Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Books Read in 2013

The Books I read in the year 2013. List with names of authors is given for reference. To make the choice more clear, I have given the star rating. 


01. Disclosure by Michael Crichton ****
02. Age of Extremes by Eric Hobsbawm **
03. Salim Must Die by Mukul Deva ****
04. The Road by Cormac McCarthy -- Review available ***** 
05. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown ****
06. Inferno by Dan Brown ***
07. White Mughals by William Dalrymple --Review available *****
08. The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple --Review available *****
09. Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple ****
10. On Balance (Autobiography) by Leila Seth ***
11. The Purple Line by Priyamvada N Purushotham ***
12. The King'S Speech by Mark Logue ****
13. Mafia Queens of Mumbai by Jane Borges and S. Hussain Zaidi ****
14. Indian Summer by Alex von Tunzelmann ****
15. The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt ****
16. Love In A Torn Land by Jean Sasson ***
17. Desert Royal by Jean Sasson **
18. The Take by Martina Cole ***
19. The Jump by Martina Cole ***
20. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L.James **
21. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L.James **
22. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L.James **
23. The Land of the Invisible Women by Qanta A. Ahmed ***
24. Complications by Atul Gawande ****
25. Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith **
26. The Bankster by Ravi Subramanian ***
27. If God was a Banker by Ravi Subramanian ***
28. The Incredible Banker by Ravi Subramanian ***
29. The Better Man by Anita Nair ***
30. Sea Of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh ****
31. Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck ****
32. Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee ****
33. To Kill Rasputin: The Life And Death Of Grigori Rasputin by Andrew Cook ***
34. The Autobiography of a Sex Worker by Nalini Jamila ***
35. Last Man In Tower by Arvind Adiga ****
36. The White Tiger by Arvind Adiga ****
37. Timeline by Michael Crichton ***
38. The Last Child by John Hart ***
39. Surrender by Melody Anne ***
40. The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story by A. Revathi ***
41. Om Puri by Nandita Puri ***
42. Three Mistakes of My Life by Chetan Bhagat
43. Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat