READING LIST 2013
Classes 6-8
The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
First published in 1844, Alexandre Dumas's swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of
D'Artagnan, a gallant young nobleman who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to join the ranks of
musketeers guarding Louis XIII.
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with
only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure
endless solitude.
Gulliver's Travels –Jonathan Swift
Shipwrecked and castaway Lemuel Gulliver’s encounters with the petty, diminutive Lilliputians,
the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the abstracted scientists of Laputa, the philosophical
Houyhnhnms, and the brutish Yahoos give him new, bitter insights into human behavior.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain
From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of
Injun Joe, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in
which Twain spent his own youth.
Little Women –Louisa May Alcott
In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and
romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.
Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) –Philip Pullman
When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her dæmon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. The ensuing
quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North, where armored bears rule the ice and witch-queens
fly through the frozen skies - and where a team of scientists is conducting experiments too horrible to be
spoken about
.
Number the Stars –Lois Lowry
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before
the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and
the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen
moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family.
A Series of Unfortunate Events –Lemony Snicket
It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and
clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe.
Murder on the Orient Express –Agatha Christie
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By
morning, the millionaire Samuel Ratchett, lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen
times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.
Percy Jackson Series –Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief is a 2005 fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek
mythology, written by Rick Riordan. It is the first novel in the Percy Jackson &
the Olympians series, which charts the adventures of modern-day twelve-yearold Percy Jackson as he discovers he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman
and the Greek god Poseidon. Percy and his friends go on a quest to prevent a
war between the gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.
Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom) –Garth Nix
Fantasy master Garth Nix dreams up a world where time mixes with place -- and one boy
must enter it to recover one of seven all-powerful keys -- in this first mind-bending installment
of The Keys to the Kingdom.
Young Digger–Anthony Hill
A small boy, an orphan of the First World War, wanders into the Australian airmen's mess in
Germany, on Christmas day in 1918. A strange boy, with an uncertain past and an extraordinary future, he became a mascot for the air squadron and was affectionately named
'Young Digger'.
2001: A Space Odyssey–Arthur C. Clarke
A special new Introduction by the author highlights this reissue of a classic science fiction
novel that changed the way people looked at the stars--and themselves.
Queen and I–Sue Townsend
Townsend, author of the phenomenally successful Adrian Mole books, here brings off an
audacious notion with considerable elan. She imagines a Britain where an unforgiving, newly
elected Republican Party decides that the entire Royal Family must learn to live like other
Britons--or in their case, like desperately poor lower-class Britons on a hideous housing estate
in a provincial city.
Gregor the Overlander–Suzanne Collins
When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles
into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans.
This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells
that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it
until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance.
Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the
Underland forever.
The Hunger Games Trilogy–Suzanne Collins
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining
Capital surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capital is harsh and cruel and keeps the
other districts in line by forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight-tothe death on live TV. One boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and sixteen are
selected by lottery to play. The winner brings riches and favor to his or her district. But that
is nothing compared to what the Capital wins: one more year of fearful compliance with its
rules.
War Horse–Michael Morpurgo
This number 1 bestselling book is the incredibly moving story of one horse’s
experience in the deadly chaos of the First World War. In 1914, Joey, a young
farm horse, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the
Western Front. With his officer, he charges towards the enemy, witnessing
the horror of the frontline. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey’s
courage touches the soldiers around him.
The Old Man and the Sea–Ernest Hemmingway
It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing
battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.
Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of
courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into
a magnificent twentieth-century classic.
Holes– Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats has had awful luck his whole life: He's overweight, kids tease him, his family is
poor, and now he's accused of a crime he didn't commit! Stanley blames his great-great
grandfather, Elya Yelnats, who stole a pig from a gypsy. According to legend, the gypsy put a
curse on Elya and all his descendants.
The Blue Umbrella – Ruskin Bond
Blue Umbrella is story about a little girl, Binya and her blue silk umbrella .As soon as Binya saw
the beautiful blue silk umbrella, she wanted it. She wanted it so badly that she was willing to
give her lucky leopard's claw pendant in exchange. No-one in the village had such a fine
umbrella, and everywhere Binya went the umbrella went too
The above books have been suggested by the students of classes 6, 7 and 8 and have been
compiled by the members of the Library Council. Following are some other books suggested
for this level of reading.
