The Books Thread (Fiction)

sridhga · 1st August 2008, 18:12

[FONT=Helv][SIZE=2]1. Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham, David Dodd
2. The Theory of Investment Value by John Burr Williams
3. The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
4. The Warren Buffet Way by John Hagstorm
5. Buffetology by Mary Buffett
6. One upon Wall Street by Peter Lynch
7. Beating the Street by Peter Lynch
8. Berkshire Hathaway Annual Reports

Currently reading 'Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits' by Philip Fisher.
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mjothi · 1st August 2008, 20:51

The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
Last testament - Sam Bourne
The Goal - Godratt
Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler (For some reason, I could never finish this, its almost 8 months now, still not done

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samrat25 · 1st August 2008, 21:56

the prisoner of birth- Jeffry archer

babhishek · 12th August 2008, 13:57

cold steel : factual in depth account of the arcelor-mittal saga

CaAT · 13th August 2008, 15:24

1) The Corner of a Foreign Field - Ramchandra Guha
2) Marley and Me - John Grogan
3) The Future of Freedom - Fareed Zakaria
4) India and Pakistan in War and Peace - J N Dixit
5) Jim Corbett Omnibus
6) Harry Potter series
7) Calvin and Hobbes series
8) Freakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
9) 1857 che Swatantrya Samar (in Marathi) (translated as 'The Freedom
Struggle of 1857') - Veer Savarkar
10) Garambicha Bapu (again a Marathi novel) - S N Pendse

Sorry for making it Top 10

Currently reading - 'Between the Wickets' by Ray Robinson

manaa45 · 13th August 2008, 15:30

right now i am reading - three mistakes of my life - chetan bhagat

before that i finished reading - my life so far - autobiography of Jane Fonda - hollywood actress.

iceman7 · 13th August 2008, 16:33

A few of my fav book that i have read till date;

- Maximum City - Bombay lost and found - Suketu Mehta
- Freakonomics
- If tomorrow comes - Sidney Sheldon
- Violets are Blue - James Patterson

rajatmakar · 13th August 2008, 16:49

Right now I am reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini.

Some favourites are (not in order):

1. Notes from the underground, The Idiot, Poor People - By Dostoyevsky
2. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
3. Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude by G. G. Marquez

and many more like To Kill a Mocking Bird, Catcher in the Rye, Paddy Clark... The list goes on.

revvedup · 13th August 2008, 17:35

Hmm presently reading The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One.

esteem_lover · 13th August 2008, 17:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by mav2000

My fav books are:

1. The Godfather
2. The Sicilian
3. Bourne Identity
4. Eye of the Needle
5. Lord of the Rings

Sounds more like a list of fav movies

. I know most of them have been made into movies.

evo · 13th August 2008, 17:52

As the crow flies
The godfather
A Writerly Life
Barbarians At the Gates
Inscrutable Americans

I`m reading One Minute Manager now, lets see how it goes!!

tifosikrishna · 13th August 2008, 21:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo

Barbarians At the Gates

Barbarians at the gate.... one of my favorites. An absolute page-turner and a perfect example of the saying "fact is stranger than fiction".

evo · 19th August 2008, 11:38

hehe. Very true! Nobody could have imagined something like that. Read Liars Poker too.Its not as cool as Barbarians but its a fun read about the crazy bond traders of the eighties.

Cheers

agspins · 19th August 2008, 16:41

1.Losing My Virginity -- Richard Branson
2.Talking staright -- Lee Iacocca
3.Six Thinking Hats -- Edward De Bono
4.Da Vinci Code -- Dan Brown(ficition....!)
5.The Art of deception -- Kevin Mitnick

Starting freakonomics..........

mav2000 · 20th August 2008, 12:12

Does anyone read PG Wodehouse? Love it and even though the stories are pretty similar to each other the humor is outstanding.

