I read a lot but I don't recommend everything I read. I can personally recommend the following books, in no particular order, for a good reading.Note: This list is kept up to date continously as I read more interesting books. |
English:
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| # |
Title |
Author |
Genre |
Year First Published |
Publisher |
ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Kite
Runner |
Khalid
Hosseini |
Fiction |
2003 |
Anchor
Canada |
1573222453 |
| 2. |
A Thousand
Splendid Suns |
Khalid Hosseini |
Fiction |
2007 |
Riverhead Books
|
978-1-59448-950-1 |
| 3. |
The Airbnb
Story |
Leigh Gallagher |
Business |
2017 |
Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt |
0544952669 |
| 4. |
The Lonely
Hearts Hotel |
Heather O'Neal |
Fiction |
2017 |
HarperCollins
Publishers |
0735213739 |
| 5. |
The Girl Who
Was Saturday Night |
Heather O'Neal |
Fiction |
2014 |
HarperCollins
Publishers |
0374162662 |
| 6. |
Lullabies for Little Criminals | Heather O'Neal | Fiction |
2006 |
HarperCollins Publishers | 0060875070 |
| 7. |
Gone Girl |
Gillian Flynn |
Fiction |
2012 |
Crown |
0307588378 |
| 8. |
The Girl on the
Train |
Paula Hawkins |
Fiction |
2015 |
Riverhead Books |
1594633665 |
| 9. |
The Big Short |
Michael Lewis |
Comtemporary |
2010 |
W. W. Norton
& Company |
039335315X |
| 10. |
Liar's Poker |
Michael Lewis |
Non-Fiction |
1989 |
W. W. Norton
& Company |
039333869X |
| 11. |
Flash Boys |
Michael Lewis |
Non-Ficion |
2014 |
W. W. Norton
& Company |
0393351599 |
| 12. |
Fool's Gold:
The Inside Story of J.P. Morgan |
Gillian Tett |
Contemporary |
2009 |
Free Press |
1408701642 |
| 13. |
The Time of My
Life |
Patrick
Swayze and Lisa Niemi |
Memoir |
2007 |
Atria Books |
1439158584 |
| 14. |
Until the Final
Hour |
Traudl Junge |
Memoir |
2002 |
Orion |
1559707569 |
| 15. |
Open |
Andre Agassi |
Sports
Autobiography |
2009 |
Knopf |
0307268195 |
| 16. |
Getting a Grip:
On My Body, My Mind, My Self |
Monica Seles |
Sports
Autobiography |
2009 |
Avery |
1583333304 |
| 17. |
Steve Jobs |
Walter Isaacson |
Biography |
2011 |
Simon &
Schuster |
1451648537 |
| 18. |
Einstein: His
Life and Universe |
Walter Issacson |
Biography |
2007 |
Simon &
Schuster |
0743264738 |
| 19. |
Iwoz: Computer
Geek To Cult Icon |
Steve Wozniak |
Memoir |
2006 |
W W Norton |
0393330435 |
| 20. |
The Namesake |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
Fiction |
2003 |
Houghton
Mifflin |
0618485228 |
| 21. |
The Lowland |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
Fiction |
2013 |
Alfred A Knopf |
0307265749 |
| 22. |
Unaccustomed
Earth |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
Fiction |
2008 |
Alfred A Knopf |
0676979343 |
| 23. |
The Millionaire
Next Door |
Thomas J.