Classics
Arthur Conan Doyle
Lewis Carroll
Mark Twain
James Fennimore Cooper
Charles Dickens
Anna Sewell
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Alice in Wonderland
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Last of the Mohicans
Oliver Twist
Black Beauty
Fiction
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Douglas Adams
Garth Nix
Joshua Mowll
Alfred Hitchcock
Jostein Gaarder
Dianne Wynn Jones
Charlie Higson
Captain W.E. Johns
Satyajit Ray
Samit Basu
Eoin Colfer
Caroline Lawrence
Angie Sage
Eva Ibbotson
Joanne Harris
P.G.Wodehouse
Bapsi Sidhwa
Carl Hiaasen
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Lightning Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titans Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Last Olympian
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Keys to the Kingdom Series
The Guild Trilogy
The Three Investigators
Sophie’s World
A Tale of Time City
Young Born series
Biggles
Feluda Series
The Simoqin Prophecies and Manticore’s Secret
Half Moon Investigations
The Roman Mysteries
Magyk
Star of Kazan
Five Quarters of the Orange
Indiscretions of Archie
Cracking India
Hoot
The Hobbit
Non Fiction
Margaret Davidson
M. K. Gandhi
Lucy & Stephen Hawking
Lucy & Stephen Hawking
APJ Abdul Kalam
Helen Keller
Anne Frank
Louis Braille: The Boy who Invented Books for the Blind
My Experiments with Truth
Georges Secret Key to the Universe
George and the Big Bang
Wings of Fire
The Story of My Life
Diary of a Young Girl
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tonaalaI rama ko catura[- ko ikssao
pMcatM~
SaoK icallaI ko ikssao
ihtaopdoSa kI khainayaa^
Pa`rok laQau kqaae^
baala ramaayaNa
caunaI hu[- baala khainayaa^ (Baaga 1)
madr Torosaa (Pao`rk Pa`saMga)
maOM klaama baaola rha hU^
dUsara pMcatM~
caunaI hu[- baala khainayaa^ (Baaga 2)
caunao hue baala ekaMkI (Baaga 1)
caunao hue baala ekaMkI (Baaga 2)
pUvaa-o<ar kI laaokkqaae^
taohfa AaOr Anya caica-t khainayaa^
Aapka baMTI
isahMasana ba<aIsaI
raocak jaatk kqaae^
101 laGau kqaae^
Bagavaana nao kha qaa
SahId e Aajama Bagat isaMh
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gaMgaa Pa`saad SamaamanaIYa K~I
Syaama saundr Sas~I
Pa`Baat Pa`kaSana
ivamalaa maohta / vaIroMd` raja maohta
Pa`SaaMt gauPta
]Yaa yaadva
Pa`Baat Pa`kaSana
raoihtaSva Asqaanaa
raoihtaSva Asqaanaa
svaNa- Ainala
Amar gaaosvaamaI
mannaU BaMDarI
maukoSa naadana
P`adIipka
ivajaya Agavaala
EaImait saUya- baalaa
READING LIST 2013
Classes 9-12
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
When the student Raskolnikov puts his philosophical theory to the
ultimate test of murder, a tragic tale of suffering and redemption
unfolds in the dismal setting of the slums of czarist, prerevolutionary
St. Petersburg.
Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret
Mitchell's epic love story is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a
nation mortally divided and its people forever changed. At the heart of
all this chaos is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett 'O' Hara and the
dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler.
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession
of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners-one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly
civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced
Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of
eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues.
Emma – Jane Austen
Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly
content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage.
Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic
lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend
MrKnightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her
protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and
have consequences that she never expected.
1984 – George Orwell
Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the
future. And while the year 1984 has come and gone, Orwell's narrative
is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the
world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish.
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing
Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in
England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay,
an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but
brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for
Lucie Manette.
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy’s classic story of doomed love is one of the most
admired novels in world literature.
Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent
heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic
affair with dashing Count Vronsky.
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
This love story is set in the 1920s - a period of jazz and decadence. Jay
Gatsby, a poor army officer, falls for Daisy who marries a rich man while
Jay is overseas. After the war, Jay becomes a multi-millionaire focusing
on making money, throwing parties and enticing Daisy to return to his
life.
