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By: Samina Mishra
3.78
Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
Allahabad, early twentieth century. The British rule across India, but Avadhi culture is thriving. …
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1. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.10
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost philosophers of our time, Nas… read more
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"Only the autodidacts are free."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"More data means more information, but it also means more false information."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Convincing - and confident - disciplines, say, physics, tend to use little statistical backup, while political science and economics, which have never produced anything of note, are full of elaborate…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself. This acts as a filter--it is the only filter. If the subject is not intere…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
2. Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond
By: William Dalrymple , Anita Anand
4.04
Format: 335 pages,
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most celebrated a… read more
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3. Scion of Ikshvaku (RamChandra, #1)
By: Amish Tripathi
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price. 3400 BCE. INDIA Ayodhy… read more
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4. The Music Room
By: Namita Devidayal
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Namita is ten years old, her mother takes her to Kennedy Bridge, a seamy neighborhood in Bomba… read more
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5. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
By: William L. Shirer
4.21
Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more
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"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
6. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
By: Joseph Murphy , Ian McMahan
4.33
Format: 57 pages,
Chapter after chapter, this astounding book combines ancient wisdom with modern science to bring it… read more
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7. Independence
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more
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"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence
8. The Dog of the North
By: Elizabeth Mckenzie
3.61
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award-longlisted author of The Portable Veblen Penny Rush has problems. H… read more
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"How could she know? We discover things about our spouses no one else ever will. Marriage is one long striptease of the soul."-Elizabeth Mckenzie, The Dog of the North
9. Do Epic Shit
By: Ankur Warikoo
3.76
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty and brutally honest thoughts… read more
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"Irrational optimism is a founder's death trap!"-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit
"Safe is better than sorry. Nope. Risk is better than regret."-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit
"Only when you go against the flow will you find your own flow."-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit
"You don't control your results. You always control your inputs."-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit
10. Victory City
By: Salman Rushdie
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more
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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
11. Tomb of Sand
By: Geetanjali Shree
3.70
Format: 739 pages, Paperback
An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces … read more
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"Anything worth doing transcends borders."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"लगा मैं गयी तो लगा कि जा रही हूँ तो रोते हुए क्यों जाऊँ, हँसते हुए जाऊँगी ।"-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"Daughter. You love her. You fear her. Now you see her. Now you don't. All women, don't forget, are daughters."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"That which is torn develops an increased capacity for insight and forbearance. A capacity to experience sensations that escape the notice of others."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
12. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-Reum
4.02
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more
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"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
13. War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)
By: Amish Tripathi
3.65
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
LANKA WILL BURN. DARKNESS WILL PERISH. BUT CAN LIGHT ENDURE? INDIA, 3400 BCE. Greed. Rage.… read more
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"Fresh drops of grief do not cause any ripple in an ocean of anguish."-Amish Tripathi, War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)
14. Diary of a Void
By: Emi Yagi
3.51
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more
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"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
15. Butter
By: Asako Yuzuki
3.60
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more
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"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
16. Over My Dead Body (William Warwick, #4)
By: Jeffrey Archer
4.07
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
A Polícia Metropolitana de Londres acaba de anunciar uma nova unidade de Casos Arquivados com o pro… read more
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17. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
By: Shrayana Bhattacharya
4.29
Format: 384 pages, None
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more
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"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
18. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
By: Stephen Fry
4.32
Format: 415 pages, Paperback
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more
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"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
19. We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
By: Tsering Yangzom Lama
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi… read more
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20. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
By: Stephen Fry
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and come… read more
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"Green fingers are better than gold."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?"-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
21. This Life At Play: Memoirs
By: Girish Karnad
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Girish Karnad was one of modern India’s greatest cultural figures: an accomplished actor, a path-br… read more
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22. The Silence Factory
By: Bridget Collins
3.55
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more
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23. There Are Rivers in the Sky
By: Elif Shafak
4.58
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more
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"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky
24. Fire Bird
By: Perumal Murugan
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Fire Bird is a masterfully crafted tale of one man's search for the elusive concept of permanence. … read more
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25. The Padmas: Fifty Stories of Perseverance
By: Neha J Hiranandani
4.76
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Step into the world of the Padma Awards—one of India’s highest civilian honours. Announced on the e… read more
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26. Living with Adi: A middle-grade novel about an autistic teenager navigating through life
By: Zarin Virji
4.36
Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition
Adi Krishnan is different!He is a bright student, who loves to read, and remembers everything down … read more
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27. Hold On to Your Dreams: A Letter to Young Friends
By: Ruskin Bond
4.58
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
On the eve of his ninetieth birthday, literary legend Ruskin Bond brings to readers a heartfelt let… read more
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28. Where Does It Hurt? (Hook Book): Exploring complex emotions through poetry | 5+
By: Samina Mishra
3.78
Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
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29. Suryavamshi: The Sun Kings of Rajasthan
By: Abanindranath Tagore
4.22
Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition
For over a century, Abanindranath Tagore’s Raj Kahini has been one of the most beloved works of Ban… read more
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30. Grandpa’s Bag of Stories | An illustrated collection of timeless tales from India’s favourite storyteller, perfect for read along | Ages 8 and up
By: Sudha Murty
4.56
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
Join Anoushka, Krishna, Meenu and Raghu along with Ajja-Ajji on their adventure to Mayawati, a beau… read more
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31. We Come From Mist: Writings from Meghalaya
By: Janice Pariat
3.50
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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