Nothing has influenced me more than the good old source of knowledge and wisdom, books. Right from the childhood I have been a bibliophile. I like reading about almost any subject: fiction, classics, philosophy, psychology, science, humor, science fiction, anthropology, evolutionary psychology, history, computers; just name the subject and I am in for it. It was a tough task listing very few of my favorite books and authors. I can not make an exhaustive list as it would be strenous to go through it.

I list here some of the books and authors that I have liked and influenced me.

Bertrand Russel:
The Conquest of Happiness
On Education
Marriage and Morals

Will Durant:
The Story of Philisophy

Dr. Stephen Hawking:
A Brief History of Time

J.D. Salinger:
Catcher in the Rye

Richard Bach:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Paulo Colhelo:
The Alchemist

W. Somerset Maugham:
The Razor's Edge

Jared Diamond:
The Third Chimpanzee

Jostein Gaarder:
The Solitaire Mystery

Desmond Morris:
The Naked Ape
The Human Zoo
Intimate Behavior
The Book of Ages

 

Carl Sagan:
Cosmos

Henry Cherrier:
Papillon

John Gray:
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus

Sudhir Kakkar:
Indian Psyche

Robert M. Pirsig:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Arundhati Roy:
The God of Small Things

H.G. Wells:
The Time Machine

George Orwell:
The Animal Farm
1984

Aldous Huxley:
Brave New World

George Mikes:
How to be God
How to be Decadent
How to be an Alien
How to be Poor

Daniel Goleman:
Emotional Intelligence

Dale Carnegie:
How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer:
Your Erroneous Zones

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