Prose
I enjoy short stories more than novels and other forms. Here’s a list of authors I enjoy.
Arthur Conan Doyle
- Read the entire Sherlock Holmes series
Ernest Hemingway
- Started with 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
- Famous works include Kisi ko mukammal jkabhi kisi ko mukammal jahan nahin milta
Ahmad Faraz
Life
Jiddu Krishnamurti
- Reflections on the Self
- Freedom from the Known
The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity by Bruce Hood
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly