World Without End is a 2007 historical thriller by Ken Follett and the sequel to 1989’s The Pillars of the Earth. However, it doesn’t matter whichever you read first.
World Without End takes place in the same fictional town as Pillars of the Earth - Kingsbridge - and features the descendants of some of Pillars characters two centuries later in England in the fourteenth century. This new supersized story inspires the same question posed by its doorstop predecessor: Too fat to pick up, or too engrossing to put down?
The book evolves …

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Well I have to admit one thing in all honesty. With this novel, a new storyteller is born who is destined to go places if “A theory of intelligence” leads him there.
Infact storyteller wouldn’t be an apt word for him; raconteur would be the perfect adjective to describe him. And he is none other than 22 year “thinking adult”, if I may put it that way, DCEiite whose name is Sachinn Garg. Now you may be wondering why an extra ‘n’ in “Sachinn”. Is he like those who believe in changing …

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“Pakistan’s finest English-language novelist“! That’s what New York Times Book Review had to say about Bapsi Sidhwa, the author. About the novel it says “… heart rending real and intimate … a powerful and moving tale“.
Well every word of it is indeed true. Though I have not read many Pakistani novelists but can say this piece of work would surely rank among the top class. 
An American Brat, set in late 70s, is a story of a Parsi-Zoroastrian teenage girl from Pakistan who is sent to America by her parents to …

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Breaking Dawn is the fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. It is the last novel of the Twilight saga to be told from Bella Swan’s perspective. For first 3 novels click here:- Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse.
Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen and in another by her profound connection to Jacob Black, Bella Swan has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss & strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events …

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It is another one-of-those-IIT-setting novel, so don’t be surprised if you are reminded of Chetan Bhagat’s famous book - “Five Point Someone” and Tushar Raheja’s “Anything for you Ma’m“.
Before we go into any comparisons with Five Point Someone, let’s have a glimpse into the story. The protagonist of the book is Arindam Chaterjee who hails from a middle class family and puts up in Eastern region of Delhi. The book covers his journey to IIT and his 4 years stay at the prestigious institute. The essence of the book lies in …

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Eclipse is the third book in the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer. It is advised to read the first two books in the series before reading Eclipse.
In ‘Twilight (Twilight Saga Book 1)’ Isabella (Bella) Swan moves to Forks to stay with her father where she meets Edward Cullen who is a vampire. She falls in love with him and defying all odds he is equally in love with her.
‘New Moon (Twilight Saga Book 2)‘ sees Edward leaving Bella for her own good. Bella finds solace with her childhood friend Jacob …

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The White Tiger is a debut novel by Aravind Adiga which won him the Man Booker Prize of 2008.
I have never read anything like this before! The plot is simple but the writing style is refreshingly new. Who would have imagined an entrepreneur from Bangalore telling his life stories to the premier of China!!!!
The protaganist is Balram Halwai aka “Munna” (hindi word for boy) who hails from a very small village “Laxmangarh” in north India. Although Halwai means ”sweet maker” in hindi yet his father is a rickshaw puller. He earns …

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Norwegian Wood is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.
Norwegian Wood is a Beatles song from which the book takes its title. It echoes throughout the novel, the melancholy tune and the sentiment imbuing the work. The Beatles sang:
“I once had a girl / or should I say / she once had me“; (amazing song; do listen to it )
Toru Watanabe (the main protagonist) is similarly unclear as to how he should consider his love for the two girls Naoko and Midori.
Naoko is beautiful, yet an emotionally troubled …

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Unaccustomed Earth is collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri, the author of the famous  ”The Namesake“. It earned her Pulitzer award for fiction and catapulted her to a different orbit all together.  
 
Through Unaccustomed Earth, she has tried to unveil the cover to reveal how the most ordinary lives have their secrets. The books starts with the story of a middle aged man who re-discovers his life after his wife’s death. His daughter who thought him to be a burden now finds the tables to be turned. It is …

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New Moon is a fantasy-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is Meyer’s second novel in the Twilight saga. It is advised to read Twilight first. This book, unlike the previous entry, is about losing true love. It was originally published in hardcover in 2006.
The book begins with Bella turning 18, older than Edward and still human. At her birthday party she gets a paper cut while opening her gifts and her one drop of blood triggers Jasper (Edward’s brother) to attack her inspite of attempting to have a non-human …

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