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hi to all, I have a huge interest in novels..so jst want to share my interest and knowledge with u frnz..If u ppl knw sum interesting and unforgettable books.. pls let all of us knw..so dat we can also enjoy dat book.. And yeah pls also tell why u like dis particular book and the name of the author..If possible give sum brief..
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| Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte the best love story I ever read
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Heathcliff is one of my fav literary characters |
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thanx....yeah i hv heard a lot abt dis book but never read.....vll try to read asap... |
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मैंने भी वथरिंग हाइट्स पढ़ी है। ताज्जूब करनेवाली बात यह है कि एमली ब्रोंट ने यह उपन्यास तब लिखी थी जब वे मात्र 15 साल की थीं। यह उनकी एकमात्र उपन्यास है। उनकी दोनों बहनें भी लेखिकाएं थी। बड़ी बहन चार्लोट ब्रोंटे की लिखी हुई किताब जेन आयर, अंग्रेजी के ओल-टाइम क्लासिकों में गिनी जाती है। मेरे जमाने में सभी स्कूली बच्चे इसे चाव से पढ़ते थे। अभी के बच्चे हैरीपोटर और लोर्ड ओफ द रिंग्स में ही उलझे रहते हैं, हालांकि ये भी गजब की किताबें हैं। |
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Wuthering Heights is also one of my favourites. |
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| The last awesome book I read was 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley. It is essentially a satirical take on the mass production and standardization of society. I'd say it's a must-read. Sumit |
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I love the initial introduction tour into that birthing factory! |
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Yeah...wish I could read that book. I have read 1984, a book on a similar theme. |
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| hey dreaming eyes..why dont you read some chicklits...like "Shopaholic series by sophie kinsella,you would love it .. Idont know how she does it.by allison pearson... You can also scroll through my library : |
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| For chicklit try 'How to walk in High heels', 'A year in high heels', 'Matrimonial purposes', 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
For a good read, the books that I recently finished and found a good read are :- Shantaram The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor Hitchhikers series by Douglas Adams Anna Karenina by Tolstoy White Tiger by Arvind Adiga Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini |
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Read the wiki articles on these for more |
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Anna Karenina by Tolstoy is a classic . good selection. |
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| hello to all...... thanx so much for sharing information....sumit, hakuna, dream, bishwajeet.. rite now m reading Brida by Paulo Coelho.....vry much interesting.... |
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| Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. (Philosophy) Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein. (Fantasy) On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins. (Engineering/NeuroScience) (Makes for a good casual read also) Many more..... |
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Oooh, I had a major crush on Roark. LOTR gets off to a heavy start, but once you are done with the series, you feel like you are a part of a whole new world of fantasy. It never ceases to astonish you how Tolkein managed to dream up an entire set of people and even their language. |
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Oh my GOD! I love Roark too, Sindhu! And yea, Ayn Rand Khaled Hosseni.. read them. LOTR is something I have never been able to read! I start.. then the size of the book and the magnitude of it.. scares me away!! :(
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@Hakuna : I started LOTR 4 weeks b4 my semester exam and dint touch my subjects till i finished it. tht was 2 weeks. @Kadambari : I started with reading novels in pretty much the same way. started off with Harry Potter and finished off 6 books in 14 days. later all books caught me pretty easily. LOTR is no diff. I started reading it from the Prelude - 'The Hobbit' too. And, can i say i had a crush in Dominique? oh yes I can! |
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Consider the fact that i read every book in my early reading days from e-book. till as recent as my prev 3 books. :P |
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Kadambari, try skipping the Prologue. Just head straight to the first chapter, you don't miss much. Come back to the prologue after you finish the book, you will find it relevant and interesting. That's what I did with LOTR. :D |
