Well, it is not only very inappropriate but completely unjustified to just write about 5 books and that also when life means so much more.
There are so many things and subjects, and to select only five books out of it seems the requisite of people who are not looking forward to great reading..
I have already listed somewhere my 10 favourite books and I am not going to write their names again.
So what am I going to do? All I am gonna do is pay a tribute to authors based on 5 different classes of books I have read!!! ( even this is unjustified, , but will atleast include a broad range) I know this is unjustified, but my friends are always my first priority!!!!
1) WITTY
a) OSCAR WILDE, , ,
the best bet on wit, , and english at the same time, , if you are down, , read his one liners in any quotations’ books, , and you will be up !!!!phrases, witticisms, , poems, short stories, , , and the most lovable---- PLAYS, , , , most readable person, , and also the least understood ’’the only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on as quickly as you can.It is never of use to oneself’’
i loved the plays, the importance of being earnest, picture of dorian gray, and the story of the prince and the rose.
b) George bernard shaw
the choice is obvious, ,
the doctors dilemma, and
the works of GB Shaw are enough for anyone to know the potential of words at its rational best!!!
- A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
c) Douglas Adams, , ,
the hitch hikers guide to galaxy , , , to get yourself mad!!! and yet you will enjoy every page of it.. it is a must for all lovers of Catch-22 and Zen and art of motorcycle maintenance.
d) P.G. wodehouse, , ,
i liked his, , , the man with two left feet, and I got to know what comedy is like!!
e) Bertrand Russel,
intelligence incorporated
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
2) Classical age ie..17th, 18th, 19th and 20thcenturies
a) Charles Dickens
David copperfield is enough, to do justice to this great writer
b) Jane Austen
I liked sense and sensibility more than pride and prejudice
c) katherine Mansfield
wonderful poems and wonderful short stories, , especially the Fly
d)Rabindranath Tagore, ,
never got to read most of his nobel worthy poems, , but read most of his short stories, , , a wow man in himself!!!! WoW, , , know him, , and you would be proud that you are an indian.
e) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ,
i never know why I never stop loving sherlock holmes!!!! He may be boring, , but his cases, , , , another wowwwy!!!
3) Life Changers!!!! (almost any good author can find a place here)
a) Robin Sharma
who will cry when u die? and the monk who sold his ferrari, , are enough
b) Paulo coelho manual of warrior of light, , the alchemist, , eleven minutes, , , 3 best books of all times must say
c) Ayn Ran.d (wrong spelling as they dont allow the right spelling to be typed!!)
If you read the fountainhead, , , you will change your way of thinking , , too idealistic to be followed, , , too good to do otherwise!!
d) Jack Canefield and Mark Hansen, , ,
chicken soup series, , , always worth a read, , at any age, at any time, for any mood, , , its bound to make you feel and do good.
e) Osho
Even I was amazed why I mentioned him here, , but he does make a point sometimes, , , and he reads good, he speaks better, , and writes the best, , , always worth reading
4) Suspense, thrillers and romantics, and poets
a) william shakespeare, , ,
father of all fathers of english prose and poem, , , he shook this sphere just with the amount of moods he displays, , , poems, stories, plays, , you name it, , you will never forget them for their content, and the figures of speech, , and the rhymes, , , a wowwwy man!! I wish he looked somewhat heroic
b) william wordsworth
worth all his words, , , nature’s best bet, , the best english poet of all times along with keats, shelly, yeats, tennyson.
c) Sidney sheldon
do you want to pass time and yet savour it!! pick any book of this author, and you will find the plot to keep you busy!!! the ends not necessarily always so nice, , , but yes, , he does write good stuff
d) Agathe Christie and enid blyton
there is a kid inside every reader, , , and these people know just how to bring those curious kids in us come alive, , , never to be missed, , , also the tintin adventures and various comics
e) O’Henry
if I had to write just 5 names here, , , it would include this great man, , , , another WOWWWIE MAN, , , others would be wilde, shakespeare, coelho, and tagore
5) miscellaneous
a) mario puzo
sicilian and godfather, , both happened to be good!!!
b) gandhiji
my experiments with truth, , , sometimes a legend just needs one masterpiece and that will suffice, , , he is rightly the mahatma
c) Leo tolstoy and anton chekov
always the story writers in my english class textbooks, whom I would read first, , ,
d) Norman vincent peale and napolean hill
if you want to be positive, belive in yourself, get rich, , and get rich with peace of mind!! you will surely read these, , , , not that you will get what you want, , but you will surely enjoy a much richer, faith-filled , positive life...
e) any Quotations book, , , or proverbs book
its the best way to read and know the best words/lines written by almost all the authors . from churchill and seneca, to benjamin franklin and charlie chaplin..
I have missed out on a lot of authors and books, , but atleast have done justice to some of my best pals!!!! may the saddest of the days of your future be happier than the happiest of the days of your past.! happy reading! its a good habit, , , bye