Some of the books that I loved reading
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- Raja Gidh by Bano Qudsia
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- The Prophet by Khail Gibran
- Jinnah of Pakistan by Stanely Wolpert
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Sufaid Jazeera by Nasim Hijazi
- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- A Portrait of the Artist as Young man by James Joyce
- Khanabadoush by Mustansir Hussain Tarar
- The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
- Chaltey ho tou Cheen ko Chalye by Ibn e Insha
- Urdu ki Aakhri Kitaab by Ibn e Insha
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
- Pyar ka Pehla Shehar by Mustansir Hussain Tarar
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- By The River Piedra I sat down and Wept by Paulo Coelho
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
….and some that I liked because they were different
- The Davinci Code by Dan Brown
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
- Married to a Bedouin by Marguerite van Geldermalsen
- The Five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
- A Sultan in Palermo by Tariq Ali









May 12, 2007 at 5:12 pm
READ – We should or you??
Have you gone through Coelho’s Like the flowing river?? It’s a collection of numerous articles of his printed in papers and is the best … !
May 12, 2007 at 5:27 pm
READ meaning what I have read and still remember:). Whenever I remember something I have gone through, I put it here.
No I have not read ‘Like the flowing river’. Will try to get hold of it and read. Thanks Asma.
February 29, 2008 at 4:42 pm
What about Gone with the wind ???
February 29, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Never finished it
..but still can put it in here
.
June 3, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam and The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje I think are worthy of being considered for you to read.
June 3, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Seeking Noor…thanks..I will try to get hold of the ‘Maps’…as for The English Patient..I have seen the movie and it was UNIQUE experience…no words for it…
. I am quite positive that book will be better as is the case usually.
February 21, 2009 at 5:08 am
Good selection..
Read Awaz-E-Dost…it is a gem in the crown of urdu litreture..i bought it last year and read it so many times but i always find it fresh…
February 22, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Thanks Anna. I too liked Awaz e Dost and you are right it is one of good ones in urdu literature. The list here is only few that I read and still remember the names…every book leaves an impression on the reader and these ones , specially the first 3, left a deep mark