Well… though I have got this impressive “Books I Have Read” page all for myself, to be frank, in reality I am, the-only-books-i-have-read-are-textbooks kinda guy. But after having filled up a hundred job applications and shamelessly leaving the “Your Hobbies” field blank, I have figured that if I ever have to get beyond just job applications, reading books is one good hobby to fill up in such forms (Oops! I mean to genuinely cultivate!).
So now that you have some background about my only motivation towards reading, please do not assume the list below as the 21st century’s most recommended books or so. Most of them are here simply because I got a cheap deal on a bootlegged copy. Needless to say, also don’t take my ratings too seriously!
2011
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Grinding It Out by Ray Kroc
(My Rating: 3.5/5) |
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Why We Buy by Paco Underhill
(My Rating: 4.5/5) |
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Moments Of Truth by Jan Carlzon
(My Rating: 4.5/5) |
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I Too Had A Dream by Verghese Kurien
(My Rating: 4/5) |
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Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
(My Rating: 3.5/5) |
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Banker To The Poor by Muhammad Yunus
(My Rating: 5/5) |
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Marketing Warfare by Al Ries and Jack Trout
(My Rating: 4.5/5) |
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu
(My Rating: 4.5/5) |
2010
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All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin
(My Rating: 3/5) |
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Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis
(My Rating: 4/5) |
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Meditation And Its Methods by Swami Vivekananda
(My Rating: 4.5/5) |
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It Happened In India by Kishore Biyani
(My Rating: 4/5) |
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Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell
(My Rating: 3.5/5) |
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Mediocre But Arrogant by Abhijit Bhaduri
(My Rating: 1.5/5) |
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Jonathan Livingston Seagul by Richard Bach
(My Rating: 4.5/5) |
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My Friend Sancho by Amit Varma
(My Rating: 4/5) |
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The Motrocycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara
(My Rating: 4/5) |
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Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong
(My Rating: 4/5) |
2009
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2 States by Chetan Bhagat
(My Rating: 4/5) |
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Business Stripped Bare by Richard Branson
(My Rating: 4/5) |
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Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz
(My Rating: 5/5) |
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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
(My Rating: 4.5/5) |
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The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
(My Rating: 4/5) |
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Stay Hungry Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bhansal
(My Rating: 3/5) |
a good collection man
Oh common Amit, half of those books have been borrowed from you! And really sorry for the stains of noodles and coffee on Page 156 of My Friend Sancho… and also for the page thats gone missing from The White Tiger… ;)
Ok fine… just joking about the stains… b…but the page missing thing is true… :(