hey trying to start reading the books.. do you have any novel.. in mind and you suggest me to read

walkahead..heres one that has been on my mind for a while now(that im waiting for to fall on my lap from the heavens above hehe)

Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era
by Eiji Yoshikawa

*note - its a japanese book that has been translated for the masses like us to enjoy!:oD*

Reviews:
Edwin 0. Reischauer - "The Gone with the Wind of Japan."

More reviews and book description here. Hope u  will be able to try smthing out of here that u will enjoy immensely ...good luck!and good day!:oD

ps- hey angie!:oD "simplicity beyond life's complexities" can possibly exist only in books hoina? hehe..hope alls well!

 

one of my faves from Salman Rushdie :Shame

Disgrace : [novel]. – London : Secker & Warburg, 1999.....J M Coetzee.

That guy is genious but its for serious reading..If you are just starting then may be you want to focus on some nepali or indian writers and then step up..

 g luck

what abt "Things Fall Apart"

The Kite Runner

try palpasa cafe by narayan wagle. it is a good read in nepali. i read it on flights from ktm to usa last year. ghanchakkar by sanjib upreti is also a good one, also in nepali.

 

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thankz people.. any other..

.My recommendations:
1. "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The best writer this planet has ever produced.
2. "Absurdistan" by Gary Shteyngart. The best young novelist today.
3. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. The most humane novel you will read your entire life.

Good thread :-)

But Walkhead bro, could you please specify what type of Novels you are looking for? There are loads of good novels which I have gone through but it depends upon person's choice. What's yr taste? Romantic, spiritual, Science Fiction, suspesne or something else....

It could be really better if you just narrow down your kind of novels then you have no regret reading suggested novels.

Just for e.g. Da Vinci Code is a really famous book and liked by millions but I really did not enjoy that book, same is with Harry Porter, the whole world moved by those series but I donot know why I could not even complete half of the book. So it all depends upon the taste.

Right now Im reading,YESTERDAY IN BACKLANE by Bernice Rubens, its a kind of suspense-comic and romantic novel that won Booker Prize. And the other one Im going throung is SIDDHARTHA (its spritual fiction) by novel prize winner writer Hermann Hesse.

In Nepali I strongly recommend PALPASA CAFE as Jyapu bro said.

 

Have a happy reading

Here are some of my Nepali favorites,

• Tin Ghumti (तिन घुम्ती) -BP

• Narendra Dai (नरेन्द्र दाई) -BP

• Hitlar ra Yehudi (हिट्लर र याहूदी) -BP

• Babu Ama ra Chhora (वाबु आमा र छोरा) -BP

• Sewt Bharabi (श्वेत भैरबी) - BP

• Sirish ko Fool (सिरिश को फुल्) - Parijat

• Anuradha (अनुराधा) - Bijaya Malla

• Vok ra Vittaharu (भोक र भित्ताहरु) - Daulat Bikram Bista

• Chapaiyeka Anuharharu (चपाइएका अनुहारहरु) - Daulat Bikram Bista

• Sansarma Sabai Bhanda Eklo Jib (संसारमा सबैभन्दा एक्लो जिव) - Sankar Koirala

• Karagar (कारागार) - Banira Giri

• Ek Chihan (एक चिहान) - Hridaya Chandra Singh Pradhan

• Jaya Bhudi (जय भुँडी) - Vairab Aryal 

 

I would start with BP.

Yesterday in Black Lane didn't win the Booker. one of her earlier novels did.  yeah before we reccomend tell us which genre you are interested?

I would say go with something thats not too complex if you are only starting to read. Something you would be interested in. I think Rushdie would be too complex for a begining reader. If you want to develop a habit and want to start I think you should go with something short, and I have nothing in mind that I could recommend! If you are upto reading something long but really inrteresting The Kite Runner is awesome. I like Sheldon's books too but I use to read them like 6 years ago. A lot of wow moments whole reading his work. Tell me your dreams is one of my favorites! Harry Potter is a fun read too, I got totally attached to him.

  Just   done  with " The  Kite  Runner" . It  good  and  simple .
   Try   " God of  Small  Things ' by  Arundati  Ray  . That is another  good  piece  of a  novel . 

 How    many   of   you like  Samrat Upadhaya's  books.   I  really   dont   find his   books so worthy.

Novel is addiction really man i know it..................... Some of my Fav

Alchemist by Paulo Chelo

The Road by Cormac Mc Carthy

And then there were none by Agatha Christie

The Reader------I forgot the writer translated fron German but worth reading

The Street Lawyer, The Chamber-- All of John Gisham is good

The Dream Merchant by Harold Robbins

Touching my Father's Soul-- by Jamling Tenzing Norgay

In Nepali

I read Sumnima by BP and Palpasa Cafe by Narayan Wagle both are the best

Good luck reading...............

hey people can i get the above novels like the palpasa cafe.. in US..

The Tutor of History ( Manjushree Thapa)

The Kite Runner(Khaled Hossini)

. A good thread as it gives me quite an option. Thanks for the starter!

Here are my few selections as of now:
The Kite runner or Tuesdays with Morrie would be a good start as they are simple and engaging.
Inheritence of Loss, Hundred years of solitude, The namesake, Da Vinci Code are other good options.
Salman Rushdie is a genius but takes quite a toll out of you for infrequent readers like me.

Happy Reading!

Right now i am reading VS Naipaul's Mr. Biswas's house and it is really gripping.

I don't know what you guys find so steller in Shalman... I barely finished one of his book.. man was it a drag.. I might not be bright enough to relate to him, I guess.. I just find his narration really dry.. My favourite author is Gabriel Garcia Marquez.. Liked every single of his book I have read.. One hundred years of soltitude is a classic and so are all of his books.. Alchemist - one of my all time favourite. I also like Ernest Hemingway - Should be a good start. Read Hope in the Dark by Rebacca Solnit - not a novel but it really defined me as a person..

kite runner is really good i really liked it