Book Recommendations

gbelday · Post by **gbelday** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:00 pm

I found that some of the books suggested by our fellow forumites during the course of the year to be excellent reads. I just wanted to start this thread to get more such recommendations. Please recommend books on any topic that you found interesting (religion, sports, fiction, business, get rich, get smart quickly..etc

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I'll start by recommending a book that I read recently (I mentioned one of them in some other thread recently)

1) The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman - talks about globalization and how the world is becoming flat (no barriers)

2) Roone - book on Roone Arledge - the legendary producer of ABC sports and later news who is credited with inventing the concept of slow motion replays and also monday night football (along with pete rozelle)

gvhvhg · Post by **gvhvhg** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:15 pm

Well, whatever you do DO NOT read what we are reading in english class---Hunger of Memory-The Education of Richard Rodriguez.....jk...its probably an interesting topic for some, its just that I and nobody else in the class doesn't find it so!

The one we read before this was pretty good---Bread and Wine by Ignazio Silone.

I read three good books over the summer---Bollywood Boy by Justine Hardy, The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur and The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh.

puneets · Post by **puneets** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:17 pm

A few books that I recently read (and liked) are:

1) The Secret Man (The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat) by Bob Woodward

2) Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre - about India's freedom struggle.

3) India's Nuclear Bomb: The Impact on Global Proliferation by George Perkovich - a bit biased at times, but a good read.

'The World is Flat' is also a good read, I liked it.

Sandeep · Post by **Sandeep** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:22 pm

The inscrutable Americans is an awesome books.

SriramP · Post by **SriramP** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:30 pm

I am not an avid reader but got hooked on to Dan Brown's books and read all 4 of his.

Liked The Da Vinci Code & Angels and Demons
Deception Point was OK
Digital Fortress was not up to the mark - below average

Tintin · Post by **Tintin** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:32 am

Check Mark Tully's - No Full Stops In India

I am yet to read his more recent one - India in Slow Motion

puneets · Post by **puneets** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:21 pm

Another good (short) read is NEW RULES, by Bill Maher.
It's hilarious

puneets · Post by **puneets** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:07 pm

On Tintin's recommendation, I'm presently reading Mark Tully's "No Full stops in India". Also got hold of "India in slow motion" from my library

btw, I'm a big fan of tintin

..the comic book.

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:46 pm

Itz been years since I read Tintin!!! I used to fanaticallly read those at one time... I rejected many lending libraries if they didn't have Tintin or if the rates were exhorbiant (those days, the second clause had me rejecting all lending libraries)

insideout · Post by **insideout** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:31 am

All of Dan Brown's four books are good...

The Inscrutable Americans is also a good book....

I am currently reading John Grisham's latest- The Broker...Typical of Grisham..., courtroom drama and High profile crime...

India1989 · Post by **India1989** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:00 pm

I am a big fan of Tintin's book too. Actually my nickname is Tintin. It is my mom's favourite book too so she named me Tintin.

Tintin is really good comic book

Tintin · Post by **Tintin** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:24 pm

Along with books -- how abt suggesting websites / blogs too.

Let me start with a few:

url=http://ikashmir.org/DistortionsReality/preface.htm - have just started to read , a lot to take in.....

http://www.ikashmir.org/Temples/sharda.html

www.ijourney.org

jimmy · Post by **jimmy** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:58 am

FOR ALL TINTINOLOGISTS

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:06 am

Thanks Jimmy for very good site ...

puneets · Post by **puneets** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:15 am

That's a great site.