Books I’ve Read

Favourites are emboldened, while books I didn’t like are struck out not recorded here anymore.

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  • narratives about facts – stem; popsci texts that try to be as objective as possible
  • other narratives – everything else: art; business; literature & literary theory; natural languages; disciplines that are either subjective by design, or due to nascence; lived experiences 


narratives about facts

  1. Mark J. Ablowitz & Athanassios S. Fokas, Complex Variables: Introduction and Applications
  2. George Arfken & Hans Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists
  3. ASTM, Manual on the Use of Thermocouples in Temperature Measurement
  4. Peter Atkins & Julio de Paula, Physical Chemistry
  5. N.K. Bajaj, The Physics of Waves and Oscillations
  6. D.S. Ballantine, et al., Acoustic Wave Sensors: Theory, Design and Physico-Chemical Applications
  7. Colin Banwell & Elaine McCash, Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy
  8. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What it Means for Business, Science and Everyday Life
  9. Robert Bartle & Donald Sherbert, Introduction to Real Analysis
  10. Paula Begoun, The Original Beauty Bible: Skin-Care Facts for Ageless Beauty
  11. Arthur Beiser, et al., Concepts of Modern Physics
  12. David Bell, Electric Circuits
  13. John Stewart Bell, Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics
  14. Walter Benenson, et al. [ed.], Handbook of Physics
  15. Melvin Berger, Discovering Mars
  16. Frank J. Bockhoff, Elements of Quantum Theory
  17. Susan Bosak, Science Is…
  18. B.H. Bransden & C. J. Joachain, Physics of Atoms and Molecules
  19. Marilyn Burns, The I Hate Mathematics Book
  20. Min Chen, Physics Problems with Solutions
  21. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu & Franck Laloe, Quantum Mechanics: Volume I
  22. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu & Franck Laloe, Quantum Mechanics: Volume II
  23. Thomas Cover & Joy Thomas, Elements of Information Theory
  24. Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
  25. Kenneth Davis, Don’t Know Much About the Universe
  26. Shakuntala Devi, More Puzzles
  27. Shakuntala Devi, Puzzles to Puzzle You
  28. Paul A.M. Dirac, The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
  29. Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
  30. Enrico Fermi, Notes on Quantum Mechanics
  31. Enrico Fermi, Nuclear Physics
  32. Richard Feynman, The Character of Physical Law
  33. Richard Feynman, QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
  34. Richard Feynman, Quantum Electrodynamics
  35. Richard Feynman, Michael Gottlieb & Ralph Leighton, Feynman’s Tips on Physics: : A Problem-solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics
  36. Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton & Matthew Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Volume I
  37. Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton & Matthew Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Volume II
  38. Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton & Matthew Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Volume III
  39. A.C. Fischer-Cripps, The Physics Companion
  40. Mark Fox, Quantum Optics: An Introduction
  41. A.P. French, Special Relativity
  42. A.P. French, Vibrations and Waves
  43. Galileo Galilei, Two New Sciences
  44. Ramesh Gaonkar, Microprocessor Architecture, Programming and Applications with the 8085 
  45. Christopher Gerry & Peter Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics
  46. Herbert Goldstein, Charles Poole & John Safko, Classical Mechanics
  47. David Goodstein & Judith Goodstein, Feynman’s Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun
  48. Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
  49. John Gribbin, In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat
  50. David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics
  51. David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles
  52. David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
  53. H.S. Hall & S.R. Knight, Higher Algebra
  54. David Hand, Heikki Mannila & Padhraic Smyth, Principles of Data Mining
  55. Charlie Harper, Introduction to Mathematical Physics
  56. Stephen Hawking, Black Holes and Baby Universes, and Other Essays
  57. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
  58. Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
  59. Kenneth Hoffman & Ray Kunze, Linear Algebra
  60. I.E. Irodov, Problems in General Physics
  61. J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics
  62. Francis Jenkins & Harvey White, Fundamentals of Optics
  63. Michio Kaku, Hyperspace
  64. Mehran Kardar, Statistical Physics of Particles
  65. Brian Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie, The C Programming Language (ANSI C)
  66. Daniel Kleppner & Robert Kolenkow, An Introduction to Mechanics
  67. Jeff Kolby, Derrick Vaughn & Kunda Vamsidhar, GRE Math Prep Course
  68. Kenneth S. Krane, Introductory Nuclear Physics
  69. Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics
  70. S.S. Krotov, Science for Everyone: Aptitude Test: Problems in Physics
  71. Ryogo Kubo, Statistical Mechanics: An Advanced Course with Problems and Solutions
