(Last Updated: April 2001)
I have chosen ‘Top 10 Lists’ as a
way of communicating my preferences. Will be adding more to this list in
future.
Read this interesting article Power of Top 10
Lists
Top 10
Books (Fiction) I recommend
Top 10 Books (Non-Fiction) I
recommend
Top 10 Authors who are my favorites
Fiction
|
Title |
Author |
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Les Miserables |
Victor Hugo |
|
Roots |
Alex Haley |
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Animal Farm |
George Orwell |
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Gone with the Wind |
Margaret Mitchell |
|
Love Story |
Erich Segal |
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The Plot |
Irving Wallace |
|
Kane and Abel |
Jeffrey Archer |
|
The financial expert |
R.K.Narayan |
|
Coma |
Robin Cook |
|
If Tomorrow Comes |
Sidney Sheldon |
|
Overload |
Arthur Hailey |
|
Title |
Author |
Review Comments |
|
The Piligrim’s Progress |
John Bunyan |
A book that describes a typical
individual’s spiritual journey and how one tends to get diverted. |
|
Men are from Mars, Women
from Venus |
John Gray |
A must read for all the
married people. Recommend that it should be read after 1 year of marriage for
best results. |
|
My Experiments with Truth |
M.K.Gandhi |
A confessional auto
biography that comes forth with great details. Very inspiring book. |
|
One page management |
Riaz Khadem, Robert
Lorber |
A simple and easy way to manage
through one page reports through the organization |
|
One Minute for myself |
Spencer Johnson |
Best way to achieve
success and results, just taking a one minute for self |
|
One Minute Manager |
Kenneth Blanchard,
Spencer Johnson |
How a one minute can make
in manager’s career |
|
The Richest man in
Babylon |
George S. Clason |
How to become rich and
stay rich |
|
Dare to Win |
Jack Canfield and Mark
Victor Hansen |
Dare to set your goals
and achieve success. |
|
How to remain ever happy |
M.K.Gupta |
Tips for remaining happy.
Simple and very good |
|
How to be happier day by
day |
Alan Epstein |
365 tips for making each
day happier |
|
R. K. Narayan |
Very simple language and I enjoy reading his books. This
is the first author that impressed me when I started serious reading. |
|
Sidney Sheldon |
Always very stunning fiction. I like to read these books
as soon as they arrive. |
|
Irving Wallace |
Very elaborate plots in his fictional works and read
almost all books. |
|
Earle Stanley Gardener |
Liked reading Perry Mason series |
|
Arthur Conan Doyle |
Sherlock Holmes simply mystified me and read all the works |
|
George Orwell |
Animal Farm, Coming up for air etc are couple of works
which made him my favorite |
|
Jeffrey Archer |
Stunning and elaborate fiction in works like The Prodigal
Daughter made him another favorite in my list |
|
Arthur Hailey |
Books that deal with individuals under stress in various
situations and how they overcome. I liked the elaborate detail in each of his
books |
|
Robin Cook |
I read all his books and I found each book very
interesting to read as the story is very good. |