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now readingLords of the DeccanAnirudh Kanisettiindian history

World history 8

Fiction & sci-fi 7

Indian history 7

Big history & civilisation 6

Business & money 6

Science & ideas 5

Travel 5

Politics & society 3

Language & writing 2

Spirituality 2

Sport & games 2

Cover of Collapse

finishedBig history & civilisation

Collapse

Jared Diamond

must readfinished 2023

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Cover of Lords of Earth and Sea

on the shelfIndian history

Lords of Earth and Sea

A History of the Chola Empire

Anirudh Kanisetti

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Cover of Lords of the Deccan

reading nowIndian history

Lords of the Deccan

Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas

Anirudh Kanisetti

Still reading — thoughts to come.

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Cover of The Emperor of All Maladies

on the shelfScience & ideas

The Emperor of All Maladies

Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Cover of Our Revolution

on the shelfPolitics & society

Our Revolution

Bernie Sanders

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Cover of The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox

on the shelfScience & ideas

The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox

Stephen Jay Gould

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Cover of The Universe in a Single Atom

on the shelfScience & ideas

The Universe in a Single Atom

Dalai Lama

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Cover of The Third Chimpanzee

on the shelfBig history & civilisation

The Third Chimpanzee

Jared Diamond

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Cover of The Incredible History of the Indian Ocean

on the shelfIndian history

The Incredible History of the Indian Ocean

Sanjeev Sanyal

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Cover of Sapiens

on the shelfBig history & civilisation

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

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Cover of Onward

on the shelfBusiness & money

Onward

Howard Schultz

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Cover of SuperFreakonomics

on the shelfBusiness & money

SuperFreakonomics

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

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Cover of The Ends of the Earth

on the shelfTravel

The Ends of the Earth

Robert D. Kaplan

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Cover of The Great Mutiny

on the shelfIndian history

The Great Mutiny

Christopher Hibbert

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Cover of Eats, Shoots & Leaves

on the shelfLanguage & writing

Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Lynne Truss

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Cover of Eastward to Tartary

on the shelfTravel

Eastward to Tartary

Robert D. Kaplan

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Cover of The Long Summer

on the shelfBig history & civilisation

The Long Summer

How Climate Changed Civilization

Brian Fagan

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Cover of The Making of the West

on the shelfWorld history

The Making of the West

Peoples and Cultures

Lynn Hunt et al.

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Cover of Writers INC

on the shelfLanguage & writing

Writers INC

Patrick Sebranek, Verne Meyer, Dave Kemper

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Cover of Origin Story

on the shelfBig history & civilisation

Origin Story

A Big History of Everything

David Christian

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Cover of Upheaval

on the shelfBig history & civilisation

Upheaval

Jared Diamond

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Cover of 1776

on the shelfWorld history

1776

David McCullough

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Cover of Medieval India (NCERT)

on the shelfIndian history

Medieval India (NCERT)

Satish Chandra

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Cover of The World As It Is

on the shelfPolitics & society

The World As It Is

Ben Rhodes

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Cover of D-Day

on the shelfWorld history

D-Day

Stephen E. Ambrose

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Cover of The Johnstown Flood

on the shelfWorld history

The Johnstown Flood

David McCullough

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Cover of The Middle East

on the shelfWorld history

The Middle East

Bernard Lewis

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Cover of The Making of the West

on the shelfWorld history

The Making of the West

Peoples and Cultures (Volume II / Alternate Ed.)

Lynn Hunt et al.

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Cover of Ancient India

on the shelfIndian history

Ancient India

S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar / Vincent A. Smith

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Cover of An Empire of Wealth

on the shelfWorld history

An Empire of Wealth

John Steele Gordon

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Cover of Democracy in America

on the shelfPolitics & society

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

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Cover of A History of Early India

on the shelfIndian history

A History of Early India

Romila Thapar

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Cover of Your First Move

on the shelfSport & games

Your First Move

Chess for Beginners

Alexei Sokolsky

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Cover of Srimad Bhagavata

on the shelfSpirituality

Srimad Bhagavata

tr. Swami Tapasyananda

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Cover of I Have the Streets

on the shelfSport & games

I Have the Streets

R. Ashwin & Sidharth Monga

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Cover of Amp It Up

on the shelfBusiness & money

Amp It Up

Frank Slootman

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Cover of Power Moves

on the shelfBusiness & money

Power Moves

Lauren McGoodwin

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Cover of Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited

on the shelfFiction & sci-fi

Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley

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Cover of The Kingdom by the Sea

on the shelfTravel

The Kingdom by the Sea

Paul Theroux

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Cover of The Man Who Knew Infinity

on the shelfScience & ideas

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Robert Kanigel

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Cover of The Book Thief

on the shelfFiction & sci-fi

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

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Cover of The Geography of Genius

on the shelfTravel

The Geography of Genius

Eric Weiner

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Cover of The Signal and the Noise

on the shelfScience & ideas

The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver

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Cover of Three Cups of Tea

on the shelfTravel

Three Cups of Tea

Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

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Cover of Terrible True Tales from the Tower of London

on the shelfWorld history

Terrible True Tales from the Tower of London

Peter Cottrill

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Cover of The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom

on the shelfSpirituality

The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom

Dalai Lama

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Cover of Malgudi Days

on the shelfFiction & sci-fi

Malgudi Days

R.K. Narayan

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Cover of Luka and the Fire of Life

on the shelfFiction & sci-fi

Luka and the Fire of Life

Salman Rushdie

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Cover of Radical Candor

on the shelfBusiness & money

Radical Candor

Kim Scott

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Cover of One Up On Wall Street

on the shelfBusiness & money

One Up On Wall Street

Peter Lynch

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Cover of The Robot series

finishedFiction & sci-fi

The Robot series

Isaac Asimov

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Cover of The Foundation series

finishedFiction & sci-fi

The Foundation series

Isaac Asimov

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Cover of Dune

finishedFiction & sci-fi

Dune

Frank Herbert

Read it multiple times.

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