Here is an ambitious attempt to start listing books in English that I have read. I started this in 2001 after a quarter century of reading so please be patient as I recollect all those rags that I have read. I am not including all those tonnes of tomes that I had to read for school till my Ph.D. Only leisure reading. Please point out any mistakes where my memory might have failed me.
This list was motivated by a list of books typically read during a B.A. in English (I have lost that bookmark). If you have a recommendation for me then send me an email: kiran[AT]halcyon{DOT}usc{DOT}edu.
The books are rated according to personal taste out of five !!!!! ( * are in my bookshelf and - are on my reading shelf)
Aczel, Amir D. - Fermat's Last Theorem !!
Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy !!!!!*
Adams, Scott - The Dilbert Principle !!!
Adams, Scott - The Dilbert Future !!
Adams, Scott - All the Dilbert Collections !!!!
Anand, Mulk Raj - Tales Told by an Idiot !!!!*
Archer, Jeffrey - Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less !!!
Archer, Jeffrey - Shall We Tell the President !!
Archer, Jeffrey - Kane and Abel !!!!
Archer, Jeffrey - The Prodigal Daughter !!!
Archer, Jeffrey - First Among Equals !
Archer, Jeffrey - A Matter of Honour !
Archer, Jeffrey - As the Crow Flies !
Archer, Jeffrey - Honour Among Thieves !
Archer, Jeffrey - The Fourth Estate !!*
Archer, Jeffrey - A Quiver Full of Arrows !!!
Archer, Jeffrey - A Twist in the Tale !!
Archer, Jeffrey - Twelve Red Herrings !!!
Archer, Jeffrey - To Cut a Long Story Short !
Asimov, Isaac - Prelude To Foundation !!!*
Asimov, Isaac - Foundation !!!
Asimov, Isaac - Foundation's Edge !!
Asimov, Isaac - Foundation and Earth !!
Asimov, Isaac - The Best of Isaac Asimov !!!!!
Austen, Jane - Sense and Sensibility !!!
Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice !!!
Austen, Jane - Emma !!
Bach, Richard - Bridge Across Forever !
Bach, Richard - Illusions !!
Bach, Richard - One !
Bach, Richard - Jonathan Livingston Seagull !!!!
Barry, Dave - Dave Barry in Cyberspace !!!
Barry, Dave - Big Trouble !!!
Barry, Dave et al. - Naked Came the Manatee !!!
Benardete, Seth - Plato's Laws: The Discovery of Being -*
Bierce, Ambrose - Devils' Dictionary !!!!
Blyton, Enid -
Bond, Ruskin - The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories !!!!!
Bond, Ruskin - Delhi is not Far: The Best of Ruskin Bond !!!!
Borges, Jorge Luis - Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings -*
Branson, Richard - Losing My Virginity (Autobiography) !!!*
Bronson, Po - The First 20 Million Is Always the Hardest !!
Bronte, Emily -
Burroughs, Edgar Rice -
Camus, Albert -
Carroll, Lewis -
Casey, Ken - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest !!!!*
Cervantes, Migeul de - Adventures of Don Quixote !!!
Chandler, Raymond -
Charriere, Henri - Papillon !!!!
Charriere, Henri - Banco: The Further Adventures of Papillon !!
Chekov, Anton -
Christensen, Clayton - The Innovator's Dilemma !!!*
Christie, Agatha - And Then There Were None !!!
Christie, Agatha - The Big Four !!!!
Christie, Agatha - The Mysterious Affair at Styles !!
Christie, Agatha - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd !!
Christie, Agatha - The Muder on Orient Express !!!!
Christie, Agatha - Murder in the Mews !!
Christie, Agatha - The Labors of Hercules !
Christie, Agatha - Death on the Nile !!
Christie, Agatha - Cat Among the Pigeons !!
Christie, Agatha - Elephants Can Remember !!
Christie, Agatha - They Do It With Mirrors !!
Christie, Agatha - 4:50 From Paddington !!!
Christie, Agatha - A Caribbean Mystery !
Christie, Agatha - The Seven Dials Mystery !
Clancy, Tom - The Hunt for the Red October !!!!
Clancy, Tom - Redstorm Rising !!!
Clancy, Tom - Patriot Games !!
Clancy, Tom - The Cardinal of the Kremlin !!
Clancy, Tom - Clear and Present Danger !!!
Clancy, Tom - Sum of All Fears !!
