Recommended Books

Here are some books that I've really enjoyed reading. I will keep updating and adding to this list as and when I find time (and as and when my memory relents :-) One of these days, I will  get to writing a one line review for each of these..

Creativity/Innovation

• 'Creativity : Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention' , by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 
•  'The Art of Looking Sideways' by Alan Fletcher

Problem Solving/Lateral Thinking

Popular Science/Maths

• 'A Short History of nearly everything' by Bill Bryson 
• 'Fermat's Last Theorem' and 'The Code Book' by Simon Singh

 Autobiographies/Biographies/Memoirs 

• 'Raga'n Josh : Stories from a musical life' by Sheila Dhar
•  'Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman' by James Gleick
• 'The Joy of achievement : A Conversation with JRD Tata' by RM Lala
• 'My Family and Other Animals' and 'Birds, Beasts, Relatives' by Gerald Durrell
• 'Boy' and 'Going Solo' by Roald Dahl  
• 'Travels' by Michael Crichton 
• 'What little I remember' by Otto Frisch 
• 'Surely you're joking Mr Feynman' and 'What do you care what other people think' by Richard Feynman
• 'Disturbing the Universe' by Freeman Dyson
• 'AR Rahman : The Spirit of music, by Nasreen Munni Kabir
• 'The Other side of the Dale' by Gervase Phinn

Self-help/Personal Development

• 'Life's Little Instruction Book' and 'Live and Learn and Pass it on' by Jackson Brown
• 'Living the 7 habits : Stories of Courage and Inspiration' by Stephen Covey  
• 'The Slight Edge' by Jeff Olson  

Getting out of your own Way

• Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis
• Recharge in Minutes by Suzanne Willis
• The Practicing Mind by Thomas Sterner
• The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
• Happiness at work by Srikumar Rao
• 'Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time' by Brian Tracy    
  
  
  

Gaining Perspective

• 'Wise and Otherwise' and 'The Old Man and his God' by Sudha Murthy
• 'The Two and Half pillars of Wisdom' by Alexander McCall Smith 
• 'Man's search for meaning' by Vikton Frankl 
• 'Everyday Greatness : Inspiration for a meaningful life',  Readers' Digest  (comments by Stephen Covey )
• 'The Art of Possibility : Transforming Professional and Personal Life' by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander 

For the Audio Enthusiast !


Some of my favourites in Fiction

• Anything by PG Wodehouse. Personal favourite - 'The World of Psmith'
• Agatha Christie. Personal Favourite - 'The Mysterious Mr Quin'
• 'Uncommon Reader' by Alan Bennett
• 'To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee'
• 'Swami and his Friends' by RK Narayan

Marching to the beat of a different drum

Misc/Interesting Reads

• 'The Rare Find : Spotting exceptional talent before everyone else' by George Anders
• 'Blink' by Malcom Gladwell
• 'Freakonomics' by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
• 'The Pursuit of Wow!' by Tom Peters 
• 'The Pixar Touch - The making of a company' by David Price