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Bharti's bookshelf

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini

The Palace of Illusions

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Tuesdays With Morrie

by Mitch Albom

A heartfelt memoir with lots of food for thought. It makes you ponder deeply over simple things in life. I had to stop many times in between to let the words sink in. One negative point is that It came across a bit too much as...

How to Be a Woman

by Caitlin Moran

Fifty Shades of Grey

by E.L. James

As the name suggests i found this book extremely grey. It surely showed all shades of grey. Didn't like at all and had to skip pages to complete it. I would not call it a romance novel. Only eroticism loaded with gray details. A book ful...

Anil's Ghost

by Michael Ondaatje

My Name is Joe

by Stefan Bourque

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

Cafe Du Jour

by Lilian Darcy

Girl With a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

Living in the same country and having seen the places mentioned in the book, it was ever more wonderful to read this. The care, attention and detail with which everything is described takes you to that era right in front of that painting...

Around the World in 24 Books...

the below mentioned list is a combined list from two buddies ...  So ofcourse the list is longer than 24 books. Read on what you like!

Buddies :

365 Days of Siri
Divya times

1. Afghanistan - The Swallows of Kabul
2. Albania - The Palace of Dreams
3. Australia - The Man Who Loved Children 
4. Brazil - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles
5. Burma - The Forgotten Highlander 
6. Bulgaria - Solo
7. China - The Foremost Good Fortune 
8. Denmark - Music and Silence 
9. England - Angelina's Bachelors: A Novel with Food
10. Ethiopia - Sweetness in the Belly 
11. Germany - The Diary of a Young Girl  by Anne Frank
12. Hungary - The Invisible Bridge 
13. India - In the Convent of Little Flowers 
14. Iran - Reading Lolita in Tehran 
15. Israel - A Tale of Love and Darkness 
16. Japan - Kitchen 
17. Mauritius - Wandering Star 
18. Mexico - Like Water for Chocolate
19. Norway - Sophie's World 
20. Pacific Islands - Mister Pip 
21. Pakistan - Burnt Shadows 
22. Poland - The Street of Crocodiles 
23. Russian Federation - The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine 
24. South Africa - Agaat 
25. South America - Bel Canto 
26. Spain - The Shadow of the Wind
27. Srilanka - Anil's Ghost 
28. Turkey - The Bastard of Istanbul,  Birds Without Wings, Portrait Of A Turkish Family 
29. Vietnam - The Lotus Eaters 
30. Zimbabwe - The Boy Next Door 

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