Books that have had a profound affect on me.
Fiction
I enjoy short stories more than novels and other forms. Here’s a list of authors I enjoy.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Sherlock Holmes
- Ernest Hemingway
- Farewell to Arms and discovered short stories later.
- Somerset Maugham
- Saki
- Kartherine Mansfield
- Leo Tolstoy
- Jorge Luis Borges
Poetry
Poetry is magical. Here’s a list of my favourite poets.
- Bashir Badr
- Ujāle apnī yādoñ ke was perhaps the first poetry book I read
- Gulzar
- An autographed copy of Selected Poems is one of my most prized possession.
- Nida Fazli
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ranjish hi sahi and more
Life
Beyond the noise
- J Krishnamurti
- Reflections on the Self
- Freedom from the Known
- Bruce M. Hood
- The Self Illusion
- Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
- Flow