Dear friends,
I have created this thread so that we can share our reading experiences. Please mention your best 3 reads so that we also have opportunity to go thorough those wonderful books, as there are so many great books and it is easy to miss.

I just finished reading Jagdish Ghimire's Madan Puraskar winning book 'Antarmannko Yatra'  and going through Bill Bryson's Travel book 'Neither here nor there, Travels in Europe'..(both book are OK type for me)

But just let me pick my best 3 reads so far (hmmm not so easy task)

1. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson  (I have never read and perhpas will not, such a simple, handy and short book that could have life long impact)
2. Janga Bahadur by Shree Krishna Shrestha (Perhaps the most informative Nepali book that taught me a lot about my country's history)
3. Glimpses of Golden Childhoood by Osho.(Bulky book thicker than my pillow, that I completed non stop in  two days)

And Yours.................???
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Like all of you I also enjoy reading a lot, Since my primary days in school 'it has been my primary hobby', in that case, gone through different types of books from fiction, to non fiction, autobiography to historical and to spiritual. Yudhir Thapa/Prakash Kobid's types's Nepali novels to Ved Prakash Sharma's 'Suspense type Bollywood type Hindi bulky novels' were the first books I remember reading in initian stages including newspapers/magazines. Then I switched my interest towards self help type books. I still remember those books such as 'Tough Time never lasts but tough people do', 'How to win friends and influence friends' 'You Can win', 'The way of positive thinking' etc.

Back in India, I was interested in Indian history so flipped through many autobiograhis of Indian leaders from Gandhi's Experiment with Truth to 'Autobiograhy of Nehru'.Besides that I absolutely enjoyed Khushwant Singh's Shova De's and Vikram Sheth's pieces. Oh ya I also remeber now Monica Ali's impressive novel 'Bricklane' . But I m not sure if she is Indian or Bangladeshi.

Then I fell in love with Nepali books, few of them I can remember now are 'Shirish ko phul', 'Chapaiyaka Anuhar' 'Pagal Basti' 'Ghumbe mech or something like that', most of them were fiction and I also went through BP's 'Jail Journal' which was really informative. Other Nepali great books that I enjoyed are Basanti, Palpasa Cafe, Seto Bagh, Soch etc.

About Nepali writers who write in English, I became the greatest fan of Samrat Upadhya when I first went through his debut book 'Arresting God....' but after reading his other works it gave me same kind of monotonus style, I wish I had not read his other two books (Guru of love and Royal Ghosts). Manjushree Thapa's Tutor of history is still with me, started a year ago but I never know when can I finish. I enjoy Peter J Karthak's moving writing and ya Im lucky enough to read great stories here in Sajha esp by Sum_Off, Sajha_Gazer, John Galt and et al.

These days, im more into spiritual front, few memorable reads are 'How to Know God : The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries' 'Power of Now' 'A Life', 'The First and Last Freedom' 'Monk who sold his Ferari', 'Ageless body timelss mind', 'Siddhartha' 'Enlightenment and Invincibility' and few othres.

I have read very few English fiction works, so I would like you guys to share me, so far I had great time going through Paulo Cohelo's handful books, of course including his world famous 'The Alchemist'. Reading Kite Runner was 100 times better than watching it on screen and ya one more novel I dont forget is 'Nothing lasts forever'

Regarding financial issues, please suggest me what to read, if u ask me I will recommend 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' the only book I have read.

On relationship issues, I have had really really enjoyed (also learnt) a lot from only two books I have gone througn 'Men are from Mars and women from venus' and 'Why Men lie and women cry', I do strongy recommend you guys if u r going rough roads on relationships. Then of course 'Chicken Soup Series' Im sure u loved them too....needless to say, im huge fan of of Chicken soup books :)

Excellent thread amazing~  will contribute in due time.

Mine thus:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

The Blank Slate - Steven Pinker

Eiger Dreams, ventures among men and mountains - Jon Krakauer

Oh forgot to say hello to Amazing.... Still in Scandanavia, no?

Eown, thanks and im waitin for that :)

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SL bro, after long time again :) Really glad to see u with great boks :) ya bro still around how abt u?

Please share more :-)

" Farewell to Arms"- Earnest Hemingway. though old it has 2 things important. The story and plot itself that you can find yourself down the lines and its size. It can be completed in one night.
Enjoy.

i'm not a devoted reader but do have some favorites. 1984 by george orwell and doctors by erich segal. still remember the day in highschool when i read doctors nonstop. oh, how i wanted to go to med school....

last summer i read a book "A Thousand Splendid Suns-By Khaled Hosseini"-  for me it was a very touchin book.

great expectations...

kite runner

Yes. "DOCTORS". Its a great one.

Oki my attempt to post here again... the last time it all got deleted! :( Anyways, Here are my picks.. though the combination might seem a little weird!

1. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini): My Fav. book so far. Simple words yet captivating and heart touching plot. Simply loved it!! Two thumbs up.

2. The Harry Potter Series (J.K.Rowling): Though it might sound childish, but Harry Potter had my heart the day I read the first book. I cried in the last part. How creative must Rowling be to create a world of her own.

3. Tell Me Your Dreams (Shidney Sheldon): I pick this because this book simply changed my life. Made me aware of disorders I never knew and the more I read, the more fascinated I was. Made me chose my path in life..:)

There are many more that I liked. For instance Gone With the Wind, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Norwegian Wood (recently read) and Judith McNaught's romance novels (yes I love cheesy romantic novels too) but the ones stated above are my top 3 picks. :)

1. Gone with the wind

2. To kill a Mocking bird

1. Dreams from my father by Barack obama

2. Surely! You are joking Mr.Feynman by Richard Feynman

3. The catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

 

1. Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand

2. Confession of an Economic Hitman – John Perkins

3. Mr. China: A memoir – Tim Clissold

 

Amazing bro!

How you doin? Been a while. Hope you're rocking and rolling wherever you are.

RE: Junga Bahadur, what about it  touched your heart, soul and mind? Care to share?

Three Little Pigs

Nice thread Amazing....

i am not into fictions and novels much these days.....but i have few mentionable. One of them is War and Peace by Tolstoy. Another is 1984 by George Orwell. Others are Lord of the Flies and Oldman and Sea.

Nepali writers, i like to read Ishwar Ballav, Sarubhakta, Shrawan Mukarung.

If u have read Jung Bahadur, then, try reading Seto Bagh by Diamond Shumsher....one of the masterpiece written about that period of our time

I forgot the title of one of the book about Nepali History. The book starts with the Bhimsen Thapa and tells us how corrupt he was. The history we have read in school is not all true.

I request others to share books next to read in their reading lists.

I am currently reading The Partnership. Next in lines are The world is flat by Thomas Friedman and  White Tiger by Arvinda Adiga.

 

 

 

1. Munamadan by Laxmi Prasad Devkota

2. The Mill on The Floss by George Eliott

3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

 

I liked the Who Moved My Cheese, too. It's simple and insipiring as you have said, Amazing.