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Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
by Chetan Bhagat
A love triangle set in the backdrop of corruption and ambition in modern-day India.
This book follows the story of two friends separated by their ambitions and passions yet connected by their love for the same girl. While Gopal, who has experienced the harsh realities of life due to ... (Wikipedia)
2 States: The Story of My Marriage
by Chetan Bhagat
A romantic comedy about two people from different cultural backgrounds who must overcome family opposition to be together.
2 States: The Story of My Marriage is autobiographical with only names changed. The story is about a couple Krish and Ananya, who hail from two different states of India, Punjab and Tamil Nadu , ... (Wikipedia)
Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
by Chetan Bhagat
Three friends at IIT navigate their way through college, learning life lessons along the way.
The book is narrated by Hari, with some small passages by his friends Ryan and Alok, as well as a letter by Hari's girlfriend Neha Cherian. It deals with the lives of the 3 friends, whose elation on ... (Wikipedia)
I Too Had a Love Story
by Ravinder Singh
A heart-wrenching love story of two individuals who meet online and fall in love, but fate has other plans.
Ravin and Khushi are the male and female protagonists of the novel. The novel starts with a reunion in Kolkata of Ravin and his three male friends Manpreet, Amardeep, Happy, who used to study in the ... (Wikipedia)
Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny
by Preeti Shenoy
A young woman battles with mental illness and learns to take control of her life, finding love and hope along the way.
The book is set in Kerala in the 1980s. The story opens with a series of letters between the protagonist, Ankita and her childhood friend, Vaibhav, who is in IIT Delhi. Ankita has just entered St ... (Wikipedia)
The Palace of Illusions
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
A narrative of a brave woman's journey through Indian mythology, coming to terms with her fate.
A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat—told from the point of view of an amazing woman. Relevant to today’s war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that ... (Goodreads)
The Immortals of Meluha
by Amish Tripathi
Epic adventure of an ancient warrior, seeking to protect a kingdom from evil forces.
Meluha is a near perfect empire, created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram , one of the greatest Hindu kings that ever lived. However, the once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe ... (Wikipedia)
Love Story
by Erich Segal
A tale of love, loss and hope, as two young lovers navigate life's challenges.
Oliver Barrett IV, a wealthy jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law . . . Jenny Cavilleri, a sharp-tongued, working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe ... (Goodreads)
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh
Peasant villagers in India during partition, forced to confront the brutality of sectarian violence.
“In the summer of 1947, when the creation of the state of Pakistan was formally announced, ten million people—Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs—were in flight. By the time the monsoon broke, almost a ... (Goodreads)
The Krishna Key
by Ashwin Sanghi
A fast-paced thriller that follows a history professor on a quest to uncover the truth behind a 5,000-year-old secret society and its connection to Lord Krishna.
The Krishna Key centers around Professor Ravi Mohan Saini, the protagonist and a historian who has been accused of the murder of his childhood friend Anil Varshney, a famous archaeologist who has ... (Wikipedia)
Chanakya's Chant
by Ashwin Sanghi
A political thriller that weaves together the stories of Chanakya, an ancient Indian strategist, and a modern-day politician.
The year is 340 B.C . A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father by the Emperor of Magadh, Dhana Nanda. Cold, calculating, cruel and armed with ... (Wikipedia)
The Negotiator
by Frederick Forsyth
A former SAS officer is hired to negotiate the release of hostages from a terrorist group.
Frederick Forsyth, master of the international thriller, retums with an electrifying story of a man of immense power and a conspiracy to crush the President of the United States. Only one ... (Goodreads)
Murder Is Easy
by Agatha Christie
Amateur sleuth investigates a series of suspicious deaths in a small village.
Upon his return to England after his overseas job in the police, Luke Fitzwilliam shares a London-bound train carriage with Lavinia Pinkerton. She talks with him about her reason to travel to ... (Wikipedia)
Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata
by Devdutt Pattanaik
A beautifully illustrated retelling of the epic Indian mythological tale, the Mahabharata, exploring its many complex characters and themes.
High above the sky stands Swarga, paradise, abode of the gods. Still above is Vaikuntha, heaven, abode of God. The doorkeepers of Vaikuntha are the twins, Jaya and Vijaya, both whose names mean ... (Goodreads)
P.S. I Love You
by Cecelia Ahern
A woman's journey of grief, recovery, and courage in the wake of her husband's death.