Stanley |
non-Ficton |
1995 |
Taylor Trade
Publishin |
0671015206 |
| 24. |
A Random Walk
Down Wall Street |
Burton G
Malkiel |
Investing |
1973 |
W W Norton |
1501260375 |
| 25. |
The Four
Pillars of Investing |
William
Bernstein |
Investing |
2002 |
McGraw-Hill |
0071385290 |
| 26. |
The English
Patient |
Michael
Ondaatje |
Fiction |
1993 |
Vintage Canada |
0771068719 |
| 27. |
Anil's Ghost |
Michael Ondaatje | Fiction |
2000 |
McClelland
& Stewart |
0375724370 |
| 28. |
Sweet Tooth |
Ian
McEwan |
Fiction |
2012 |
Vintage Canada
|
0224097377 |
| 29. |
You're Never
Weird on the Internet |
Felicia Day |
Biography |
2015 |
Touchstone |
1476785651 |
| 30. |
Embrace Your
Weird |
Felicia Day |
Self Help |
2019 |
Gallery Books |
978-1982113223 |
| 31. |
How Google
Works |
Eric Schmidt ,
Jonathan Rosenberg |
Business |
2014 |
Grand Central
Publishing |
1455582344 |
| 32. |
The Google
Story |
David A. Vise |
Business |
2005 |
Delacorte Press |
0553383663 |
| 33. |
All About Love:
New Visions |
Bell Hooks |
Non-Fiction |
1999 |
William Morrow
Paperbacks |
0688168442 |
| 34. |
Rafa |
Rafael Nadal
& John Carlin |
Sports
Autobiography |
2011 |
Hachette Books
|
1401324517 |
| 35. |
The Nazi
Officer's Wife |
Edith H. Beer,
Susan Dworkin |
Memoir |
1999 |
William Morrow |
068817776X |
| 36. |
Open Heart,
Open Mind |
Clara Hughes |
Autobiography |
2015 |
Touchstone; |
1476756988 |
| 37. |
Anne Frank: The
Biography |
Melissa Müller
|
Biography |
1998 |
Metropolitan
Books |
0805059962 |
| 38. |
The Physics Of
Star Trek |
Lawrence Krauss |
Film &
Television |
1995 |
Basic Books |
0060977108 |
| 39. |
You Cannot Be
Serious |
John
McEnroe, James Kaplan |
Sports
Autobiography |
2002 |
G. P. Putnam's
Sons |
0399148582 |
| 40. |
Ace Against
Odds |
Sania Mirza
& Shivani Gupta |
Sports
Autobiography |
2016 |
Harper Collins
India |
9351362639 |
| 41. |
The Wealthy
Renter |
Alex Avery |
Lifestyle |
2016 |
Dundurn |
1459736467 |
| 42. |
Twelve Years a
Slave |
Solomon Northup |
Memoir |
1853 |
Digireads.com |
1420952447 |
| 43. |
Coming Out Like
a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy
|
Jiz Lee |
Essay/Non-fiction |
2015 |
ThreeL Media |
0990557162 |
| 44. |
Winning Ugly | Brad Gilbert and Steve Jamison | Sports (tennis) | 1994 | Touchstone | 067188400X |
| 45. |
A Universe from
Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing |
Lawrence M.
Krauss & Richard Dawkins |
Science/Cosmology |
2013 |
Atria Books |
1451624468 |
| 46. |
Elements of Programming
Interviews |
Aziz/Lee/Prakash |
Programming/ Interviews/Computers |
2013 |
Self. |
9382359443 |
| 47. |
The Bite in the Apple, a memoir | Chrisann Brennan | Memoir |
2013 |
St. Martin's Press | 1250038774 |
| 48. |
A Higher Loyalty |
James Comey |
Truth and Leadership,
Politics, Biography |
2018 |
Flatiron Books |
978-1250192455 |
| 49. |
Full Disclosure |
Stormy Daniels (aka.
