Fiction
1.The Stranger -Albert Camus(The novel and rather radical concept of Existentialism and the 'absurd' is absolutely astounding)
2.Pride and Prejudice -Jane Austen(the story is rather commonplace but the intricacy of the character sketch and the is definitely worth a read)
3.The Idiot - Fydor Dostoevesky
4.The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand9i am a staunch follower of "objectivism')
5.The House for Mr.Biswas - V.S.Naipaul
6.Complete series of Sherlock Holmes-most of the all "The Hound of Baskerville'(where else can one see such uncommon 'common sense', also the description of moriarti was breathtaking)
7.All of Oscar Wilde(i just adore his impeccable style of writing, the satire in the 'The canterville ghost', the sensitivity
in the 'The Happy prince' the inimitable wit,humour and the element of surprise in 'The Model Millionaire' is rarely encountered elsewhere)
8.To Kill A Mocking Bird-Harper Lee
9.The Time Machine-Alan Turing
10.The Tempest-William Shakespeare
Non-Fiction
1. The Making of a Surgeon-Dr.William A Nolen
2.Wings of Fire-A.P.J. Abdul Kalam(President-India)
3.Origin of Species-Charles Darwin
4.India,A Land of Million Mutunies-V.S.Naipaul
5.The Naked Ape-Desmond Morris
6.The Genome- Matt ridley
7.The Unknown Ideal-Capitalism-Ayn rand
8.The Beginning of Time-Stephen Hawking
9.You must be joking,Mr.Feynman- Richard feynman(Nobel laureate-Physics)
10.Molecular Genetics-Watson