10: Alice's adventures in wonderland by Lewis Carrol- One of my earliest reads, the book was given a new lease on life, post my horrendous rendezvous with Tim Burton's extravagant on screen translation of the book. The preposterity of the movie prompted me to pick the old book, laden with silverfish ,again.The result, i immediately fell in love with book again, Alice in wonderland is one book anyone can relate to.
9:Animal Farm be George Orwell- This fable, satirizing the events in Russia, is a work of genius. George Orwell wrote it with the purpose of enlightening the masses and bringing to the fore the atrocities that were committed in the stalinist era. But animal farm does a lot more. It delves deep into the human psyche and comments upon the basis and the motives of our civilization. Animal farm will be read and re-read in the ages to come when no one would've heard of Russia. The sheer timelessness of this book is what makes it a classic.
8 Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger: A highly provocative, groundbreaking and moving account of Holden Caulfield's life. The character is an enigma, too simple yet to complex to fathom
7: A tale of two cities by Charles Dickens: Nothing, I mean nothing is comparable to the ingenuity of Charles Dickens, and a tale of two cities may as well be called as his magnum opus. The beauty with which he captures the essence of the French Revolution is breathtaking
6:Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: Although i was never able to lay my hands on the original unabridged book, the abridged version was good enough to make me mention it in this list. Jean Valjean as an ex convict who makes amends in life is a character worth being remembered for centuries to come
5 The Harry Potter collection by J.K Rowling: I don't think that this book needs any introduction, almost everyone would have read it. This book isn't genius or something, its just a book I have grown up with, and hence it shall always find a place in my top picks.
4 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: This book in my opinion has had the most lasting impression on me. Even though its been quite a while I read it, the crispness of the characters fails to wither from my memory. Anna, Vronsky, Karenin and Levin are the four central characters this book focuses upon. each character doesn't fail to enchant you. It is one book in which you can't call any one character as wrong. Each character has been denuded by Tolstoy so as to enable the reader to pass a justified judgement on the character. Each character with his/her own foibles and qualities, leaves a lasting impression and forces the reader to empathise with him/her
3 The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera: This book, has the most perfectly etched characters possible. Each character has its own set of idiosyncrasies and ideologies. The characters are so strong that the reader almost steps into their shoes while going through this book. Also, the way Kundera uses fiction as a medium to put forth his philosophy, that attaches a lightness to the life we live and makes it unbearable precisely because of the lightness or meaninglessness or futility of this life, is commendable.
2 The Stranger by Albert Camus: Albert Camus for me is the father of modern literature. The simplicity with which he writes his books and is able to convey his thoughts is something that no other writer has. What is really appealing about The Stranger is the banality of the entire plot. The book does not have a "wow" moment, but is able to convey the message so beautifully that you are left admiring the writer. The last 8 pages of this book are a testimony to Camus' profound faith in absurdism (the philosophy refuting the claim that a human life needs to have an essence, a meaning, a purpose to achieve)
1 The lord of the rings by J.R.R Tolkien: When it comes to discussing this man, i am wrong in using the word 'man' to describe him. He has to be one of the Valar or even better still, the human incarnation of Eru Iluvatar himself. For no man can possess the skill, the ability to produce something like the lord of the rings. It is the most comprehensive piece of English literature, possessing every element possible. Lord of the rings along with the silmarillion and the Hobbit was, is and will always be the holistically complete collection of books to have been ever created
other books that deserve a mention
the godfather and the last don by mario puzo
The Trial by Franz Kafka
One hundred years of solitude and love in the time of cholera by Gabriel Garcia marquez
The black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Jeeves omnibus by P G Wodehouse
The tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
A time to kill By John Grisham
To kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee
A few books that deserve a mention for all the wrong reasons
The fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: they disgust me
Catch 22 by Joseph heller: Either i never understood the book or i failed to find humor in its absurd scenarios
H2G2 by Douglas Adams: it's repetitive
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