It is very difficult to shortlist JUST 5 books out of many years of frenzied hungry reading - but let me try.
- White Mughals by William Dalrymple(I have loved all his books but this is the favourite)
Historical - moving - great character sketches and very well-researched as usual by Dalrymple.
- The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh(I loved all his books but this is the favourite).
I love the way Ghosh always makes you feel as if you are in the place where the book is set.
- Meet Mr. Mulliner by P.G.Wodehouse(Wodehouse is God for me)
Wodehouse is my favourite - nothing beats the humour, the fun, the innocence in his books. Bertie Wooster is my favourite followed very closely by Mulliner.
- A Painted House by John Grisham
Takes you to the cotton fields where the book is set.
- The Orion(Antiquity of the Vedas) by Lokmanya Tilak
What a mastermind! Very well presented theory on the oldness of the vedas. Also, "The Arctic home of the vedas" by Tilak is also very good.
The above gives a fair picture of my choice of books. I have read thousands of books and the above are my favourites and on top of my mind.