Thursday, September 2, 2010

My Favorite 20.

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

I am listing down some of my favorite books I have read till now. These may not be in the order of my preference list. Before announcing the list, let me tell you that Paulo Coelho is my favorite writer and the fountainhead is my all time favorite book.

Here goes the list.

1. The fountainhead by Ayn Rand
2. The eleven minutes by Paulo Coelho
3. The Alchemist/ By the river Piedra I sat down and wept by Paulo Coelho
4. The monk who sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma
5. Tuesdays with Morrie/ The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
6. A tale of two cities by Charles dickens
7. Two states/ Five point someone by Chetan Bhagat
8. Thousand splendid suns/ The kite runner by Khaled Hosseini
9. The white tiger by Arvind Adiga
10. Go kiss the world by Subroto Bagchi
11. Discover the diamond in you by Arindam chaudhuri
12. You can win by Shiv Khera
13. How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie
14. Rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki
15. Men are from Mars women are from Venus by John gray
16. Wings of fire by APJ Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari
17. Freakonomics by Stephen J Dubner
18. A Prisoner of birth by Jeffrey Archer
19. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
20. Concept of Physics by H. C. Verma.

Currently I am reading the road less travelled by M. Scott Peck and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

Please feel free to add some of your best ones.

Thank you.

7 comments:

Urmi said...

Thanks for visiting my blog and for your lovely comment.
I am also fond of reading books. I have read 10 books out of 20 books which you have mentioned. Very nice and informative post.

Anonymous said...

lol .. the last one is the best dude!!

But on a serious note .. u have really read a lot .. nice work !!

Anil Anuragi said...

@Babli: I welcome you in here. Thatk you.
@niheavene: Yh i have always found this last book in my self. Thanks man. How is it going in Jersy? Take care :)

Rahul said...

nice list dude.. glad 'Fountainhead' tops the list. I am sure you lyked Howard Roark's Character.

RiaDM said...

thanks for visiting my blog. I have read something from Ayn Rand too! The title is 'Anthem'. I am a bookworm as well, and have read 6 books from your list, I actually have a blog post similar to this, but not quite. hihi ^_^ Have a great day!

Anil Anuragi said...

@Rahul:Welcome in my blog Rahul, Yh liked the character of Howard Roark very much and I liked the philosophy of Rand. Thanks again. :)
@Rhia: Yh, good to know that you also like reading books. I welcome you here. Thanks :)

Abhishek said...

thanks for doing justice with No.20.