Mclean
4. A matter of honour - Jeffry Archer
5. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

amitoj · 16th December 2005, 14:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by mohit

1. The Prophet - Khalil Gibran

Prophet at number 1 once again!
Glad to know u also like it, Mohit. The book is deceptively small for the amount of impact it carries.

mohit · 16th December 2005, 14:30

I got it as a gift and my friend had written "A manual to life" on the cover. It truely is.

tsk1979 · 16th December 2005, 14:49

I am a sciene fiction/Fantasy buff.

So my favs are Simoquin prophesies - Gameworld triology part 1(Samit Basu), Nights Dawn triology(Peter F Hamilton), Pandora's Star(Peter F Hamilton), Stephen Kings books(Stand, Dark tower series etc.,), LOTR and Harry potter.

Apart from that I liked the Barthimaeus Triology, Eragon and Eldest by paulini.

currently reading
"The Manticore's secret - Gameworld Triology part II). Infact the copy I got from the book launch and also got it sighned by the author!

Abhay · 16th December 2005, 15:15

Nice topic indeed.
Its difficult to say which 5 or more books though..

All travelogues by Pu. La. Deshpande (they are in Marathi btw but other Maharashtrians will understand the fantastic humour and observation of this great man, alas he is no more)

Robert Ludlum (I read all his books even though they are complicated, weird and even boring I still keep on doing it!) - The Bourne Identity is a fav

Enzo Ferrari - A biography - Richard Williams
great insight into the old man's life

I am a buff of WW I and WW II hence I like most books on those topics.

Jack Higgins - An eagle has landed.
John Grisham - The Runaway Jury
Jeffrey Archer - short story collections

Currently I have plenty of new books (bought) but not yet completed reading -
Mexico-parva - a travelogue by Meena Prabhu
Dude, where's my country? - Michael Moore
Robert Ludlum - The sigma protocol

mclaren1885 · 16th December 2005, 15:18

heading my list would be " da davinci code" by dan brown..to follow up the rest would be a difficult proposition but i do make it a point to read books by jeffrey arhcer,sidney sheldon,dan brown,clive cussler and ya the harry potter series..

Joz · 16th December 2005, 15:41

Usually stick to non ficiton. Auto biographies of guys like Lee Iacoca is my favourite.

Currently reaing "The World is Flat - by Thomas Friedman".

tifosikrishna · 16th December 2005, 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joz

Usually stick to non ficiton. Auto biographies of guys like Lee Iacoca is my favourite.

Currently reaing "The World is Flat - by Thomas Friedman".

i read that book recently. pages 396 to 406 were good. there would be a mention about how dell manage their supply chain... it was really amazing.

joz, for quite some time, i have also been reading non fictions.

