Here's my all- time favourite reading ..
1. As the Crow Flies- Jeffrey Archer
2. Eleven Minutes - Paul Coelho
3. Messages from the Masters - Dr. Brian Weiss
4. The Harry Potter Series- J.K Rowling
5. The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown
6. A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
7. Deja Dead- Kathy Reichs
8. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
9. Who Moved my Cheese?-Spencer Johnson,Kenneth H. Blanchard
10. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11. Master Of The Game- Sidney Sheldon
12. Kane & Abel - Jeffrey Archer
13. Hotel - Arthur Hailey
14. The Faraway Tree- Enid Blyton
15. Dibs in Search of Self- Virginia M. Axline
16. Rising Sun - Michael Crichton.
I'd decided to list top 10 of my favourites, but I just couldn't stop at 10. I could go on and on, but this is all for now. Of course, I'd like to see your list. Do share them with me...
Interesting reads :-?
ReplyDeletehad been an avid reader only in my first year..... 3 years down the line I've again spared a dew dimes for books and have been on a lookout for good ones out there. Thanks for sharing ur list of 'good ones'. pls go beyound 10 too :D though my hands are full- currently going thru' 3.
keep rocking!
Wow, that's a nice list...Here's my top 5
ReplyDelete1. Davinci Code
2. Kane and Abel and now
3. GODFATHER
4. If tomorrow comes (Sidney Sheldon)
5. Jurassic park
I have started reading nearly after 7 yrs and intend to move from one book to the other every fortnight.
I used to be crazy about Sidney Sheldon when I was in college and nearly finished the entire series. Never managed to read any that came afterwards. I tried my bit at reading Pride and Prejudice, but never got to understand the language. So shelved the book after about 3 pgs.
Next in line is Angels and Daemons :o)))
Cool list. I shall grab a couple of books from your list once am through with my current reading.
woww..
ReplyDeletenice list.. this how i'll rate..
Kane and Abel - Archer
Kane and Abel - Archer
Again, Kane and Abel - Archer
Harry Potter - JK Rowling
The Runaway Jury - John Grisham
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
The lost World - Michael Crichton
Da vinci Code - Dan Brown
LOTR - JRR Tolkien
Chromosome 6 - Robin Cook
i dunno how to list them, i love plays by GB Shaw...
ReplyDeleteMost of them by Dickens
currently im reading
1 - Short history of everything by Bill Bryson
2 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel
hey, i envy you...i really do ...that old reader's digest...
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if you ask me to pick one i will say Da vinci code.
ReplyDeleteIs shouldnt really be commenting on this post.....
ReplyDeletebut i just couldnt help it....
I dont read books at all :((
Optimist, from your profile, I thought it was tinkle that u read? ;o))) lol !!! Busy reading Engineering books eh ?
ReplyDeleteMy list would include..
ReplyDelete1, Kane and Abel - J. Archer,
1, The Day Of The Jackal - F. Forsyth
2, The Eleventh Commandment - J. Archer
3, Scarecrow - Mathew Reilly
4, The Runaway Jury - J. Grisham
5, The Prometheus Deception - R. Ludlum
6, The Genesis Code - John Case
The 2 number 1 entries is not a typo ;)
My list will have to include Gone with the wind and Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan and Sivagamiyin Sabadham in Tamil. These are the first proper books I remember reading as kid and then went thro a whole library of books.
ReplyDeleteDo like Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility too. Fell in love with Mr.Darcy in the bbc adaptation:-p
I like Jeffrey Archers 'Shall we tell the President' a lot :-)
ReplyDeleteEnid Blyton?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading all of Arthur Hailey's books. Who can forget "Airport"?
I am a member of a local book reading book and we read a new titile every month. I do blog on the titles I read.
Our next book (in June'05) is the "The story of Pi".
What is the name of that street in Mimbai, where you can buy old books? It used to be my favourite haunt when I lived in Mumbai?
Wow...now I know wat to read next :-)
ReplyDeleteHEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! ARTHUR HAILEY FANNNN! :D I loved airport n hospital and evening news too
ReplyDelete! :D
and many on ur list match mine..
