Some Famous Books You Should Read

One of the basic reasons why reading is important is that it helps you grow mentally ,emotionally and psychologically. Every book gives you an opportunity to learn new things and explore new ideas. Reading books increases your knowledge and makes you smarter.

1. The God of Small Things

If there was only one book to read before you die, Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’ should definitely be considered. Roy’s first fictional work and her debut novel earned her the Booker Prize. Readers have described it as a hauntingly beautiful tale of caste taboos and what breaking them means in rigid and orthodox societies.

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2. India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha is perhaps one of India’s best historians currently. This book of his talks about India’s history after it gained independence from the British. This is the perfect book for you to understand the evolution of Modern India. Guha, a former professor and now historian, does an awe-inspiring job of making sense of India’s chaotic and eventful history since independence – the partition, Nehru’s socialist policies, Rajiv Gandhi’s brief but impactful career, the rise of religion and caste-based politics – almost everything you want to know is there in this 900-page book.

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3. Train To Pakistan by Khushwant Singh

Read this novel to know about the rivalry between Sikh and Muslim that sparked because of a train that was loaded with dead bodies, thus triggering religious hate. Amidst this, it’s also a story of a Sikh boy and Muslim girl who fell in love and whose love transcends all the religion hate.

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4. How to Win Friend And Influence People

If you want to win friends, you have to do it the hard way, by being yourself and risking rejection (and daring to do some rejection of your own, as well). And if you want to influence people the only fair way to do it is through honesty.

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5. Dracula by Bram Stoker

It’s one of those classics that everyone knows about, but not that many people have actually read it. It was wonderfully creepy the entire way through. It wasn’t like the cheap scare of a jump scare, it was a slow burn that started from the very first journal entry.

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