Some Good Books

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Here are some of the books recommended by one of my friend Kalyan, who recently took exam for IAS. Some others are those which I / Vinita have read and liked. Finally, some are recommended by a couple of other friends. If possible read their reviews on the web and then figure out if the subject matter stimulate your interest. And yes, send me your recommendations. By the way, these are not in any particular order. It seems though, that I should try to get them in some order, so that the reading makes more sense. But as of now, I don't know when I'll do that. So till then, enjoy!
  1. The Magic of Thinking Big - David Schwartz
  2. How to Click with Everyone Every time
  3. What I Talk About when I Talk About Running
  4. India's Struggle for Freedom - Bipin Chandra
  5. India After Independence
  6. The Argumentative Indian
  7. Holiday in Hell
  8. My Experiments with Truth - mahatma Gandhi
  9. Administrative Thinkers - Prasad and Prasad
  10. Caste System in India - MN Srinivasan
  11. Introduction to Consitution of India - DD Basu
  12. Our Parliament - Subhash kashyap
  13. Freakonomics
  14. India Unbound
  15. India Untouched : Forgotten face of rural poverty (reading as of now)
  16. Jack: Straight from the Gut
  17. Interpreter of Maladies
  18. The Inheritance of Loss
  19. The God of small things
  20. The Kite Runner
Please find some more information (like: Author etc.) about these books here.

All the Best.

Comments

  1. UnknownJanuary 13, 2009 at 2:43 PM

    Hi Vinita,
    It very nice blog and helpful. But if you could mention authors name also along with the books name then it would surely be helpful.

    thanks
    Brijendra shah

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  2. Vinita JainJanuary 14, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Find some more info about these books here

    http://www.shelfari.com/jainvinita/shelf#firstBook=0&list=0&sort=dateadded

    Happy Reading

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  3. Nikhil Pavan KalyanJanuary 21, 2009 at 2:14 AM

    The Magic of Thinking Big -by- David Schwartz
    How to Click with Everyone Every time
    What I Talk About when I Talk About Running - by - Huraki Murakami
    India's Struggle for Freedom - by- Bipin Chandra
    India After Independence - Bipin Chandra
    The Argumentative Indian - Amartya Sen
    Holiday in Hell
    My Experiments with Truth - mahatma Gandhi
    Administrative Thinkers - Prasad and Prasad
    Caste System in India - MN Srinivasan
    Introduction to Consitution of India - DD Basu
    Our Parliament - Subhash kashyap
    Freakonomics - by Steven Lewitt
    India Unbound
    India Untouched : Forgotten face of rural poverty (reading as of now)
    Jack: Straight from the Gut
    Interpreter of Maladies - by Jhumpa Lahari
    The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
    The God of small things - by - Arundhati Roy
    The Kite Runner

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  4. Nikhil Pavan KalyanJanuary 21, 2009 at 2:15 AM

    I have finished reading Frekonomics after knowing about the book from this blog !

    and its a fascinating book...

    Everyone - do read it ...

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  5. vibgyorJanuary 29, 2009 at 10:56 PM

    Nikhil, thanks for adding the authors ! I'll update the blog..

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