Most Cherished Books of Readers @ The Hindu Lit for Life 2016
The Hindu Lit for Life is an annual literature festival organized by The Hindu group of publications in Chennai, India. During this year’s (2016) event, they had kept a slate and a chalk where readers could go and vote (mention) their most cherished book (If I kept one book, it would be….). Below are some books opted by various readers – both fiction and non-fiction, and in no particular order. This list contains only English books.
- The Illicit Happiness of Other People – Manu Joseph.
- The Graveyard book – Neil Gaiman.
- India 2020 – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
- I Dreamed of Africa – Kuki Gallmann.
- The Famished Road – Ben Okri.
- The Comedy of Errors – William Shakespeare.
- Brida – Paulo Coelho.
- Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier.
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen.
- The Origins of Political Order – Francis Fukuyama.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez.
- Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel García Márquez.
- How Green Was My Valley – Richard Llewellyn.
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne.
- The Razor’s Edge – W. Somerset Maugham.
- The Shiva Trilogy – Amish Tripathi.
- The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini.
- The Outsiders – S. E. Hinton.
- Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn.
- The Book Thief – Markus Zusak.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach.
- To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee.
- Lust for Life – Irving Stone.
I guess that’s a good list to find inspiration for new reads. Enjoy 🙂
Destination Infinity
From the list, I loved “Graveyard book”, “Rebecca”, “Gone girl” and “Kite runner”. You should definitely read those books.
OK. Thanks for the shortlist from the shortlisted books. Makes my pick easy 🙂
Destination Infinity
In the list I read only 2020 and want to read the kite runner for long time… hope to check these books sometime if I find interesting.
I have taken down the list and already started reading about the few… An interesting compilation! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I too should start gathering more info about these books soon 🙂
Destination Infinity