The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial by Franz Kafka is a novel that a friend suggested after I pestered him with questions about law and morality. I picked up this book a couple of weeks later to read it. It is a philosophical novel that follows the journey of a man called Joseph K, who has been arrested by…

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The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3 by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

I have finally finished reading Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's life-defining series. Reading all three books is a big achievement, and I feel incredibly pleased. All in all, the series exceeded two thousand pages. If reading the entire series is such a big achievement, can you imagine how big the achievement of writing it would have been? The series attempts…

Man and his Symbols

by Carl Jung, M.L von Franz, Joseph L. Henderson, Jolande Jacobi and Aniela Jaffe I picked up this book impulsively, without much context about the field of psychology. I found it to be a fascinating read. It delved into topics I didn't know much about, and it changed how I viewed my own consciousness. The…

The Picture Diary – My Poetry Book

In December 2021, I registered for Bookleaf Publishing’s ‘Write India Challenge’. As part of the challenge I had to write 1 poem a day for 21 days, and they would publish a book out of it. I decided to take part in the challenge, but I did not want to write 21 random poems and…

World Order by Henry Kissinger

I picked up this book to learn about Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. It was a fascinating read, and it provided me with many interesting insights into the world of Global Politics. I have read Deterring Democracy by Noam Chomsky, and in many ways, this book is the polar opposite of that book. This book elucidates…

India after Gandhi by Ramchandra Guha

'India after Gandhi' by Ramchandra Guha is an account of Indian history after Independence from colonial rule. It starts with topics like the integration of the princely states, and the mass migration of Hindus into India from Pakistan post-partition and concludes with the rise of the BJP as the pre-eminent party in Indian politics, displacing…

Book 3: Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment is a powerful psychological drama written in the pre-modern era. It is a long book of over 500 pages and is a challenging read. The language is slightly challenging, and the progression of the story is slow. Since the story is slow and meandering it is able to completely flesh out each…

Book 2: 1984 by George Orwell

1984 is the most frightening book I have read. The book is set up in a world controlled by a totalitarian regime. It describes a dystopian society that is completely controlled by the government and every aspect of personal life is violated by it. Every citizen is continuously surveilled and the children of party members…

Book 1: 12 Rules For Life by Jordan B. Peterson

Twelve Rules for Life was the first book I read on this list, at the very early stages of the pandemic. This is a book that has sold millions of copies and has influenced many people all over the world.  In terms of reading difficulty, I would rate it to be fairly easy to read…

My Quarantine Reading List

Over a month ago, I had written about my reading habits this lockdown. I finished the current set of books I was reading last week and am finally ready to give some thoughts about them and how they have changed my perspective about myself and the world. I read the above books, starting from 12…