Room (2010)
by Emma Donoghue
A very warm and touching tale of unbounded mother-son love. With a 5-year old boy as the protagonist, the whole story is told in his own perspective. ... Read More
- Finished: Mar 23, 2016
- Genres:
- Contemporary | Drama | Humour | Psychology
The Call of the Wild (1903)
by Jack London
Christopher McCandless (a.k.a 'Alexander Supertramp' - Into the Wild) inspired me to read this. ... Read More
- Finished: Mar 21, 2016
- Genres:
- Classics | Adventure | Thriller
The Great Gatsby (1925)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Finished: Mar 6, 2016
- Genres:
- Classics | Drama | Romance
Unbroken (2010)
by Laura Hillenbrand
I love WWII stories but this was the first bio I read of a war-veteran and a POW and it's magnificent. It is a great story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption in extreme conditions of suffering. It's written so beautifully portraying a child thief, an Olympic sprinter, a War Veteran and a Civilian. ... Read More
- Finished: Feb 14, 2016
- Genres:
- Biography | History | War
The Prophet (1923)
by Kahlil Gibran
The Philosophical Poetry is so Sublime! with delightful metaphors. ... Read More
- Finished: Jan 28, 2016
- Genres:
- Classics | Philosophy | Poetry | Spirituality
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This is the first Sherlock Holmes book I've read and it's so beautifully written. I would call it a Victorian horror with pretty plot twists. ... Read More
- Finished: Jan 17, 2016
- Genres:
- Classics | Mystery | Crime | Horror
A Hunger Artist (1924)
by Franz Kafka
This short story was the last work of Kafka symbolically expresses the death. ... Read More
- Finished: Jan 4, 2016
- Genres:
- Classics | Philosophy
The Great Wall of China (1931)
by Franz Kafka
- Finished: Jan 4, 2016
- Genres:
- Classics | Politics | Philosophy
In the Penal Colony (1919)
by Franz Kafka
"In the Penal Colony" revolves around the rather, um, unique system of justice and punishment used in the place where it is set. ... Read More
- Finished: Jan 3, 2016
- Genres:
- Classics | Horror | Surreal
The Metamorphosis (1915)
by Frantz Kafka
Great Philosophy writers of 20th century - Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Gabriel Garcia Marquez were influenced by this book and other Kafkaesque works. They studied these as textbooks. ... Read More
- Finished: Jan 1, 2016
- Genres:
- Classics | Fantasy | Horror | Philosophy
CURRENTLY READING
FAVOURITE BOOK [2016]
MOVIE OF THE YEAR [2017]
FOLLOW ME
Favourite Writers
OSCAR WILDE
FRANZ KAFKA
LOIS LOWRY
GEORGE ORWELL
WILLIAM GOLDING
HOMER
JACK KEROUAC
LAURA HILLENBRAND
JOSEPH CONRAD
J.D. SALINGER
NICHOLAS SPARKS
KAHLIL GIBRAN
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