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लोर्ड ओफ द रिग्स जैसी एक अन्य शृंखला भी है, जो एक 15-16 साल के लड़के ने लिखी है - एरागोन, एलडेस्ट और ब्रिसिंजेर। लेखक - क्रिस्टोफर पाउलिनी। पर ये लोर्ड ओफ द रिंग्स के स्तर की नहीं हैं। पर बच्चों को बहुत भाता है। इन पुस्तकों पर भी फिल्में बनी हैं। इनमें भी तरह-तरह के ड्रैगन और काल्पनिक पशु-पक्षी और मायावी राक्षस, बौने, जादूगर, आदि हैं। |
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फाउंटेनहेड मैंने पढ़ना शुरू किया था, पर पूरा न कर पाया। मुझे वह नीरस लगी। |
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| For Hindi readers "Mrityunjaya" by Shivaji Sawant |
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मेरी पसंद निराल की "बटेश्वर बकरिहा" है। यह एक छोटी उपन्यासिका है जिसमें निराला ने एक ऐसे गरीब, साधारण आदमी की कथा सुनाई जो घोर परिश्रम और अदम्य उत्साह से अपने आपको ऊपर उठा लेता है और समाज में प्रतिष्ठा पाता है। वह न तो धर्म का सहारा लेता है न भ्रष्टाचार, बस अपनी दृढ़ता और यथार्थवादिता से यह कमाल कर दिखाता है। इसलिए यह कथा आजकल के नौजवानों के लिए अत्यंत प्रेरणादायक है। मुझे वृंदावनलाल वर्मा के ऐतिहासिक उपन्यास भी खूब पसंद है, खासकरके उनका प्रथम उपन्यास "गढ़ कुंठार", जिसे मैं बारबार पढ़ रहता हूं। |
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"Mrityunjaya" by Shivaji Sawant is originally written in Marathi, and translation of the book in hindi is published by Bharatiya Jnanpith. |
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@बालसुब्रमण्यम जी, निराला की रचना का नाम ’बिल्लेसुर बकरिहा’ है । प्रेरणादायी और महत्वपूर्ण उपन्यास है यह निराला का ।
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| I read a lot too..My all time favourite is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women
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How can I forget P.G.Wodehouse.. His books are really good..especially those with Jeeves :) |
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I loved that Earl who was crazy for pigs.... |
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| P.G. woodhouse is my favourite too. | ||||
हां यह मजेदार किताब है। इस शृंखला की दो एक अन्य किताबें भी हैं, गुड वाइव्स और लिटिल मेन। क्या आपने इन्हें भी पढ़ा है? |
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पीजी वुडहाउस का तो कहना ही क्या! जीव्स, ब्रटी वूस्टर, लोर्ड एल्म्सफोर्ड (वही सूअर पालक), उनका नटखट भाई गैडफ्लाय (?), डरावनी बहनें... ये अमर रहेंगे साहित्य की दुनिया में. ह्यूमर वाली किताबों की बात चली है, तो मैं "थ्री मेन इन ए बोट" का नाम लेना चाहूंगा। बहुत ही मजेदार है। हंस-हंसकर पेट दुखने लगेगा पढ़कर। यह पीजी वुडहाउस का पूर्ववर्ती है, और कई लोगों का मानना है कि पीजी वुडहाउस ने इसी की शैली का अनुसरण किया है। |
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| As far as chicklit is concerned try the shopaholic series and gossip girl series... just started with the later. Last week i finishd 'A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini'... loved it Also there is- 'catch 22', 'catcher in the rye', 'not a penny more not a penny less' .... my absolut fav, 'the glass palace', 'hungry tide'. Guess i need not mention Dan Brown's Angels and Demons and Sidney Sheldon's Windmill of the gods. PS: Personally i believe in not buying the books .... but almost just FYI (in case u r interested) i know for sure all the ebooks are available for free download. |
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| I have White Tiger ebook, but I would suggest you guys to buy the book, read it and keep it. Worth the read . :) |
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I borrowed it from a frnd. Was engrossed in it very much. esp, i loved the way in the narrative style it is written. For re-reading, i usually keep ebooks. 'l read only those parts i wud want to. |
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| Iam an occasional book worm too. Some suggestions are Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo Love Story by Erich Sagel Fountain Head by Ayn Rand Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni Sold by Zana Muhsen and more
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| Some Suggestions are..... Alchemist by paulo cohelo... Are you afraid of dark by sidney shelton The Hobbit by Tolkien etc.
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| I have a large collection of e-Novels.... if any of you are interested i'll upload it, for you..... Cheers, Kunal |
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Hey Kunal! I would love to get Hitchhikers series.. if you have! |
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Hey Kunal, I just found out that you have a good collection of e novels. Could you please tell which ones do you have in your collection.
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I hope we are not promoting piracy here. |
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| hello...thanx to all......for sharing ur knowledge.. has anybody read.." Not a penny more Not a penny less" by Jaffrey Archer... hws it..?? i hv heard a lot of gud thngs abt dis book but hvnt read yet...