  72. Brij Lal, S. Subrahmanyam & P.S. Hemne, Heat Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
  73. Leslie Lamport, LaTeX: A Document Preparation System
  74. L.D. Landau & E.M. Lifshitz, Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume I: Mechanics
  75. B.P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems
  76. Donald Leach, Albert Malvino & Goutam Saha, Digital Principles and Applications
  77. Yung-Kuo Lim, Problems and Solutions on Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics
  78. Yung-Kuo Lim, Problems and Solutions on Electromagnetism
  79. Yung-Kuo Lim, Problems and Solutions on Mechanics
  80. Yung-Kuo Lim, Problems and Solutions on Quantum Mechanics
  81. Yung-Kuo Lim, Problems and Solutions on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  82. Seth Lloyd, Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
  83. S.L. Loney, The Elements of Co-ordinate Geometry
  84. S.L. Loney, Plane Trigonometry (I & II)
  85. Jon Mathews & R.L. Walker, Mathematical Methods of Physics
  86. P.M. Mathews & K. Venkatesan, A Textbook of Quantum Mechanics
  87. David McMahon, Circuit Analysis Demystified
  88. Elliott Mendelson, 3000 Solved Problems in Calculus
  89. Jacob Millman, Christos Halkias & Satyabrata Jit, Electronic Devices and Circuits
  90. Edward Minium, Bruce King & Gordon Bear, Statistical Reasoning in Psychology and Education
  91. Robert Morrison & Robert Boyd, Organic Chemistry
  92. Pat Murphy, Ellen Klages & Linda Shore, The Science Explorer
  93. Mahmood Nahvi & Joseph Edminister, Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Electric Circuits
  94. Michael Nielsen & Isaac Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
  95. Asher Peres, Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods
  96. John Preskill, Quantum Computation (Notes on)
  97. Edward Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism
  98. V. Rajaraman, Computer Programming in Pascal
  99. Frederick Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics
  100. Dan Rockmore, Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis: The Quest to Find the Hidden Law of Prime Numbers
  101. Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
  102. Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
  103. Lewis Ryder, Quantum Field Theory
  104. M.N. Saha & B.N. Srivastava, A Treatise on Heat
  105. Keisuke Saka, Karakuri: How to make mechanical paper models that move
  106. J.J. Sakurai, Advanced Quantum Mechanics
  107. J.J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics
  108. Ramamurti Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics
  109. William T. Silfvast, Laser Fundamentals
  110. V. Smilga, Relativity and Man
  111. Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie & Sarah Dopp, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things
  112. Murray Spiegel, Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Complex Variables (With an Introduction to Conformal Mapping and Its Applications)
  113. G.L. Squires, Practical Physics
  114. William Stanley, Operational Amplifiers with Linear Integrated Circuits
  115. John Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements
  116. George Thomas & Ross Finney, Calculus & Analytic Geometry
  117. Silvanus Thompson & Martin Gardner, Calculus Made Easy
  118. Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Maharaja, Vedic Mathematics
  119. H.C. Verma, Concepts of Physics: Volume I
  120. H.C. Verma, Concepts of Physics: Volume II
  121. Larry Verstraete, Extreme Science
  122. Jearl Walker, The Flying Circus of Physics
  123. Hugh Young & Roger Freedman, Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics
  124. Mark Zemansky & Richard Dittman, Heat and Thermodynamics
  125. Nouredine Zettili, Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications
  126. Barton Zwiebach, A First Course in String Theory


other narratives

  1. 37 Signals, Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Web Application
  2. 50 Cent & Robert Greene, The 50th Law
  3. M.H. Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms
  4. Alexander Aciman & Emmett Rensin, Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter
  5. Carol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
  6. Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
  7. Joy Adapon, Culinary Art and Anthropology
  8. Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
  9. Negar Akhavi [ed.], AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India
  10. Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
  11. Alan Aldridge [ed.], The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
  12. Sergei Alexeyev, Russian History in Tales
  13. Agha Shahid Ali, The Veiled Suite: The Collected Poems
  14. David Allen, Getting Things Done
  15. Paul Allen, Idea Man: A memoir by the co-founder of Microsoft
  16. Woody Allen, Collected Prose [Getting Even + Side Effects + Without Feathers]
  17. David Almond, et al., Click
  18. Aristophanes, Lysistrata and Other Plays
  19. Aristotle, Poetics
  20. W.H. Auden, Selected Poems
  21. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
  22. Paul Auster, The Invention of Solitude
  23. Virginia Axline, Dibs: In Search of Self
  24. Fredrick Backman, The Answer Is No
