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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
Heathcliff is one of my fav literary characters
thanx....yeah i hv heard a lot abt dis book but never read.....vll try to read asap...
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।
Wuthering Heights is also one of my favourites.
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
I love the initial introduction tour into that birthing factory!
Yeah...wish I could read that book. I have read 1984, a book on a similar theme.
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 :
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
Read the wiki articles on these for more
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy is a classic . good selection.
hello to all......
thanx so much for sharing information....sumit, hakuna, dream, bishwajeet..
rite now m reading Brida by Paulo Coelho.....vry much interesting....
For Hindi readers "Mrityunjaya" by Shivaji Sawant
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।
"Mrityunjaya" by Shivaji Sawant is originally written in Marathi, and translation of the book in hindi is published by Bharatiya Jnanpith.
@बालसुब्रमण्यम जी, निराला की रचना का नाम ’बिल्लेसुर बकरिहा’ है । प्रेरणादायी और महत्वपूर्ण उपन्यास है यह निराला का ।
I read a lot too..My all time favourite is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women
How can I forget P.G.Wodehouse.. His books are really good..especially those with Jeeves :)
I loved that Earl who was crazy for pigs....
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?
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।
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.
I have White Tiger ebook, but I would suggest you guys to buy the book, read it and keep it. Worth the read . :)
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.
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
Some Suggestions are.....
Alchemist by paulo cohelo...
Are you afraid of dark by sidney shelton
The Hobbit by Tolkien etc.
I have a large collection of e-Novels....
if any of you are interested i'll upload it, for you.....
Cheers,
Kunal
Hey Kunal! I would love to get Hitchhikers series.. if you have!
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.
I hope we are not promoting piracy here.
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...
It's good. All short stories. But witty and interesting!
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.
Oh yeah, that and A quiver full of arrows
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.
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.......
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
I'm surprised, no body mentioned Stephen King or Dan Brown's The Da vinci code. Right now, I'm reading Dean Koontz' Ticktock. Its really good. I'm half way through. And yea, most of Sidney Sheldon books are good.
heyyyy....wat abt sum interesting biographies... if ny1 hs read any...
Try The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel. It is about the Indian mathematician Ramanujan. The last few pages made me cry: his life is the stuff of novels.
As for my fav books, sidney sheldon's Tell me ur dreams, Forsyth's Phantom of Manhattan, Arundhati Roy's God of Small Things make good read.
In non fiction, Carl Sagan's books on astronomy Cosmos is a must read. It changed my life forever...things have never been the same since, as it made me addicted to astronomy and science.
Love,
Aravindh
@Dreaming Eyes Steve Jobs --- the ICON, fantastic book. Always wanted to know more the glitzy Apple.
@Zeon Read the Da Vinci code, very interesting.
You seem to have posted this 5 months ago. Not sure if this is even relavent anymore - I loved the Agony and Estasy (Leonardo Da Vinci's biography).
If you have not read it yet, The diary of a young girl -Anne Frank is something you must pick up.
I'ld consider Tuesdays with Morrie very good. Another set of books I can suggest in case you like science is - Richard Feynman's books (You are surely joking Mr. Feyman, etc). Any physics enthusiast worth his momentum would read this!
And my favourite of them all - Imperial Woman by Pearl S Buck (my fav author). Now, for some shameless self promotion, here is a review I'd written abt Imperial Woman -
http://hotcupofcoffee.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/imperial-woman/
Hey what about John Grisham and Geoferry Archery books. They are intersting ones too!!
In case you are looking for business biographies Richard Branson's Losing My Virginity is interesting read. Also Khuswant Singh's Autobiography is good.
You guys got hell lot of interesting books there.. i should start picking them one by one :)
Now I got some good timepass over my 2 months vacation!! Thankuz!
The latest I am reading is The kite runner. I am half way through and the it has already taken my heart away. Wonderful flow of emotions and the detailing just perfect. You get to know things about Afghanistan. How things changed there..I would recommend this book. Every book lover should read it.
A new author i read was Mary Higgins Clark. Her book-I heard the song before. It's a suspense novel and she has managed to keep us enthrilled till the end. I would give 3.5 to this.
Regards
Megha