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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Depressing story of two women in Afghanistan.

1984

George Orwell

A dystopian nightmare where war is peace and freedom is slavery.

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Life of a teenager with angst, alienation and superficiality.

The Metamorphisis

Franz Kafka

Worst nightmare for a family with single breadwinner.

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

A story of discovering one's own enlightenment.

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A rich family may not mean a happy life.

The Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Mahabharata from Panchaali's eyes.

Twenty Two Goblins

Arthur W. Ryder

Classic Indian folklore told in a simplistic manner.

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Sometimes you think of your choices.

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Interesting story of the dead among us.

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

The war from the women's eyes and their heroism.

Looking for Alaska

John Green

A colorful love story.

Malgudi Days

R.K. Narayan

Heavy dose of day-to-day stories.

The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

A tospy-turvy ride through the knots of love.

Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman

An awesome collection of stories from Norse mythology.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

A brilliant narration of a family.

The Pregnant King

Devdutt Pattanaik

A wonderful combination of magic and philosophy.

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

A big love tale.

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

Ove is the chad neighbor we all hate but at the end miss.

The Jaunt

Stephen King

A future that is scary because of science.

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A refreshing story that was fun to read.

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

If this is the future, then please don't.

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

A refreshing tale of our human lives.

Forever Series

Novoneel Chakraborthy

A modern love tale with suspense and mystery.

Strange Planet

Nathan Pyle

After reading, you realize that Earth is really strange.

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Each story teaches you a new form of out-of-box thinking.

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Beautiful narration of a culture, traditions and difficulties.

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I went full upside down reading this book. Perspective changing story.

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

Fantastic thriller with a nice twist at the end.

Recursion

Blake Couch

First ever sci-fi novel I have ever read. As always time machines are dangerous.

Nothing Lasts Forever

Sidney Sheldon

Mysteries within mysteries.