  25. J.N. Bahukhandi, In Search of Happiness
  26. John Banville, The Sea
  27. J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
  28. Roland Barthes, Mourning Diary
  29. Roland Barthes, Mythologies
  30. F. Batmanghelidj, Your Body’s Many Cries for Water
  31. Wenda K. Bauchspies, Jennifer Croissant & Sal Restivo, Science, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Approach
  32. Geoffrey Bawa, Lunuganga
  33. Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
  34. Saul Bellow, Seize the Day
  35. Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
  36. Andrew L. Berkin & Larry E. Swedroe, Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing: The Way Smart Money Invests Today
  37. Scott Berkun, The Myths of Innovation
  38. Isaiah Berlin, The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy’s View of History
  39. George Bernard Shaw, Great Works of Bernard Shaw
  40. George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
  41. Eric Berne, Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
  42. Edwin Black, IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America’s Most Powerful Corporation
  43. Robert Bly, Morning Poems
  44. David Bohm, Wholeness and the Implicate Order
  45. Ruskin Bond & Ganesh Saili, Mussoorie & Landour: Days of Wine and Roses
  46. Edward de Bono, How to Have a Beautiful Mind
  47. Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety
  48. E.R. Braithwaite, To Sir, with Love
  49. Niki Brantmark, Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment
  50. Rutger Bregman & Elizabeth Manton [tr.], Humankind: A Hopeful History
  51. Po Bronson, What Should I Do With My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
  52. Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
  53. Julius Caesar, The Civil War
  54. T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health
  55. Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Short Stories
  56. Truman Capote, Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote
  57. Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and It’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life
  58. Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
  59. Dale Carnegie, The Quick & Easy Way to Effective Speaking
  60. Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
  61. James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
  62. Anne Carson, The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
  63. Anne Carson [tr.], If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
  64. Raymond Carver, Carver: Collected Stories
  65. Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
  66. Raymond Carver, Where I’m Calling From
  67. Ram Chandra, Sahaj Marg mein Abhyasi ki Bhumika
  68. Anton Chekhov, Plays
  69. Anton Chekhov, Selected Stories
  70. Agatha Christie, An Autobiography
  71. Ismat Chughtai, The Quilt: Stories
  72. Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
  73. Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
  74. Anna Claybourne & Rebecca Treavs, World of Shakespeare
  75. James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
  76. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
  77. Eoin Colfer, And Another Thing…
  78. Nick Constable, Selling Secrets
  79. Wendy Cope, The Orange and Other Poems
  80. Sean Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers
  81. Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  82. Verity Crosswell, Anxious Little Monters: A Gentle Mental Health Companion for Anxiety and Stress
  83. e.e. cummings, Selected Poems 1923-1958
  84. Rosalyn D’Mello, A Handbook for My Lover
  85. Kamala Das & Suresh Kohli, Closure: Some Poems and a Conversation
  86. Rana Dasgupta, Solo
  87. Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
  88. Vinay Dharwardker & A.K. Ramanujan, The Oxford Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry
  89. Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
  90. Emily Dickinson, Collected Poems
  91. Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
  92. Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly
  93. Cori Doerrfeld, The Rabbit Listened
  94. Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, The Gruffalo
  95. Sharada Dwivedi & Shalini Devi Holkar, Almond Eyes, Lotus Feet: Indian Traditions in Beauty and Health
  96. The Economist, Style Guide
  97. Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years
  98. Kathy Elgin [ed.], Fashions of a Decade: The 1920s
  99. Kathy Elgin [ed.], Fashions of a Decade: The 1930s
  100. Kathy Elgin [ed.], Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s
  101. Kathy Elgin [ed.], Fashions of a Decade: The 1950s
  102. Kathy Elgin [ed.], Fashions of a Decade: The 1960s
  103. Kathy Elgin [ed.], Fashions of a Decade: The 1970s
  104. Kathy Elgin [ed.], Fashions of a Decade: The 1980s
  105. Kathy Elgin [ed.], Fashions of a Decade: The 1990s
  106. T.S. Eliot, Selected Poems
  107. Carle Eric, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  108. Euripides, Ten Plays
  109. Nissim Ezekiel, Collected Poems
  110. Friederike Fabritius & Hans Hagemann, The Leading Brain: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance
  111. Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Poems by Faiz [translated by V. G. Kiernan]