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5th November 2004, 16:10	#31
amitoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windham, NH USA Posts: 3,348 Thanked: 3,105 Times View My Garage	Am i too late to post my two pennies here?? I love to read as well. Many favourite authors for many different reasons. I like Jeffrey Archer, Sidney Sheldon etc for the ease of reading and a good time pass. Salman Rushdie coz he has a beautiful writing style. Terry Pratchett and Doug Adams for hilarious novels. Khalil Gibran to seek comfort. The list can go on and on. And not to forget, the best is Bill Waterson for giving us Calvin and Hobbes.
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16th December 2005, 13:40	#32
tifosikrishna BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: chennai Posts: 827 Thanked: 383 Times View My Garage	your top 5 books and what are you reading now hello bhpians, let me know the best books that you have read ... .be it fiction or biography or any topic. hope we will have good list and may be used for future reading. mine are 1. Gun, germs and steel by jared diamond 2. Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid by c.k.prahalad 3. all books by arthur hailey 4. 7 habits of highly effective people by stephen covey 5. understanding exposure by bryan peterson. i am now currently reading Toyota way.
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16th December 2005, 14:00	#33
amitoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windham, NH USA Posts: 3,348 Thanked: 3,105 Times View My Garage	here goes mine: 1. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran 2. HithchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 3. The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie, tied with Moor's Last Sigh here. 4. 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 5. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King Apart from above, love all of Terry Pratchett's works. Recently finished reading 5 Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. A very interesting reading for people like me who brought up the rear when it came to grades in engineering Currently reading Eyeless In Gaza by Aldous Huxley. Cheers Amitoj
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16th December 2005, 14:01	#34
islero Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,574 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	In no particular order All things bright and beautiful (and the other 3 parts of omnibus) - James Herriot My family and other animals - Gerald Durrell (and any other book by him ) The world of nagaraj - RK Narayan The fourth protocol - Frederick Forsyth angels and demons - Dan Brown damn I wanna include more, I just love books........
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16th December 2005, 14:13	#36
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,534 Thanked: 300,738 Times View My Garage	Great Topic!! Heres mine : 1. Leading the revolution - Gary Hamel 2. Art of War - Sun Tzu 3. 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey - Spot on Tifosi! 4. Various biographies by Iacocca, Jack Welch, Sam Walton, Michael Schumacher etc. 5. The Polyester Prince - Hamish McDonald (On Dhirubhai Ambani) 6. Assorted Collection by Dale Carnegie 7. Forever the Faith - Cyrus Merchant 8. Assorted collection on Jainism. By various spiritual leaders and Jain preachers. Sorry but it was too difficult to restrict to 5 GTO
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16th December 2005, 14:16	#37
tifosikrishna BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: chennai Posts: 827 Thanked: 383 Times View My Garage	let me try to consolidate... guys, please do it in the following order. once we have a big list, let me try to consolidate. name of the book, author,topic, short description. thanks. Last edited by tifosikrishna : 16th December 2005 at 14:22.
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16th December 2005, 14:24	#38
mohit BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto / Kurukshetra Posts: 677 Thanked: 168 Times	1. The Prophet - Khalil Gibran 2. Notes to Myself - Hugh Prather 3. Anything and everything by Alistair Mclean 4. A matter of honour - Jeffry Archer 5. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
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16th December 2005, 14:30	#40
mohit BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto / Kurukshetra Posts: 677 Thanked: 168 Times	I got it as a gift and my friend had written "A manual to life" on the cover. It truely is. Last edited by mohit : 16th December 2005 at 14:33.
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16th December 2005, 14:49	#41
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	I am a sciene fiction/Fantasy buff. So my favs are Simoquin prophesies - Gameworld triology part 1(Samit Basu), Nights Dawn triology(Peter F Hamilton), Pandora's Star(Peter F Hamilton), Stephen Kings books(Stand, Dark tower series etc.,), LOTR and Harry potter. Apart from that I liked the Barthimaeus Triology, Eragon and Eldest by paulini. currently reading "The Manticore's secret - Gameworld Triology part II). Infact the copy I got from the book launch and also got it sighned by the author!
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16th December 2005, 15:15	#42
Abhay BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 727 Thanked: 11 Times	Nice topic indeed. Its difficult to say which 5 or more books though.. All travelogues by Pu. La. Deshpande (they are in Marathi btw but other Maharashtrians will understand the fantastic humour and observation of this great man, alas he is no more) Robert Ludlum (I read all his books even though they are complicated, weird and even boring I still keep on doing it!) - The Bourne Identity is a fav Enzo Ferrari - A biography - Richard Williams great insight into the old man's life I am a buff of WW I and WW II hence I like most books on those topics. Jack Higgins - An eagle has landed. John Grisham - The Runaway Jury Jeffrey Archer - short story collections Currently I have plenty of new books (bought) but not yet completed reading - Mexico-parva - a travelogue by Meena Prabhu Dude, where's my country? - Michael Moore Robert Ludlum - The sigma protocol
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16th December 2005, 15:18	#43
mclaren1885 BANNED Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore (the city of modded cars) !! Posts: 4,820 Thanked: 45 Times View My Garage Infractions: 0/1 (10)	heading my list would be " da davinci code" by dan brown..to follow up the rest would be a difficult proposition but i do make it a point to read books by jeffrey arhcer,sidney sheldon,dan brown,clive cussler and ya the harry potter series.. Last edited by mclaren1885 : 16th December 2005 at 15:21.
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16th December 2005, 15:41	#44
Joz BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dubai Posts: 247 Thanked: 2 Times	Usually stick to non ficiton. Auto biographies of guys like Lee Iacoca is my favourite. Currently reaing "The World is Flat - by Thomas Friedman".
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