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Top 10 Books You Shouldn’t Miss Reading This January [Editors Choice]
There’s no better time than a new year to make a new TBR.
In more ways than one, last year was all about people re-evaluating their relationships with family, work, society, and nature. While we were still recovering from the devastating consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the new wave had striked us in 2022. Books were both a great source of respite and eye-openers.
So here is our list of Top 10 Books which you should read this month.
1. All That for a B-School?! by Swapnil Paranjape & Prajakta Sinai
What happens when your illusion of a perfect life comes crashing down at an unexpected turn of life? Is folding down your only option? Mandar Vartak is about to learn this life lesson the hard way. He has had a picture-perfect life: a loving family, good grades, a great girlfriend, and an overall protected happy life. Up until now, that is.
Now, however, he seems to be waking up to a sheer nightmare. He has been jerked awake to reality, by the unraveling of a relationship that he previously thought to be straight out of a Mills & Boon production. To add to the misery of a complicated relationship, he is realizing that his career might just Read More..
2. 2047: The Unifier by Rashmi Trivedi
They say that love has the power to move mountains, but does it have the power to unite two warring nations?
In 1947, the British put a knife through India’s heart when they created two nations, India and Pakistan; two nations that now have a history of war, mistrust and hatred. Can love put a balm on the bleeding hearts of the two nations and unite them forever?
Karan is an Indian boy in love with a Pakistani girl, and the only way he can marry her is if India and Pakistan unite. So, he decides to take up the impossible task of uniting them during the 100th year of partition. Will people accept his crazy idea? What about the political parties? Will he succeed? In a world Read More..
3. Colours of Red by Rakesh Kumar Singh
Set in the war zone of Bastar, this is a dramatic tale of a young paramilitary officer caught in the cross hairs of life.
Known infamously as the ‘red corridor’ of India, Bastar is a place dominated by Naxalite violence, fear and bloodshed, a place that was once blessed by the Gods but has now turned it into ‘God-forsaken land’.
Shaurya, the highly patriotic commandant of the Counter-Insurgency Task Force, gets posted to Bastar. He soon starts believing that his banishment to the wilderness of Bastar’s Dandakarnaya forest is an ‘official punishment’ to curb his Bohemian lifestyle. He, however, decides to Read More..
4. Once Upon A Time In Bharatha Desham by Mahesh N Kotekere
This book is a compilation of the stories of an ancient King who challenged the age-old norms of his kingdom. The King’s intentions have made powerful people within the palace uncomfortable. Will the King be successful in creating an ideal kingdom? Will the citizens be happy? What are the sacrifices the King has to make?
5. Bowled, but Not Out by Ruchira Khanna
What’s a girl to do when she wants to hit boundaries but life throws her beamers?
Saru expected her life to turn for the better when she found love and married. Instead, she kept getting deliberate yorkers from her mother-in-law. She hit a sixer when a baby arrived, but things got worse soon after. Her appeal to the umpire fell on deaf ears. Finally, she walked out of the stadium, and let go of the first love of her life. Then she flew off to New York for her Masters.
Will Saru get a second chance at love and marriage and get to hit a century? Will her daughter ever form a relationship with her biological father?
6. Mapping Horizons by Abhinav Agarwal
This book presents you with the absolute hard truths of my life, objective tips, and tricks that might help you with your journey. This book is just another step towards my goals, to reach the unreachable, and to make quality education more accessible.
I received a 100% scholarship to attend Stanford University. I lived the IIT dream, and I am a part of multiple organizations that enable me to learn more, educate myself and others every single day. This book is meant to act as a source of motivation, driving force, and guidebook for Indian students having a dream of studying abroad or any high school student in general.
7. Light – A bit of fact, a bit of fiction. by Vikky Abraham
The book keeps you gripped with its brilliantly sketched characters who disturb you and provoke you to think and re-examine your perception of the world. The plots are fast-paced, and the twists make the stories even more intriguing. A fascinating collection of stories of women who come alive and stay with you long after you have put the book down.
8. Long Run by T. Sathish
For a moment, imagine that you are twenty-something making tons of money in the stock market. The success is heady, and you’re living it up! When out of the blue, your car crashes, horrifically. You go off the spotlight. It takes months to even open your eyes, but you can’t see anymore. A challenge like no other. Your defeat looks certain. While you were enjoying the spotlight, you slid away from some of your past relationships. Now, the question: Do you have it in you to make a comeback? Meet Raghu, a livewire investment manager. Glitz, romance, and euphoric success filled his life, until the day his car and life Read More..
9. Ashes of the Rose by Sangeeta Kathuria
‘Remember Mina, the burning ashes in your life don’t define you. If you find the right person, he will pull you up from the ashes and replant you in a better place, where you can bloom and share the beauty of your love and fragrance with the world. We must all rise from the ashes and live to see another day.’ Her mother told her many a time.
Mina Roy had nothing in the growing years of her life in the Mumbai slums. Nothing material that is. Yet she had a heart of gold and a family that she loved like no other. She had dreams, aspirations to become the most famous artist in Mumbai, to support her family and to overcome the odds that were cast against her. She knew she could do it.
10. Contrived Connections by Radhika
When Sivakami and Sharan set out for their common colleague’s marriage at a tiny Kerala hamlet,
their lives take a new turn. For Sivakami it means a reconnection of long-lost ties, while for Sharan it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to express his love to Sivakami.
Things don’t turn out as Sharan expects as the secrets behind Sivakami’s life unravel. Sharan lends his shoulder to Sivakami as she plunges into the mission of setting right the lives of those people who once meant the world to her.