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Just want to develop a reading habit...... So people please suggest me some english/urdu books..... I'll prefer non fiction like about politic, biography (Only of interesting people though) and light fiction.... However please feel free to suggest any books from other genres also!!
Thank you :)
 
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Just want to develop a reading habit...... So people please suggest me some english/urdu books..... I'll prefer non fiction like about politic, biography (Only of interesting people though) and light fiction.... However please feel free to suggest any books from other genres also!!
Thank you :)

Pride and Prejudice/Emma/Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery
The Remains of the Day/A Pale View of Hills/ When we were orphans/ An artist of the floating world by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Going Solo by Roald Dahl
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Chrestomanci series/ The Howl series by Diana Wynne Jones
The Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents by Terry Pratchett.
 
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Books i've read and loved!!!

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES:
Nelson medella,Walt to freedom
Diary of a young girl..Anne frank
Autobiography of Benjamin franklin
Bill Clinton, my life
Tina fey,Bossy pants
Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln
Joaquim Nabuco, Minha formação
Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Autobiography, posthumous
Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), The Red Fighter Pilot
Nikola Tesla, My Inventions
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
Isadora Duncan, "My Life"
Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Black Elk and John J. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks
Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography
Robert Wagner, Pieces of My Heart
Richard Wright, Black Boy
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory
Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin
Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Roald Dahl, Boy & Going Solo
Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
Ronald Reagan, An American Life,
Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father
A P J Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
Craig Thompson, Blankets
Chelsea Handler, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
Fidel Castro, My Life - A Spoken Autobiography
Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries
Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Jesse Lee Kercheval, Space (memoir)

POLITICS:

Politics and bureaucracy...Kenneth
Tipping point
Half the sky
Malcolm-X-Malcolm
Letters to the young contrarian
Road to serfdom
The prince
Why nations fall <3 (love it)
The republic
Escape from camp14
Communist manifesto
Case of the pope
Imagined communists
Justice
Globalisation of world politics
The 48 laws of power
Currency wars
Capital
Neoliberalism
A journey
Society of spectacles
Capitalism and freedom
Passage of power
Occupy
Audacity of hope
Killing of lincoln
Dead aid
Start up nations
Blood lands
After words
Collapse
Social contract



I have read more but I remember these yet
I love them all...they have helped me a lot in debating and declamations and obviously broadened up my mind


If u have interest in any other type of reads..do ask me...reading is my passion
 
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Books i've read and loved!!!

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES:
Nelson medella,Walt to freedom
Diary of a young girl..Anne frank
Autobiography of Benjamin franklin
Bill Clinton, my life
Tina fey,Bossy pants
Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln
Joaquim Nabuco, Minha formação
Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Autobiography, posthumous
Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), The Red Fighter Pilot
Nikola Tesla, My Inventions
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
Isadora Duncan, "My Life"
Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Black Elk and John J. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks
Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography
Robert Wagner, Pieces of My Heart
Richard Wright, Black Boy
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory
Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin
Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Roald Dahl, Boy & Going Solo
Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
Ronald Reagan, An American Life,
Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father
A P J Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
Craig Thompson, Blankets
Chelsea Handler, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
Fidel Castro, My Life - A Spoken Autobiography
Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries
Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Jesse Lee Kercheval, Space (memoir)

POLITICS:

Politics and bureaucracy...Kenneth
Tipping point
Half the sky
Malcolm-X-Malcolm
Letters to the young contrarian
Road to serfdom
The prince
Why nations fall <3 (love it)
The republic
Escape from camp14
Communist manifesto
Case of the pope
Imagined communists
Justice
Globalisation of world politics
The 48 laws of power
Currency wars
Capital
Neoliberalism
A journey
Society of spectacles
Capitalism and freedom
Passage of power
Occupy
Audacity of hope
Killing of lincoln
Dead aid
Start up nations
Blood lands
After words
Collapse
Social contract



I have read more but I remember these yet
I love them all...they have helped me a lot in debating and declamations and obviously broadened up my mind


If u have interest in any other type of reads..do ask me...reading is my passion
Thanks for you help:p
 
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Dunno about mature fiction but maybe try some Agatha Christie novels? They really are awesome!
 
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can anyone please put the link of the hacked IGCSE English books, especially if it is (Exam preparation guide )by Peter Lucatoni . Thanks a lot in advance.
 
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The reluctant fundamentalist (gives you an awesome perspective from another angle)
Novels from Michael Mopurgo:
Twist of gold
War horse
Private peaceful

the above are pretty moving



Just want to develop a reading habit...... So people please suggest me some english/urdu books..... I'll prefer non fiction like about politic, biography (Only of interesting people though) and light fiction.... However please feel free to suggest any books from other genres also!!
Thank you :)
 
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