Thank you uber-artist Mr. Vibhuti Dabrāl for nominating me for the favorite Books / Bucket Book Challenge. Contrary to popular belief, I am not much of a reader (except Hindi comics) but I enjoy non-fiction and research works....once in a while.
1. Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
2. झूठा सच (This is not that Dawn) - Yashpal
3. Seize the Day: How the Dying Teach Us to Live - Marie De Hennezel
4. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
5. Everything by multi-talented Bharat Negi ji
5. The Boy who Lived with Ghosts - John Mitchell
6. Papillon - Henri Charrière
7. Five Past Midnight in Bhopal - Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro (read after the publication of 84 Tears)
8. The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan Series) - Tom Clancy
9. वयं रक्षाम: - आचार्य चतुरसेन
10. Windmills of the Gods - Sidney Sheldon
11. Raj Comics, Indrajaal, Amar Chitra Kathayen
I nominate (request) Karan Virk, Pankaj Vijayvargiya, Pratima Kamble, Faisal Hashmi, Paul Praneeth Muddamalle, Palimpsest Pomo and Surbhi Arora Ma'am to take some time listing literary stuff that has influenced them.