  112. Peter J. Feibelman, A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science
  113. Richard Feynman, Don’t You Have Time to Think?
  114. Richard Feynman, The Meaning of It All
  115. Richard Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
  116. Richard Feynman, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
  117. Richard Feynman, What Do You Care What Other People Think?
  118. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
  119. Horace Fletcher, Fletcherism: What It Is; or How I Became Young at Sixty
  120. Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
  121. Gillian Flynn, The Grownup
  122. Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
  123. Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
  124. Alison Freer, How to Get Dressed: A Costume Designer’s Secrets for Making Your Clothes Look, Fit, and Feel Amazing
  125. Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents
  126. Fynn, Mister God, This Is Anna
  127. Eduardo Galeano, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History
  128. Kathleen Galotti, Cognitive Psychology
  129. Héctor García & Francesc Miralles, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
  130. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
  131. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
  132. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Memories of My Melancholy Whores
  133. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, No One Writes to the Colonel
  134. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Of Love and Other Demons
  135. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
  136. Darlene Geis [ed.], Walt Disney’s Treasury of Children’s Classics
  137. Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody
  138. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
  139. Kahlil Gibran, The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran
  140. Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
  141. Jean Giono, The Man Who Planted Trees
  142. Deeanne Gist, A Bride Most Begrudging
  143. Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
  144. Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
  145. Rohini Godbole & Ram Ramaswamy [ed.], Lilavati’s Daughters
  146. Cynthia Gold & Lise Stern, Culinary Tea: More Than 150 Recipes Steeped In Tradition from Around the World
  147. Jennifer Granger, Feminine Lost: Why Most Women Are Male
  148. Robert Greene & Joost Elffers, The 48 Laws of Power
  149. Robert Greene & Joost Elffers, The Concise 48 Laws of Power
  150. Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
  151. Em Griffin, A First Look at Communication Theory
  152. Adina Grigore, Skin Cleanse: The Simple, All-Natural Program for Clear, Calm, Happy Skin
  153. Ted A. Grossbart & Carl Sherman, Skin Deep: A Mind/Body Program for Healthy Skin
  154. Tim Gunn & Ada Calhoun, Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything In Your Closet
  155. Tim Gunn & Kate Moloney, A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style
  156. Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
  157. Matt Haig, The Comfort Book
  158. G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology
  159. Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
  160. Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
  161. Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
  162. Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
  163. Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
  164. Amy Hempel, The Dog of the Marriage: The Collected Short Stories
  165. Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
  166. Edward D. Hess & Katherine Ludwig, Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age
  167. Daniel Delis Hill, As Seen in Vogue: A Century of American Fashion in Advertising
  168. Michael F. Holick, The Vitamin D Solution: A 3-Step Strategy to Cure Our Most Common Health Problem
  169. Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty
  170. Homer, The Iliad
  171. A.E. Housman, Poems Selected by Alan Hollinghurst
  172. Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
  173. Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
  174. Ted Hughes, Poems Selected by Simon Armitage
  175. Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
  176. Henrik Ibsen, Four Great Plays
  177. Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
  178. Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go
  179. Kazuo Ishiguro, Nocturnes
  180. Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
  181. M.R. James, Ghost Stories
  182. Valerie Jamieson & Liz Else, 100 Things to Do Before You Die
  183. Oliver Jeffers, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
  184. Elfriede Jelinek, The Piano Teacher
  185. Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?