Stephanie Clifford) |
Memoir |
2018 |
St. Martin's Press | 978-1529013771 |
| 50. |
The Subtle Art of Not Giving
a F*ck |
Mark Manson |
Self Help |
2016 |
Harper One. |
978-0-06-245771-4 |
| 51. |
The Fifth Risk |
Michael Lewis |
Politics |
2018 |
W. W. Norton & Company |
978-1324002642 |
| 52. |
Why Wall Street Matters | William D. Cohan |
Non-fiction |
2017 |
Random House. |
0399590692 |
| 53. |
The Reality Bubble |
Ziya Tong |
Science |
2019 |
Canongate Books |
978-1838850487 |
| 54. |
Radical Candor |
Kim Scott |
Management |
2019 |
St. Martin's Press |
978-1-250-23537-4 |
| 55. |
Five Dysfunctions of a Team |
Patrik Lencioni |
Management |
2002 |
Wiley India Pvt Ltd |
978-0787960759 |
| 56. |
The Hard Things About Hard
Things |
Ben Horowitz |
Management |
2014 |
Harper Collins |
978-0-06-227320-8 |
| 57. |
Switch: How to Change Things
When Change is Hard |
Chip/Dan Heath |
Management |
2010 |
Crown Publishing Group
(Random House LLC) |
978-0-385-52875-7 |
| 58. |
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies
in a Silicon Valley Startup |
John Carreyrou |
Business/Biomedical |
2018 |
Alfred A. Knopf |
978-1-5247-3165-6 |
| 59. |
Ego is the Enemy |
Ryan Holiday |
Business |
2016 |
Profile Books |
978-1-7812-5701-2 |
| 60. |
The Glass Hotel |
Emily St. John Mandel |
Fiction |
2020 |
Alfred A. Knopf |
978-1-5098-8280-9 |
| 61. |
Whistle Blower - My journey
to silicon valley and fight for justice at Uber |
Susan Fowler |
Business/Memoir |
2020 |
Viking |
978-0-525-56012-8 |
| 62. |
Just Work |
Kim Scott |
Management |
2021 |
St. Martin Press |
978-1-5290-6359-2 |
| 63. |
Permanent Record |
Edward Snowden |
Memoir/Politics |
2019 |
Mcmillan |
978-1-5290-3565-0 |
| 64. |
Psychology of Money |
Morgan Housel |
Finance |
2020 |
Jaico Books |
978-93-90166-26-8 |
| 65. |
Spare |
Prince Harry |
Memoir |
2023 |
Penguin Random House UK |
978-0-8575-0479-1 |
Bengali
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|
|---|
| # |
Title |
Author |
Genre |
Year First
Published |
Publisher |
ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
ফানুস |
স্মরনজিৎ
চক্রবর্ত্তী |
Fiction |
2018 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-50408-75-9 |
| 2. |
কম্পাস |
স্মরনজিৎ
চক্রবর্ত্তী |
Fiction |
2018 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-50404-50-8 |
| 3. |
মোম-কাগজ
|
স্মরনজিৎ
চক্রবর্ত্তী |
Fiction |
2016 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-50405-90-1 |
| 4. |
জোনাকিদের
বাড়ি
|
স্মরনজিৎ
চক্রবর্ত্তী |
Fiction |
2019 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-88870-19-1 |
| 5. |
দোয়েল সাঁকো | স্মরনজিৎ
চক্রবর্ত্তী |
Fiction |
2017 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-50407-44-2 |
| 6. |
সেফটিপিন |
স্মরনজিৎ
চক্রবর্ত্তী |
Fiction |
2020 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-89876-13-0 |
| 7. |
স্পর্শ |
কৃষ্ণেন্দু
মুখোপাধ্যায়
|
Fiction |
2018 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-50408-74-0 |
| 8. |
মন্ত্র |
বিনায়ক
বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
|
Fiction |
2019 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-88870-01-6 |
| 9. |
রহস্য
সমগ্র
|
শীর্ষেন্দু
মুখোপাধ্যায়
|
Fiction |
2015 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-50405-42-3 |
| 10. |
বনি |
শীর্ষেন্দু
মুখোপাধ্যায়
|
Fiction |
2008 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-81-70662-65-6 |
| 11. |
ফেলুদা
