My Two Cents: My Favourite Books & Authors

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....

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)

Amar Chitra Khata - Most of them - need to thank the publication for information and interest kindled
Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Ema Orczy
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
To Sir With love - E R Braithwaite (never tire of reading it - highlly recommended)
Mahabharata for kids by Rajagopalachari
Who moved my cheese by Spencer Johonson
Sex is not a four letter word by Dr.Sudhakar Krishnamurti- A must read-informative& humorous - Sudhakar Krishnamurti
Animal Farm - George Orwell
To Kill a mocking bird - Harper Lee
Harry Potter - J K Rowling
The suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hameed

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)

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)

A J Quinnell - A J Quinnell wiki page

The Mahadi
The Siege of silence
In the name of the father (outstanding - a must read)

Dan Brown

Da vinci Code
Deception Point
Angels & Demons

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)

Frederick Forsyth - Have liked most of his books

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Odessa File
The Devil' alternative

Henry Denker - Brilliant - exceptional work - loved his books - Relatively lesser known

The Choice
Kate Kincaid
Outrage
The Experiment

Humphrey Hawksley

Dragon fire
Dragon strike
The Third world war

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

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

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

Leon Uris

Exodus
The Haj

Ramesh Menon:

Shiva Puranam

Ramayanam

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

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

Stieg Larson

The girl with a dragon tattoo
The girl that played with fire
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest

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