Clancy, Tom - Without Remorse !!
Clancy, Tom - Debt of Honor !!
Clancy, Tom - Executive Orders !
Clancy, Tom - Rainbow Six !
Clarke, Arthur C. - 2001: A Space Odyssey !!!!
Clarke, Arthur C. - 2010: Odyssey Two !
Clarke, Arthur C. - Rendezvous with Rama !!!
Clarke, Arthur C. - Garden of Rama !!
Clarke, Arthur C. - Rama Revealed !
Cook, Robin - Coma !!!
Cook, Robin - Fever !
Cook, Robin - Brain !
Cook, Robin - Contagion !
Courant, Richard et al. - What is Mathematics? !!!
Crichton, Michael - Airframe !!
Crichton, Michael - Jurassic Park !!
Crichton, Michael - The Lost World !
Crichton, Michael - The Sphere !!
Crichton, Michael - The Andromeda Strain !!
Crichton, Michael - Congo !!!
Crichton, Michael - Disclosure !!
Crichton, Michael - Eaters of the Dead !
Crichton, Michael - The Great Train Robbery !!
Crichton, Michael - Rising Sun !!
Crichton, Michael - Terminal Man !!
Cussler, Clive - Raise the Titanic !!!
Cussler, Clive - Vixen 03 !
Cussler, Clive - Night Probe !
Cussler, Clive - Pacific Vortex !
Cussler, Clive - Deep Six !
Cussler, Clive - Iceberg !!
Cussler, Clive - Cyclops !!
Cussler, Clive - Dragon !!
Cussler, Clive - Inca Gold !!
Cussler, Clive - Sahara !!
Cussler, Clive - Flood Tide !!
Cussler, Clive - Serpent !!
Dahl, Roald - The Best of Roald Dahl !!!!*
Daimond, Jared - Guns, Germs and Steel !!!!*
Daniken, Erich Von -
Dawkins, Richard - The Selfish Gene !!!*
Defoe, Daniel - Robinson Crusoe !!!
Doyle, Arthur Conan - The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes !!!!*
Dickens, Charles - Great Expectations !!!!
Dickens, Charles - Oliver Twist !!!
Dickens, Charles - David Copperfield !!
Dickens, Charles - A Tale of Two Cities !!!
Dixon, Franklin - The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories (1-80) !!!
Dumas, Alexander - The Count of Monte Cristo !!!
Dumas, Alexander - The Three Musketeers !!!
Durant, Will - The Story of Philosophy !!!!*
Easwaran, Eknath - Take Your Time !!
Einstein, Albert - In His Own Words !!!!!*
Feynman, Richard - Feynman Lectures on Physics (parts) !!!
Feynman, Richard - Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman !!!!
Feynman, Richard - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out !!!!*
Follett, Ken - The Key to Rebecca !!!
Follett, Ken - Eye of the Needle !!!!
Follett, Ken - The Pillars of the Earth !!!
Follett, Ken - A Dangerous Fortune !!
Follett, Ken - The Hammer of Eden !
Follett, Ken - Lie Down with Lions !!
Follett, Ken - The Man from St. Petersburg !!!
Follett, Ken - The Modigliani Scandal !
Follett, Ken - Night over Water !
Follett, Ken - On Wings of Eagles !
Follett, Ken - Paper Money !
Follett, Ken - The Third Twin !!
Follett, Ken - Triple !
Forsyth, Frederick - The Dogs of War !!!
Forsyth, Frederick- The Devil's Alternative !
Forsyth, Frederick - Negotiator !
Forsyth, Frederick - The Day of the Jackal !!!!
Forsyth, Frederick - The Deceiver !
Forsyth, Frederick - The Fist of God !!
Forsyth, Frederick - The Fourth Protocol !
Forsyth, Frederick - Icon !
Gandhi, Mohandas K. - My Experiments with Truth !!!!
Gardener, Erle Stanley -
Gardner, Martin -
Gibran, Kahlil - The Prophet !!!!!*
Gibran, Kahlil - The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran !!!*
Gleick, James - Chaos !!!!
Goodall, Jane - Reason for Hope !!!!
Grisham, John - A Time to Kill !!!
Grisham, John - The Runaway Jury !!
Grisham, John - The Chamber !!
Grisham, John - The Pelican Brief !!
Grisham, John - The Client !!
Grisham, John - The Firm !!!
