Other years: 1999/2000. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 2011



A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin


American Gods, Neil Gaiman


The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale Of True Love And High Adventure; The "Good Parts" Version, Willian Goldman


Habibi, Craig Thompson


The Absolute Sandman (Vol 1), Neil Gaiman


Enders Game, Orson Scott Card
Pure masala, but great fun. I've seen this book on library shelves for a long time, but somehow didn't pick it up.

Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
Finally reading the book, having only read the comic version in my school days. Well worth the read, I can see why this is a classic.

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Yowza - another classic that was just waiting to be read. Pip is an idiot, and its amazing how little things have changed across centuries - there are too many Pips around.

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, Charles Petzold
Nice book for budding computer/electronics engineers. The first 80% is very nice, but the author tries to cover too much ground in the last few chapters.

A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemmingway


A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
I wish I had read this before! The build up to the climax sent shivers down my spine, and the writing is excellent throughout.

The Inimitable Jeeves, P. G. Wodehouse


The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemmingway


For Whom The Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemmingway


The Secret Science Alliance And The Copycat Crook, Eleanor Davis


Coders At Work, Peter Seibel


Outliers: The Story Of Success, Malcolm Gladwell


Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink


Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics, John Derbyshire
The math presentation was too simplistic, with the end result that I didn't understand much of it. However, there was enough here to help me appreciate the whole brouhaha about the Riemann Hypothesis

Swami Vivekananda: A Biography, Swami Nikhilananda
This is an abridged version that I finally got around to reading after nearly two years. The writing is (ofcourse) a bit hagiographic, but what a man!