Holly and Gerry are a married couple who live in Dublin. They are deeply in love, but they fight occasionally. By winter that year, Gerry suddenly dies of a brain tumor and Holly realizes how much he ... (Wikipedia)
Swami and Friends
by R.K. Narayan
A group of friends living in a small Indian town experience adventures and growth.
The story revolves around a ten year old school boy named Swaminathan and his friends. Throughout the novel he is called as Swami . All the events take place in Malgudi , A fictional town. Swami ... (Wikipedia)
The A.B.C. Murders
by Agatha Christie
A master detective investigates a string of linked murders in a race against time.
Returning from South America, Arthur Hastings meets with his old friend, Hercule Poirot, at his new flat in London. Poirot shows him a mysterious letter he has received, signed "A.B.C.", that details ... (Wikipedia)
If Tomorrow Comes
by Sidney Sheldon
A woman's quest for justice, taking revenge against the criminals who wronged her.
Tracy is a successful bank-worker in Philadelphia, engaged to a wealthy heir, whose child she is carrying. Then her mother commits suicide, after being scammed by the New Orleans Mafia and left in ... (Wikipedia)
Five Little Pigs
by Agatha Christie
A detective investigates a 15-year-old unsolved murder case, uncovering secrets and lies.
Sixteen years after Caroline Crale is convicted for the murder of her husband Amyas, her daughter Carla Lemarchant approaches Hercule Poirot. In the meeting, Carla claims her mother was innocent, and ... (Wikipedia)
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
A moving story of two siblings growing up in India, exploring love, politics, and class.
The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with chrome tailfins is stranded on the highway amid a Marxist workers' demonstration. Inside the car ... (Goodreads)
Kane & Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
Two rival men, from different backgrounds, fight for success and power in a cutthroat world.
The book tells the stories of two men born worlds apart. They have nothing in common except the same date of birth (18 April 1906 in the book, and 1901 in the miniseries based on it) and a zeal to ... (Wikipedia)
Of Course I Love You...! Till I Find Someone Better...
by Durjoy Datta
A love story between a boy and a girl, filled with drama, heartbreak, and self-discovery.
Of Course I Love You is set in Delhi, 2006–2008, and revolves around nightclubs, colleges, relationships and friendships. Debashish "Deb" Roy is a college student who has dated and bedded many girls. ... (Goodreads)
Leo's Chance
by Mia Sheridan
A second chance romance between two childhood friends, Leo and Evie, who reconnect after years of separation and heartbreak.
A companion (alternate POV) novel to the, USA Today, bestselling book,, Leo,. Does everyone deserve a second chance? Even someone who lies and deceives to get it? Do we all have a second chance ... (Goodreads)
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
A scientist's journey to invisibility which leads to a descent into madness.
A mysterious man, Griffin, referred to as 'the stranger', arrives at the local inn owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hall of the English village of Iping , West Sussex, during a snowstorm. The stranger wears a ... (Wikipedia)
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho
A young woman's journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.
Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never ... (Goodreads)
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
An exploration of the Indian class system, told from the perspective of a lower-caste man.
The entire novel is narrated through letters by Balram Halwai to the Premier of China, who will soon be visiting India. Balram is an Indian man from an impoverished background, born in the village of ... (Wikipedia)
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
An assassin attempts to kill the president of France in a thrilling race against time.
The book begins in 1962 with the (historical) failed attempt on de Gaulle 's life plotted by, among others, Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart : ... (Wikipedia)
Veronika Decides to Die
by Paulo Coelho
A young woman's journey of self-discovery, learning to confront mortality and the power of love.
Veronika is a young woman from Ljubljana , Slovenia, who appears to have a perfect life, but nevertheless decides to commit suicide by overdosing with sleeping pills. While she waits to die, she ... (Wikipedia)
Origin
by Dan Brown
An exploration of secret societies and history, uncovering dark secrets of the past.
Edmond Kirsch, a billionaire philanthropist, computer scientist and futurist , as well as a strident atheist , attends a meeting in Catalonia ( Spain ) with Roman Catholic Bishop Antonio Valdespino, ... (Wikipedia)
Best Friends Forever
by Jennifer Weiner
Two childhood friends, now adults, navigate the ups and downs of their friendship and personal lives.
From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes "a smart, witty fairy tale for grownups" (Maureen Corrigan, NPR). Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That’s what ... (Barnes & Noble)
