This year I planned to read around 100 books, but could not achieve the target, and looking at the academic calender and schedule it does not seem possible. Though I think I have managed to read around 20-22 books so far, excluding academic or related books. But, the revised target for the rest of the year and first half of next year, is the following list. This time I decided to go for some meaningful thought provoking books(subject to availability of books in libraries and purchasing power of my pocket), instead of Grisham, Archer and the usual stuff.
- Search in Secret India by Paul Brunton
- Hermit in the Himalayas by Paul Brunton
- The Age of Reasons by Jean Paul Sartre
- Meetings with Remarkable Men by Gurdjieff
- The Outsider by Albert Camus
- The Plague by Albert Camus
- By The River of Madeira I Sat Down and Wept
- Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda Paramhansa
- Many life many masters by Weiss
- Sidhartha by Herman Hesse
- Portrait of an artist as a young man by James Joyce
- Notes to myself by Hugh Prather
- Who Am I by Maharishi Raman
- The power of now by Eckhart Tolle
- I am that by Nisargdutta Maharaj
- Song of Life by J Krishnamurthi
- Freedon from the known by J Krishnamurthi
- Art of loving by Erich Fromm
- You shall be as Gods by Erich Fromm
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
- The way of all the Earth by John S Dunne
- The song celestial by Edwin Arnold
- Cutting through spiritual materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
- The Rebel by Osho
- Books I have loved by Osho
- Caravan of Dreams by Idries Shah
- Feeling Buddha by David Frazer
- Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley
- Light on the path by Mabel Collins
- The Good Heart by Dalai Lama
A Search in Secret India- you would find in the British Library. Use the institutional membership of IIFMor go personally. Very good book, but in many senses similar to Autobiography of Yogi. You would like it, for sure.
prashantmishra_7@yahoo.com
hi prashant
thanks for the visit.. I tried to mail you back but i think email id was not working..
Certainly I would try to find that book in BL.
P.S.Are you alumnus of IIFM ?
if you are into modern contempary writing, try getting hold of patrick suskind. a couple of recommendable books are “perfume” (a work of genius, the coldness makes hannibal lecter seem like a kid) and “pigeon”.
also, try alessandro barrico.
cheers! happy reading!
hi santhosh,
I need e-book of “The outsider” by Albert Camus. If you have that book please send it to me.
my mail id is : innamuris@gmail.com
Thanks,
Suneel
“Many life many masters by Weiss ” i heard about this boook for the first time by the chat in lunch table with my bos… I’m very interesting to read it… Is there any chance for me in Indonesia to get that book?
farah_archie@yahoo.com
Hi Santosh,
Strongly recommend the latest release of macmillan ” Give me back my guitar ” written by Ravindra Potharaju.
A fascinating book with wonderful insights..