:)
I have not read for almost a decade now. But the books which i liked are -
ReplyDelete1. The odessa files
2. The day of the jackal
3. The Godfather
4. Pride and Prejudice
5. The fourth protocol
Well this is how I would rate them:
ReplyDelete1. Kane and Abel - Archer
2. Five Point Someone - Chetan Bhagat
3. Airport - Arthur Hailey
4. LOTR - Tolkien
5. The Dilbert Principle - Scott Adams
5. Future Shock - Alvin Toffler
My current favs are :
ReplyDelete1. The monk who sold his ferrari
2. o, jerusalem
3. Da Vinci Code
4. Digital Fortress
5. My Experiments with truth
Okay mine(top 3) too:-
ReplyDelete1. Life of PI- Yann martel, without doubt the best fictional bok I have ever read, if u havent read it , read it imme, you sure will love it.
2. Malgudi days:- R.K. narayan, none can compete with it when it comes to good old story tellling.
3. Fountainhead:- Ayn Rand, classic philosophical stuff!
Cheers!
wow.. nice collections..
ReplyDeletemy days in book reading started with Tintin series, then the Enid Blyton series in my childhood days.. was crazy readign all the Secret 7 and Famous 5 series of Enid Blyton..
now, i've read almost all of Sydney Sheldon books and like Tell me ur dreams very much..
then, Da Vinci Code is also very good. But, got to chekc out God father, Kane and Abel... lots of ppl do write abt this book.. so, got to check that out. :)
Thanks for this post... it helps me in getting the best books to read.. :)
hi sangeets!!
ReplyDeletei like most of them too..
i used to read Archer..now i really dunno what to read..Eleven minutes is a nice one..some of the diary entries are beautiful!
me with optimist....me also doesnt read books except for chemistry....i know only chemistry books
ReplyDeletemmm.. good...
ReplyDeletei have read four books in you list... sure oneday i'll read the rest - so lil time :(
My all time fav The Fountainhead is missing... If you havnt read it, do it... and have heard lot about life of pi too...
ReplyDeleteAngels and Daemons is another good book missing.
I remember you had a post asking for info on chess
ReplyDeletethis blog could be of help
http://satishtalim.blogspot.com/
Sangeetha, One of your blog postings "Best laid plans" is a title of a Sidney Sheldon Novel... How come that is not figuring in your list ?
ReplyDeleteDamn. No Chacha Chaudhary :(
ReplyDeleteHmm here goes my list
ReplyDeleteThey are in no particular order!
1) The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
2) A boys life - Robert McCallum
3) Out of God's Oven - Dom Moraes and Sarayu Srivastava
4) The Runaway Jury - John Grisham
5) The Plot - Irving Wallace
6) The Prophecy - David Seltzer
7)The Parsifal Mosaic - Robert Ludlum
8) The fist of god - Frederick Forsyth
9) Centennial - James Michener
10) Salems Lot - Stephen King
Some of my favourites:-
ReplyDelete1. Life of PI
2. Da Vinci Code
3. The Chamber
4. Alchemist
5. Malgudi days
5. Any tintin adventure (but specially like Flight 714)
Cheers!
Definitely will, someday...am still intrigued by the commonness of the left hand thing... :) queer coincidence, that.
ReplyDeleteI din't believe there were too many other people in the world who liked 'A little princess':) Beautiful story.
ReplyDeleteAnd 'Who moved my cheese?' actually changed the way I thought abt life.
'Pride and Prejudice'...aaah!
try readin
ReplyDeletethe partner by grisham
ludlums books are really nice
i dunno if u ll like this but u could read five point someone by chetan bhagat,its pretty gud..
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
ReplyDeleteGod Father (Mario Puzo)
Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
Fountain Head (Ayn Rand)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Doctors (Eric Sehgal)
Anything by PG Wodehouse.
There seem to be lists everywhere!!
ReplyDeleteI just finished giving my bit on Anupama Vishwanathan's blog... phew tired!
I tend to read more "non-popular" writers... :-)
no ayn rand on that list?
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