Grisham, John - The Rainmaker !!
Hailey, Arthur - Overload !!!
Hailey, Arthur - Hotel !!!
Hailey, Arthur - Airport !!
Hailey, Arthur - The Money Changers !!
Hailey, Arthur - Wheels !!
Hailey, Arthur - Detective !!!
Hailey, Arthur - Strong Medicine !!
Hailey, Arthur - The Evening News !!!
Hailey, Arthur - In High Places !!
Hardy, Thomas - The Mayor of Castorbridge !!!!!
Harris, Thomas - I'm OK - You're OK !!!!!*
Hawking, Stephen - A Brief History of Time !!!!!
Hawthorne, Nathaniel - The Scarlet Letter !!!
Heller, Joseph - Catch-22 !!!!
Hemingway, Ernest - For Whom the Bell Tolls !!!!!
Hemingway, Ernest - Old Man and the Sea !!!!!
Henry, O. -
Hesse, Hermann - Siddhartha !!!!
Higgins, Jack - The Eagle Has Flown !!
Hoffman, Paul - The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (The Story of Paul Erdos) !!!!*
Hofstadter, Douglas - Godel, Escher, Bach; An Eternal Golden Braid !!!!*
Hope, Anthony - The Prisoner of Zenda !!!
Hugo, Victor - Hunchback of Notre Dame !!!
Hugo, Victor - Les Miserables !!!!
Huxley, Aldous - A Brave New World !!!!
Jackson, Tim - Inside Intel !!!
Kalam, A.P.J. Abdul - India 2020 !!!*
Kanigel, Robert - The Man Who Knew Infinity !!!!!
Kennedy, Paul - The Rise and Fall of Great Powers !!!
Kerr, Philip - The Grid -*
Kerouac, Jack - On The Road -*
King, Stephen - It !!!!
King, Stephen - The Shining !!!
King, Stephen - The Green Mile !!*
Kipling, Rudyard -
Krishnamurthy, Jiddu -
Lahiri, Jhumpa - Interpreter of Maladies !!!!*
Lapierre, Dominique - Beyond Love !!*
Lapierre, Dominique - Is Paris Burning (with Larry Collins) !!!!
Larson, Gary - The Far Side Collections !!!!!*
Lawrence, D.H. - Sons and Lovers !!*
Lawrence, Paul and Nohria, Nitin - Driven -*
Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mocking Bird !!!!!
Lem, Stanislau - Solaris !!*
Ludlum, Robert - Bourne Identity !!!!
Ludlum, Robert - Bourne Supremacy !!!
Ludlum, Robert - Bourne Ultimatum !!
Ludlum, Robert - Aquitaine Progression !
Ludlum, Robert - The Chancellor Manuscript !
Ludlum, Robert - Gemini Contendors !!!
Ludlum, Robert - Icarus Agenda !
Ludlum, Robert - The Matarese Circle !!
Ludlum, Robert - The Matarese Countdown !!
Ludlum, Robert - The Ostermann Weekend !
Ludlum, Robert - The Road to Gondolfo !
Ludlum, Robert - The Scorpio Illusion !
Ludlum, Robert - Scarlatti Inheritance !
Ludlum, Robert - Trevayne !
Ludlum, Robert - The Matlock Paper !
Ludlum, Robert - The Holcroft Covenant !
Ludlum, Robert - Apocalypse Watch !!
Ludlum, Robert - The Prometheous Deception !
MacLean, Alistair - Athabasca !!
MacLean, Alistair - Bear Island !
MacLean, Alistair - The Black Shrike !
MacLean, Alistair - Breakheart Pass !
MacLean, Alistair - Caravan to Vaccares !!
MacLean, Alistair - Circus !
MacLean, Alistair - Fear is the Key !!!
MacLean, Alistair - Force 10 from Navarone !!
MacLean, Alistair - The Golden Gate !!
MacLean, Alistair - Goodbye California !!
MacLean, Alistair - The Guns of Navarone !!!
MacLean, Alistair - H.M.S. Ulysses !!
MacLean, Alistair - Ice Station Zebra !!
MacLean, Alistair - Night Without End !!
MacLean, Alistair - Puppet on a Chain !!!
MacLean, Alistair - The Satan Bug !
MacLean, Alistair - Seawitch !
MacLean, Alistair - The Way to Dusty Death !
MacLean, Alistair - Where Eagles Dare !!!
