Books & Authors I Liked

Enid Blyton

my book shelf

A list perpetually in the making...Some books in here are the ones I liked at the time i read them, not sure if all of them would fascinate me as much (chances are they would)...Not a comprehensive list again....

1. Enid Blyton - Enid Blyton Wiki Page



Harper Lee

• Pink Whistle - Read this and binkle & flip even now in the pretext of reading it to my son
• Binkle & Flip (book of bunnies)
2. Amar Chitra Khata - Most of them - need to thank the publication for information and interest kindled
3. Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Ema Orczy
4. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
5. To Sir With love - E R Braithwaite (never tire of reading it - highlly recommended)
6. Mahabharata for kids by Rajagopalachari
7. Who moved my cheese by Spencer Johonson 
8. Sex is not a four letter word by Dr.Sudhakar Krishnamurti- A must read-informative& humorous - About sudhakar Krishnamurti
9. Animal Farm - George Orwell
10. To Kill a mocking bird - Harper Lee
11. Harry Potter - J K Rowling
12. The suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
13. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
14. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hameed
15. Arthur Hailey: Have loved all his books few lines have stayed with me one is from Strong Medicine - a lesser man will have reminded me, he told me so..... his books gives one an insight into the working of the industry - Arthur Hailey - Wiki page
• Final diagnosis
• Overload
• Airport
• Hotel
• Strong Medicine
• Evening news



Arthur Hailey

• Runway Zero eight - Not many pages,quick read, good one (also published as flight into danger)
16. A J Cronin - Another all time favourite - have loved all his books - A J Cronin wikipage



A J Cronin

• Citadel
• Pocketful of rye
• The Keys of the kingdom (loved this book)
17. A J Quinnell - A J Quinnell wiki page
• The Mahadi
• The Siege of silence
• In the name of the father (outstanding - a must read)
18. Dan Brown
• Da vinci Code
• Deception Point
• Angels & Demons
19. Dominique Lapierre



Henry Denker

• Freedom at midnight (Indian Independence movement) (With Larry Collins)
• O Jerusalem (Birth of Israel) (written with Larry Collins)
• Five Past Midnight in Bhopal  ( written with Javier Moro)
20. Frederick Forsyth - Have liked most of his books
• Icon
• Odessa File
• The Devil' alternative
21. Henry Denker - Brilliant - exceptional work - loved his books - Relatively lesser known
• The Choice
• Kate Kincaid
• Outrage
• The Experiment
22. Humphrey Hawksley
• Dragon fire
• Dragon strike
• The Third world war
23. Jeffrey Archer: Loved all his books except the Prison diaries,they got drab after a point - one book should have done it... About Jeffrey Archer



Jeffrey Archer

• Shall we tell the president (more so since it was the first Archer I read)
• As the Crow Flies
• Kane & Able
• Not a penny less, not a penny more
• The fourth Estate
• A Matter of Honour
• Prisoner by birth (loved the way he flicked Count of Monte Cristo)
• Sons of fortune
• First among equals
• Paths of glory
24. John Grisham - Like most of  his books About John Grisham



John Grisham

• The Berthen
• The Rainmaker
• The Runaway Jury
• The Juror
• The Pelican Brief
• The Client
• A Time to kill
• The Innocent Man (True Story - non fiction) liked it a lot
25. Ken Follet - Another author where in I have liked all his books About Ken Follett



Ken Follet

• Eye of the needle
• On wings of eagles (true story - Ross Perot's rescue of EDS employees from Iran)
• Lie down with the lions
• Pillars of the earth
• World without end
26. Leon Uris
• Exodus
• The Haj
27. Ramesh Menon:
• Shiva Puranam
• Ramayanam
28. Richard Bach: The first one  is a must read - the rest depends, as for myself liked them all. The rest many would find slow paced and far fetched - About Richard Bach



Richard Bach

• Jonathan Livingston the seagull
• Bi Plane
• illusions
• The Bridge Across forever
• One
29. Robert Fulghum - Man with a varied background, the richness of which shows in his works.simple writing style.Brilliant body of work - About Robert Fulghum



Robert Fulghum

• All I needed to learn, I learnt in kindergarten
• Uh-Oh - some observations from both sides of the refrigerator door
• From beginning to end  The rituals of our life
• It Was on fire when I lay down on it
• Maybe Maybe not
30. Stieg Larson
• The girl with a dragon tattoo
• The girl that played with fire
• The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
31. Wilbur smith - Finds mention given a few brilliant pages.The elephant song - In the first few pages, the forest warden explains how & why culling the elephants is essential, the pain is  well captured. In Eagle in the sky the last few pages stand out - where the protagonist is making up his mind on what is the right thing to do. All his books have a fair share of Africa in it. Commendable body of work - About Wilbur Smith



Wilbur Smith

• Eagle in the sky 
• Elephant Song
32. Biographies
• SMG a Biography of Sunil Manhor Gavaskar by Devendra Prabhudesai
• Head On - Ian Botham
• Open - Andre Agasi
• Serious - John McEnroe
• Pele - Pele
• Straight from the gut - Jack Welch
• Iacoccca an autobiography
• Made in Japan - Akio Morita -Sony
• Screw it lets do it & Loosing my virginity - Richard Branson
• Who says Elephants can't dance - how i turned around IBM - Louis Gerstner Jr