#BookBucketList I dont believe Ive read 10 books that I remember well enough to say they changed my life. (People who have witnessed my world-class short term memory will understand why). Anyway here are the books that I remember well enough to mention, in no particular order: 1) Moth smoke by Mohsin Hamid: Anyone who has read the book will understand what I mean when I say that it gave me a very different kind of bucket list; One Im still going through, one chemically induced daze at a time. 2) Angels and demons by Dan Brown: Because I did not know unputdownable before I came across this book. This book and his other works are largely responsible for my (very late) permanent transition from comics and Childrens novels to proper, hard bound novels and its been a beautiful ride ever since. 3) Shantaram:Because it taught me that happiness, howsoever great, is always temporary. And that the people you hold dearest to your heart and those that will have your back no matter what, are never the same. 4) Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer: Because it taught me the power of imagination. There are few writers that can make you feel like youve walked out of a movie hall once youve put down a book and this one does exactly that. Probably my favorite novel of all time. 5) The sense of an ending by Julian Barnes: The only book that has ever gotten under my skin (In a good way though) . I guess I saw a lot of myself in the philosophy-loving, love-dazed character and his experiences. We all feel bad when we finish a good book, but the end of this one literally brought me to the verge of clinical depression. 6)Famous five by Enid Blyton: Because you have to learn to walk before you can learn to run. Growing up, I didnt have to make up an imaginary friend like most single children. Because I had five. 7) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: Because it made me question what the term a fulfilled life means; and made me realize how much my answer differs from what a large portion of society has to say. A pleasure to read because its a book about life, written by someone who was irrevocably and unquestionably in love with life. 8) Empire of the Moghul trilogy by Alex Rutherford: For teaching me that I could read with such interest something I loathed for a long long time in school. And for the authors description of anarkali. ;) 9) Sapiras Art of clinical medicine and bedside diagnosis: Taught me about medicine what Alex Rutherford taught me about history. That medicine didnt and shouldnt have to be mugged up. A book I would recommend to every doctor simply because they deserve to know this fact. 10) Bloodline and a lot of novels by Sidney Sheldon: Probably the one author whos works Ive read the most. Every book by Sheldon is a mixture of the same things more or less; but unique in its own way. An author who found a formula that works and stuck to it. Bloodline receives special mention because its the one book Ive re-read the maximum number of times, for reasons no bigger than the fact that it was the only novel I had with me for a long time and I simply had to read something to sleep during that time. 11) Assegai and a few other Wilbur Smith novels: These books, by their sheer volume have kept me occupied and entertained during my two years away from civilization for 10+2. Without access to anything but paper, these books taught me that boredom is impossible when youve got a good novel in hand. Its been one hell of a ride down memory lane. I thank Kishore sir for nominating me. And now Id like to gift the same to Shyam Krishnan, Sumesh Menon, Mohamed Habeeb uncle, Hisham , George , Shihab K Ismail and Nilofer ..
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:36:00 +0000
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