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It's good. All short stories. But witty and interesting! |
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Not a Penny More Not a Penny Less is not a collection of short stories. It's actually Archer's first novel. It's an excellent, excellent money scam-revenge thriller. His short story collections are Twist in the Tale and Quiver Full of Arrows. |
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Oh yeah, that and A quiver full of arrows |
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Not a penny more,not a penny less is an excellent book..The initial pages are a bit boring, but if u can read past them, then the plotting and planning depicted in the novels are very engrossing. |
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| My all time favorite, apart from Ayn Rand, is Erich Segal. The Class, Doctors were all awesome! Khaled Hosseni weaves some kind of magic with his words. I'm also reading Shantaram right now. Read books by Dan Brown & Jeffery Archer too. But hey, how come no one mentioned Harry Potter?! I would love those books even if I turn 60! So, I now have to read some of the books suggested above! (Hitchikers and LOTR). I find LOTR to be more complicated than my course books! Trust me, I attempted reading it almost 4 times! Never succeeded! Mera number bhi aayega!
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| @Kadambari Read all 7 of Potter series last yr almost continously. Loved each one of them & still go back to them. Read entire Godfather series as well. Do u hav that Robin Cooks medical thriller as an e-book? Has anyone read the twilight series? There was much hype abt it as being the sole competitor of Harry Potter books & movies. Also has anyone seen the 1st twilight movie? | ||||
हैरी पोटर की बात आई है, तो मैं यह कहने से नहीं रह पा रहा हूं कि आज पाकिस्तान में जिस तरह तालिबान फैलता जा रहा है, वह हैरी पोटर में वोल्डरमोट के डेथ ईटर्स (जिन्हें हैरी पोटर के हिंदी संस्करणों में नर-पिशाच कहा गया है) जिस तरह जादुई नगरी में फैलते जाते हैं, उसकी याद दिलाता है। क्या आपको ऐसा नहीं लगा? सोचनेवाली बात यह है कि क्या पाकिस्तान ओर्डर ओफ द फिनिक्स जैसी कोई सेना गठित करके तालिबान रूपी डेथ ईटर्स की जमात को हरा पाएगा या नहीं? और यह भी कि पाकिस्तान का हैरी पोटर कौन होगा? अभी वहां ऐसा कोई नजर नहीं आ रहा है। या फिर ओबामा ही हैरी पोटर का कार्यभार संभालेंगे, और ओर्डर ओफ द फोनिक्स की भूमिका अमरीकी सेना निभाएगी? आपको क्या लगत है? |
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| hi to all..... my list of fav books are :- Gone with the wind..... margaret mitchell..my all time fav..jst love Rhet Butler Mirror image / The long road home / The ghost by danielle steel Kane and Abel / Prodigal Daughter by Jaffrey Archer Alchemist / Brida / A Prisoner of birth by Pualo coelho Timeless by.. frgt the author name.... All novels by Sidney Sheldon....... |
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| Here are some I like.. PG Wodehouse - pretty much any book; i love Jeeves-Wooster series and Blandings. The best light reading ever! Rohinton Mistry - Swimming lessons and other tales from Firozsha Baag, A Fine Balance (perhaps on the best books I have read) Jeffery Eugenedes - Middlesex Jayant Kaikini - Dots and Lines
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| My ones, Shantaram, How Starbucks changed my Life, White Tiger are my current favourites. Books of V.S. Naipul are my all time favourties. The Second World is the current one.
Cheerio, PN. |
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वी एस नाईपोल का ए बेंड इन द रिवर उपन्यास मुझे बहुत अच्छी लगी। ए हाउस फोर बिस्वास भी अच्छी है। उन्होंने भारत के बारे में जो तीन किताबें लिखी हैं, वे भी पढ़ने लायक हैं। ये सचमुच महान लेखक हैं, और इनकी सभी किताबें पढ़ने लायक हैं। |
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I too have read these three novels, and become a fan of Naipaul. 1. The Mystic masseur : book describes the career of an imaginative islander who rises through a series of failures as a teacher, a writer, and a masseur to become a successful politician and then ultimately a disillusioned Member of the British Empire (M.B.E.) 2. A House of Mr. Biswas : Novel traces the struggle of Mr. Biswas to own a house which he ultimately does manage to acquire, though his premature death has a touch of tragedy about it. 3. Guerrillas : novel deals with a Carribbean island after its achievement of freedom. |
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| Nice to see many Wodehouse fans here. :D I'm one too! Does anyone read Robin Cook's medical thrillers? Some folks feel they're too technical, but despite coming from a non-medical background, I enjoy them thoroughly. Sumit |
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| I like Robin Cook's medical thrillers a lot! I recently finished reading Foreign Body. Like you say, I have no medical background but I fnd them very interesting! |
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I liked that one about Anthrax, I forgot whats the title, do you remember? |
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next up, I've bought Atlas Shrugged.