সমগ্র
|
সত্যজিৎ
রায়
|
Fiction |
2005 |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-81-77564-80-3 |
| 12. |
চৌরঙ্গী
|
সংকর |
Fiction |
1962 |
Dey's
Publishing |
978-81-29515-37-7 |
| 13. |
রাজর্ষি |
রবীন্দ্রনাথ
ঠাকুর
|
Fiction |
- |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-81-75220-38-4 |
| 14. |
ছায়াময়ী |
শীর্ষেন্দু
মুখোপাধ্যায়
|
Fiction |
2010 |
Patra
Bharati |
978-81-83740-70-8 |
| 15. |
বিস্মৃতি | কৃষ্ণেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায় | Fiction |
শারদীয়া
পত্রিকা ১৪২৩ (2016) |
Ananda Publishers | 978-93-5040-727-1 |
| 16. |
নীলাম্বরের
খিদে
|
দেবারতি
মুখোপাধ্যায়
|
Fiction |
2020 |
Bookfarm |
|
| 17. |
ভগবানের
আপন
বেশ |
দেবাশীষ
বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় |
Fiction |
আনন্দমেলা
পূজাবার্ষিকী ১৪২৩ |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-50407-52-3 |
| 18. |
বৃশ্চিককাল |
সুপ্রিয়
চৌধুরী |
Fiction |
শারদীয়া
পত্রিকা ১৪২৩ (2016) |
Ananda
Publishers |
978-93-5040-729-5 |
| 19. |
ভালোবাসার দুই দিশা |
সিজার বাগচী |
Fiction |
2020 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-89876-14-7 |
| 20. |
ধুলোবালির জীবন |
প্রচেত গুপ্ত |
Fiction |
2019 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-88014-78-6 |
| 21. |
গোয়েন্দাপীঠ লালবাজার |
সুপ্রতিম সরকার |
True Crime |
2018 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-50408-85-6 |
| 22. |
গোয়েন্দাপীঠ লালবাজার ২ |
সুপ্রতিম সরকার |
True Crime |
2019 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-50409-75-6 |
| 23. |
আবার গোয়েন্দাপীঠ |
সুপ্রতিম সরকার |
True Crime |
2020 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-89876-62-8 |
| 24. |
মোহ |
সিজার বাগচী |
Fiction |
2018 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-5040-864-3 |
| 25. |
উত্তরফাল্গুনী |
নীহাররঞ্জন গুপ্ত |
Fiction |
September 1959 |
Mitra & Ghosh |
978-81-7293163-8 |
| 26. |
ফেরা |
তমাল বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় |
Fiction |
শারদীয় দেশ ১৪২৭ (2020) |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-54250-80-4 |
| 27. |
এক যে ছিল মেঘ |
অভিনন্দন সরকার |
Fiction |
শারদীয় দেশ ১৪২৭ (2020) | Ananda Publishers |
978-93-54251-15-3 |
| 28. |
রানী কাহিনী |
দেবাশীষ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় | Fiction |
আনন্দমেলা পূজাবার্ষিকী ১৪২৭ (2020) |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-54253-63-8 |
| 29. |
সন্ধ্যা রাতের শেফালী |
আরতি দাস (মিস শেফালী) |
Memoir |
Dec 2014 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-5040-474-4 |
| 30. |
হত্যাকাণ্ডের আগে ও পরে |
প্রচেত গুপ্ত |
Fiction |
2018 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-5040-863-6 |
| 31. |
কাছে দূরে |
সিজার বাগচী | Fiction |
শারদীয়া পত্রিকা ১৪২৮ (2021) |
Ananda Publishers |
|
| 32. |
সেদিন চৈত্রমাস |
কৃষ্ণেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায় |
Fiction |
শারদীয় দেশ ১৪২৯ (2022) |
Ananda Publishers |
|
| 33. |
বোতামঘর |
স্মরনজিৎ চক্রবর্ত্তী | Fiction |
শারদীয়া আনন্দবাজার ১৪২৯
(2022) |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-54252-62-4 |
| 34. |
দুজনে মুখোমুখী |
সিজার বাগচী | Fiction |
2019 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-93-88014-32-8 |
| 35. |
রেশমকীট | সুবর্ণ বসু | Fiction |
শারদীয় দেশ ১৪৩০(2023) | Ananda Publishers |
978-93-54255-39-7 |
| 36. |
জীবন অনন্ত | মতি নন্দী |
Fiction |
January 1989 |
Ananda Publishers |
978-81-70661-67-2 |
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