Mathur, Anurag - The Inscrutable Americans !!!
Maugham, Somerset -
Maupassant, Guy de -
McCartney, Paul et al. - The Beatles Anthology !!!
McGreal, Ian P. (Ed) - Great Thinkers of the Eastern World !!!*
Munro, H.H. (Saki) -
Naipaul, Shiva - Fireflies !!*
Nair, Rukmini Bhaya - Ayodhya Cantos !!!*
Narayan, R.K. - The Guide !!!!
Narayan, R.K. - Malgudi Days !!!!
Nehru, Jawaharlal - The Discovery of India !!!!!
Orczy, Emmuska - The Scarlet Pimpernel !!!
Orwell, George - 1984 !!!!!
Orwell, George - The Animal Farm !!!!!
Penrose, Roger - The Emperor's New Mind !!!!!
Perelman, Yakov - Physics for Fun I and II !!!!
Perelman, Yakov - Fun with Mathematics !!
Pirsig, Robert - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanance !!!!!
Polya, G. - How To Solve It !!!!!*
Rand, Ayn - Fountainhead !!!
Reiff, Michael - Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World !!*
Rice, Anne - Interview with the Vampire !!!!
Robinson, Patrick - H.M.S. Unseen !*
Roy, Arundhati - The God of Small Things !!!*
Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets !!
Russell, Bertrand -
Salinger, J.D. - Catcher in the Rye !!!!
Scorsese, Martin - Scorsese on Scorsese !!!!
Sagan, Carl -
Segal, Erich - Acts of Faith !!
Segal, Erich - Love Story !!!!!
Segal, Erich - Man, Woman and Child !!
Segal, Erich - Olivers' Story !!
Segal, Erich - The Class !!!*
Segal, Erich - Doctors !!!
Segal, Erich - Prizes !!
Sample, Steven - The Contrarians Guide to Leadership -*
Shakespeare, William - The Complete Works !!!!!*
Shaw, George Bernard - Pygmalion !!!!!
Sheldon, Sydney - A Stranger in the Mirror !!
Sheldon, Sydney - Windmills of the Gods !!
Sheldon, Sydney - Bloodline !!!
Sheldon, Sydney - If Tomorrow Comes !!
Sheldon, Sydney - Memories of Midnight !!
Sheldon, Sydney - Morning, Noon and Night !!
Sheldon, Sydney - Rage of Angels !!!
Sheldon, Sydney - Tell Me Your Dreams !!*
Sheldon, Sydney - The Best Laid Plans !!
Sheldon, Sydney - The Doomsday Conspiracy !!
Sheldon, Sydney - The Sands of Time !!!
Sheldon, Sydney - The Other Side of Midnight !!
Sheldon, Sydney - The Stars Shine Down !
Sparks, Nicholas - The Message in a Bottle !
Steinbeck, John -
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde !!!
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Treasure Island !!!!
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Kidnapped !!
Stoll, Clifford - The Cuckoos Egg
Stone, Irving - The Agony and the Ecstasy !!!!!*
Subramaniam, L. - Euphony (with Viji Subramaniam) !!!*
Thomas, Craig - Firefox !!!
Thomas, Craig - Firefox Down !!
Thomas, Craig - Wolfsbane !!
Thomas, Craig - Lion's Run !!
Thomas, Craig - Sea Leopard !
Thomas, Craig - Snow Falcon !
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Lord of the Rings !!!!*
Trudeau, Gary - The Doonesbury Collections !!!!!*
Tully, Mark - No Fullstops In India !!!
Turow, Scott - Presumed Innocent !!!!
Twain, Mark - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer !!!!
Updike, John - Rabbit, Run !!!
Updike, John - Rabbit Redux !!*
Uris, Leon - Exodus !!!
Verne, Jules - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea !!!
Verne, Jules - Around the World in Eighty Days !!!
Verne, Jules - Journey to the Center of the Earth !!
Waller, Robert James - The Bridges of Madison County !!*
Wells, H.G. - The Invisible Man !!
Wells, H.G. - The Complete Short Stories of H.G. Wells !!!!
Wilde, Oscar - Complete Fair Tales of Oscar Wilde !!!!!
Wilson, F. Paul - The Keep !!
Wodehouse, P.G. -
Wolfe, Tom - A Man in Full !!!!*
Zukav, Gary - The Dancing Wu Li Masters !!!!*