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1st August 2008, 18:12	#256
sridhga BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 191 Thanked: 43 Times	[FONT=Helv][SIZE=2]1. Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham, David Dodd 2. The Theory of Investment Value by John Burr Williams 3. The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham 4. The Warren Buffet Way by John Hagstorm 5. Buffetology by Mary Buffett 6. One upon Wall Street by Peter Lynch 7. Beating the Street by Peter Lynch 8. Berkshire Hathaway Annual Reports Currently reading 'Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits' by Philip Fisher. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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1st August 2008, 20:51	#257
mjothi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,287 Thanked: 231 Times View My Garage	The Secret - Rhonda Byrne Last testament - Sam Bourne The Goal - Godratt Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler (For some reason, I could never finish this, its almost 8 months now, still not done )
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1st August 2008, 21:56	#258
samrat25 BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: mumbai Posts: 30 Thanked: 0 Times	the prisoner of birth- Jeffry archer
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12th August 2008, 13:57	#259
babhishek BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: KOLKATA Posts: 328 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	cold steel : factual in depth account of the arcelor-mittal saga
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13th August 2008, 15:24	#260
CaAT BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 117 Thanked: 0 Times	1) The Corner of a Foreign Field - Ramchandra Guha 2) Marley and Me - John Grogan 3) The Future of Freedom - Fareed Zakaria 4) India and Pakistan in War and Peace - J N Dixit 5) Jim Corbett Omnibus 6) Harry Potter series 7) Calvin and Hobbes series 8) Freakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner 9) 1857 che Swatantrya Samar (in Marathi) (translated as 'The Freedom Struggle of 1857') - Veer Savarkar 10) Garambicha Bapu (again a Marathi novel) - S N Pendse Sorry for making it Top 10 Currently reading - 'Between the Wickets' by Ray Robinson
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13th August 2008, 15:30	#261
manaa45 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: nerul, navi mum Posts: 357 Thanked: 49 Times	right now i am reading - three mistakes of my life - chetan bhagat before that i finished reading - my life so far - autobiography of Jane Fonda - hollywood actress.
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13th August 2008, 16:33	#262
iceman7 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: BOM \| TLL Posts: 751 Thanked: 469 Times	A few of my fav book that i have read till date; - Maximum City - Bombay lost and found - Suketu Mehta - Freakonomics - If tomorrow comes - Sidney Sheldon - Violets are Blue - James Patterson
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13th August 2008, 16:49	#263
rajatmakar BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 129 Thanked: 43 Times	My Reads Right now I am reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. Some favourites are (not in order): 1. Notes from the underground, The Idiot, Poor People - By Dostoyevsky 2. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 3. Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee 4. One Hundred Years of Solitude by G. G. Marquez and many more like To Kill a Mocking Bird, Catcher in the Rye, Paddy Clark... The list goes on.
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13th August 2008, 17:35	#264
revvedup BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Delhi Posts: 269 Thanked: 24 Times	Hmm presently reading The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One.
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13th August 2008, 17:52	#266
evo BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kolkata/Shillong Posts: 780 Thanked: 158 Times View My Garage	As the crow flies The godfather A Writerly Life Barbarians At the Gates Inscrutable Americans I`m reading One Minute Manager now, lets see how it goes!!
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19th August 2008, 11:38	#268
evo BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kolkata/Shillong Posts: 780 Thanked: 158 Times View My Garage	hehe. Very true! Nobody could have imagined something like that. Read Liars Poker too.Its not as cool as Barbarians but its a fun read about the crazy bond traders of the eighties. Cheers
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19th August 2008, 16:41	#269
agspins Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MH-31 Posts: 1,653 Thanked: 508 Times View My Garage	1.Losing My Virginity -- Richard Branson 2.Talking staright -- Lee Iacocca 3.Six Thinking Hats -- Edward De Bono 4.Da Vinci Code -- Dan Brown(ficition....!) 5.The Art of deception -- Kevin Mitnick Starting freakonomics..........
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20th August 2008, 12:12	#270
mav2000 BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 621 Thanked: 315 Times View My Garage	Does anyone read PG Wodehouse? Love it and even though the stories are pretty similar to each other the humor is outstanding.
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