Suggest good books for personal library collection

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Konquerror said:
Consider these:

1. A Song of Ice and Fire series
2. Hunger Games Trilogy
3. Millennium Trilogy
4. Lord of the Rings series
5. Dan Brown novels (Da Vinci Code, Lost Symbol, Angels and Demons, Inferno)
6. Jack Reacher Series
7. Some books by Indian writers (God of Small Things, Narcopolis, White Tiger etc)
8. Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
9. Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
10. Harry Potter series
11. Some classics like To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye etc
12. Indian Mythology (Shiva Trilogy, Asura, Jaya, Krishna Coriolis series etc)
13. Godfather series
14. Biographies of Einstein, Steve Jobs, Ramanujam, Gandhi etc
15. Novels by Agatha Christie
16. Novels by Jeffrey Archer

Register yourself at http://goodreads.com and search for books according to your interest.
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+1 for Jack Teacher series. Finished all 17 of them.
 
mathrisk said:
Disagree.

The DaVinci Code is one of the highest selling books ever. (source) And I suppose it deserves so.
Well, Inferno and Lost Symbol may not be his best work, but Angels & Demons and DaVinci Code are definitely must read fictions.

And Shiva Trilogy - well, remove the 2nd & 3rd books but 1st book is one of the readable Indian fiction of recent times. Author definitely deserves some credit for setting the plot though he could not end the story well.

I haven't read many of the books listed.
But I wouldn't recommend '2. Hunger Games Trilogy' - I have read just the 1st book and IMO its just overhyped book whose plot is even inspired from various similar movies (Battle Royale, Condemned, Death Race etc).
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Well I haven't read Hunger Games Trilogy yet. Will start after finishing my current book.

And I agree, Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons are really nice novels.
 
Being.smart said:
Noting down all book list, thanks for the replies :D :D :D
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IF you are serious about it, also consider
  • Kite Runner, A thousand Splendid Suns, And the Mountains Echoed - all by Khaled Hosseini (my rating 10, 10, 7.5 respectively)
  • Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
  • Kane and Abel, Prodigal Daughter, Not a Penny less - not a Penny more - by Jeffrey Archer
  • Sherlock Holmes
 
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2 great book to start off would be

1] D.H. Lawrence - "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
2] James Joyce - "Ulysses"

If you enjoy the 1st then head on to the 2nd .......

And if you 'complete' reading the second then you are all set to go :cool:

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Google to find out 'Why both of the above' would always feature in the list of 'All Time Greatest Books Ever Written'
 
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mathrisk said:
IF you are serious about it, also consider
  • Kite Runner, A thousand Splendid Suns, And the Mountains Echoed - all by Khaled Hosseini (my rating 10, 10, 7.5 respectively)
  • Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
  • Kane and Abel, Prodigal Daughter, Not a Penny less - not a Penny more - by Jeffrey Archer
  • Sherlock Holmes
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Now, I agree. These are just awesome ones. And every Indian should read Shaantaram.
 
mathrisk said:
Whatever its is - a novel or 'love story' or guide to 'moksha' or ultimate self-help book - I didn't get it. I really find it a silly book indeed. :p
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Yes, I second you. I felt that I wasted my time reading it. Another book in this category is "The Monk who Sold his Ferrari" :P
 
I third you friends. Alchemist is some what tolerable, but Monk who sold is just unbearable friends. Both are overhyped piece of shit, friends.
 
Fiction:
Alistair Maclean, Desmond Bagley, Micheal Crighton (he doesn't know how to end his books - excl. Terminal Man, Jurassic Park - but the build-up is terrific!), some of John Grisham.

NonFiction: much much better for showing off :smug:
- books by Arun Shourie, Malcom Gladwell, ones like One Up on Wall Street, A Random Walk don Wall Street, Fooled by Randomness, Rise & Fall of the Third Reich, A short history of nearly everything (Bryson).

You can also browse the NY Times bestsellers and Amazon best sellers lists.

I, for one stopped buying books in physical form- use my Sony Reader - much much more convenient & environment friendly to boot!
 
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