Monday, January 13, 2014

10 Slim Books That One Must Read

10 slim books that one must read when in school. And then again and again.





1) The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran

2) Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach

3) Love Story, Eric Segal

4) Animal Farm, George Orwell

5) The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway

6) Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

7) The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

8) Siddhartha, Herman Hesse

9)The Outsider, Albert Camus

10) The Untouchable, Mulk Raj Anand / The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

Did I miss any?



3 comments:

Rajendra said...

Bill Bryson's 'A short history of almost everything,' even though it's not slim. For its subject, it's quite compact.

Madhav said...

Who Moved My Cheese. Spencer Johnson.

Harimohan said...

Raja,
Agreed. It's a brilliant book. Need to read it again.

Madhav,
Yes, it brought in a new shift in our thinking.