  186. Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
  187. Ruchir Joshi [ed.], Electric Feather: The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories
  188. Andrew Jotischky, A Hermit’s Cookbook: Monks, Food & Fasting in the Middle Ages
  189. Franz Kafka, The Complete Short Stories
  190. Franz Kafka, The Diaries of Franz Kafka
  191. Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World’s Most Elegant Woman
  192. John Keats, Complete Poetry & Selected Prose
  193. Jack Kerouac, On the Road
  194. Omar Khayyam, The Ruba’iyat
  195. Vex King, Healing Is the New High: A Guide to Overcoming Emotional Turmoil and Finding Freedom
  196. Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
  197. Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
  198. Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
  199. Ken Kocienda, Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
  200. John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
  201. Arun Kolatkar, Jejuri
  202. Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
  203. Mridula Koshy, If It Is Sweet
  204. Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
  205. Milan Kundera, Identity
  206. Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  207. Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
  208. Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
  209. Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth
  210. Suzanne Lang & Max Lang, Grumpy Monkey Up All Night
  211. D.H. Lawrence, Women in Love
  212. Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
  213. Geoffrey Leech, Margaret Deuchar & Robert Hoogenraad, English Grammar for Today
  214. Donald R. Lehmann & Russell S. Winer, Product Management
  215. Hedwig Lewis, Body Language
  216. Norman Lewis, Word Power Made Easy
  217. Gordon Livingston, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
  218. Leil Lowndes, How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
  219. Lois Lowry, The Giver
  220. Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
  221. Kuzhali Manickavel, Insects Are Just Like You and Me, Except Some of Them Have Wings
  222. Hisayo Grace Maeda & Lucille Craft, Japanese Secrets of Beautiful Skin & Weight Control
  223. Nick Maggiulli, Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways to Save Money and Build Your Wealth
  224. Wendy Mak, 1000 Outfits from Just 30 Pieces: Your Guide to Looking Hot & Fabulous on a Budget
  225. N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Microeconomics
  226. Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
  227. Saadat Hasan Manto, Selected Stories
  228. Rory Marinich, gstepl
  229. Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
  230. Lorraine Massey & Michele Bender, Curly Girl: The Handbook
  231. Guy de Maupassant, The Best Short Stories
  232. Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
  233. Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore, The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects
  234. Steven L. McShane & Mary Ann von Glinow, Organizational Behavior
  235. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra [tr.], Songs of Kabir
  236. Herman Melville, Moby Dick
  237. Anil Menon, The Beast with Nine Billion Feet
  238. David Mikics, A New Handbook of Literary Terms
  239. Caterine Milinaire & Carol Troy, Cheap Chic: Hundreds of Money Saving Hints to Create Your Own Great Look
  240. John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women
  241. Henry Miller, Quiet Days in Clichy
  242. Henry Miller, Nexus
  243. Henry Miller, Plexus
  244. Henry Miller, Sexus
  245. Henry Miller, The World of Sex
  246. Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
  247. Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
  248. A. A. Milne & Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator), Winnie-the-Pooh
  249. John Milton, Paradise Lost
  250. Henry Mintzberg, Why I Hate Flying
  251. Cyrus Mistry, Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer
  252. Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
  253. Barbara Mitchelhill, Run Rabbit Run
  254. Hugh Molloy & Garry Egger, Skin Fitness: Safe and Healthy Skin Care
  255. L.M. Montgomery, Magic for Marigold
  256. Clifford Morgan, Richard King, John Weisz & John Schopler, Introduction to Psychology
  257. Toni Morrison, Beloved
  258. Chris Mounsey, Essays and Dissertations
  259. Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
  260. Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular
  261. Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
  262. Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
  263. Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
  264. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
  265. Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
  266. Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory
  267. V.S. Naipaul, A House for Mr. Biswas
  268. V.S. Naipaul, An Area of Darkness
  269. V.S. Naipaul, Literary Occasions
  270. V.S. Naipaul, Magic Seeds
  271. Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
  272. Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
  273. Cal Newport, So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
  274. Thich Nhat Hanh, Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
  275. Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus
  276. Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
  277. Staffan Noteberg, Pomodoro Technique Illustrated: The Easy Way to Do More in Less Time
  278. Bradley P. Nystrom [tr.], The Song of Eros: Ancient Greek Love Poems
  279. Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea
  280. Karla Oliveira, Tassajara Cookbook
  281. Jamie Oliver, Meals in Minutes: A Revolutionary Approach to Cooking Good Food Fast
  282. Richard Olsenius, National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Digital Black & White
  283. Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
  284. George Orwell, Animal Farm
  285. George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
  286. Yotam Ottolenghi, Plenty 
  287. Yotam Ottolenghi, Simple
  288. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
  289. Grace Paley, The Collected Stories
  290. Amruta Patil & Devdutt Pattanaik, Aranyaka
  291. Kevin Paul, Study Smarter Not Harder
  292. Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
  293. Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
  294. Daniel H. Pink & Rob Ten Pas, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need
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