Oleander Girl –Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Orphaned at birth, seventeen-year-old Korobi Roy is the scion of a distinguished
Kolkata family and has enjoyed a privileged, sheltered childhood with her adoring
grandparents. But she is troubled by the silence that surrounds her parents’
death and clings fiercely to her only inheritance from them: the unfinished love
note she found hidden in her mother’s book of poetry. Korobi dreams of one day
finding a love as powerful as her parents’, and it seems her wish has come true
when she meets the charming Rajat, the only son of a high-profile business
family.
Heat and Dust – Ruth Prawer Jhabwala
A young English woman goes to India to reconstruct the life of Olivia, her
grandfather's first wife. Olivia had married Douglas in England some 50
years earlier and moved with him to Satipur, India. After she first met the
Nawab—at a dinner party at his palace in Khatm—she was certain he
would, within the week, visit her in Satipur. She was correct (he arrived
with his full retinue and stayed the day). It was after that first visit she
began writing Marcia.
How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia – Mohsin Hamid
The story is the rising graph of a young boy from poverty to wealth in Asia. It
follows his life from the village where he is born to the metropolitan city
(anonymous) where he makes his way with family and initially starts a living as a
DVD delivery boy. Here, he also meets his inamorata known throughout the book
as the “pretty girl”, even when she becomes old and wizened, something, which
yours truly finds amusing, and a little disconcerting. Without giving too much of
the novel away, the boy and the pretty girl share a rocky relationship, meeting
and separating several times.
From Smart to Wise – Prasad Kaipa & Navi Radjou
This book is about moving from smart to wise leadership, your own assessment
(including online) of where you stand in relation to these three positions on the
continuum. The authors have identified six capabilities (based on their research
as well as on interpretation from wisdom literature) and described how leaders
behave from each state – business smart, functional smart or wise leadership.
The above books have been suggested by the students of classes 9-12 and have been
compiled by the members of the Library Council. Following are some other books suggested
for this level of reading.
Fiction
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
Ayn Rand
Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
Salman Rushdie
Midnight’s Children
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise
John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath
William Goldman
The Princess Bride
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat’s Cradle
Jodi Picoult
My Sister’s Keeper
Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
Yann Martel
The Life of Pi
Alice Walker
The Colour Purple
Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
Isaac Asimov
I Robot
Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Pavan K. Varma
When Loss is Gain
Pavan K. Varma
Being Indian
Frank Herbert
Dune
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time Series
Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn
Veronica Roth
Divergent
Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni
Palace of Illusions
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha
Amish Tripathi
The Secret of the Nagas
Amish Tripathi
The Oath of the Vayuputras
Ashwin Sanghi
Chanakya's Chant
Ashwin Sanghi
Krishna's Keys
Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood’s End
Maria V Snyder
Inside Out
Kelley Armstrong
The Summoning
John Green
The Fault in our Stars
Sally Gardner
The Silver Blade
Dan Simmons
Hyperion
Philippa Gregory
The White Queen
Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie
C. J. Sansom
Dissolution
Ruth Prawer Jhabwala
Heat and Dust
Amitav Ghosh
Shadow Lines
Rabindranath Tagore
Choker Bali
J.M. Coetzee
Disgrace
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre
Orson Scott Card
Endless Game Series
Fiction
Adolph Hitler
Sylvia Nasar
Brian Greene
Richard Dawkins
Walter Isaacson
Nandan Nilekani
Brian MacArthur
Yuvraj Singh
Mien Kampf
A Beautiful Mind
The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Selfish Gene
Steve Jobs
Imagining India
The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches
The Test of My Life
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laoKk / laoiKka
mannaU BaMDarI kI p`itinaiQa khainayaa^
p`itinaiQa khainayaa^
hjaar- hjaar baa^haoM vaalaI
AaQao AQaUro (]pnyaasa)
Sart cand` kI EaoYz khainayaa^
kmalaoSvar kI p`itinaiQa khainayaa^
ihmaa^Sau jaaoSaI kI p`itinaiQa khainayaa^
P`aitidna (vyaMgyarcanaa)
taSa ko p<aaMo ka Sahr
pqa ko saaqaI
SaoKr ek jaIvanaI
klama tlavaar AaOr %yaaga
iktnao paikstana
saUrja ka saatvaa^ GaaoDa
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jaIvana kI Aapa QaapI maoM
naID ka inamaa-Na ifr ifr
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maaohna rakoSa
naagaaja-una
maaohna rakoSa
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raja kmala caaOQarI
mahadovaI vamaaA&oya
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kmalaoSvar
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hirvaMSa raya baccana
sauima~anaMdna pMt
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