READING LIST 2019 CLASSES 6-7

HISTORICAL

1. The Inquisitor’s Tale /Adam Gidwitz: In 1242, on a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France and they are taken captive by knights. To escape and save precious and holy texts from being burned, their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel, where all will come to question if these children can perform the miracles of saints.

2. Stella by Starlight /Sharon M. Draper: It is a compelling, relatable story inspired by the author's memories of her own grandmother's childhood tales. It deftly brings home the perilous realities defining African-American life in the rural, segregated South, from the Ku Klux Klan burning down the house of an African-American family

3. Wheel of Surya/Jamila Gavin: India, August 1947: Fleeing from their burnt-out village as civil war rages in the Punjab, Marvinder and Jaspal are separated from their mother, Jhoti. Marvinder has already saved her brother's life once, but now they both face a daily fight for survival.

4. The Wednesday Wars / Gary Schmidt: The novel set over the course of a school year between 1967 and 1968. The novel follows the fortunes of Holling Hoodhood, a seventh grade student in Long Island, as he struggles with issues of identity, authority and love.

5. A Bagful of History/Subhadra Sen Gupta: this is a fascinating read about unforgettable events and people in Indian history.

6. Shadow/Michael Morpurgo: Featuring the bravest dog in the entire world, the book tackles a current war with the story of a sniffer dog named Shadow and an Afghan boy.

7. Didda; The Warrior Queen of Kashmir/Ashish Kaul: It is the untold story of a woman’s rise to power during the tenth century. She eventually went on to rule the unified Kashmir and the foundation laid by Didda helped Kashmir defeat the dreaded warlord Mahmud of Ghaznavi twice.

FANTASY/MYSTERY

1. The Land of Stories/Chris Colfer: These are modern day fairy tales following twins Alex and Conner Bailey as they fall from the real world into a world full of fairy tales.

2. The Rat Prince / Bridget Hodder: The Prince of the Rats, who's in love with Cinderella, is changed into her coachman on the night of the big ball. And together, he and Cinderella are about to turn the legend (and the evening) upside down on their way to a most unexpected happy ending!

2. Story Thieves / James Riley: Everything changes the day Owen sees the impossible happen—his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the library. It turns out Bethany’s half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.

3. The Detective’s Assistant / Kate Hannigan: Based on the extraordinary true story of America's first female detective, Kate Warne, this fast-paced adventure is full of feats of daring and danger, bold action, and newfound courage.

4. All Rise for Honor/ Leslie Connor: A heartfelt story about love, forgiveness, and how innocence makes us all rise up.

5. Silverwing / Kenneth Oppel: Shade is a young Silverwing bat, determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, millions of wing beats to the south. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life.

6. The Thickety /J. A. White: When Kara enters the forbidden forest, she discovers a strange book, a grimoire that might have belonged to her mother. The last quarter of the book is full of wildly exciting twists and turns and it all ends with a cliffhanger.

7. Wings and Claw/ Linda Sue Par: It is about a boy, a bat, and an amazing transformation. The first book in an enchanting trilogy, Forest of Wonders richly explores the links between magic and botany, family and duty, environment and home.

8. Hour of Bees/ Lindsay Eagar: While her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and sleepovers, twelve-year-old Carolina Carol is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert, helping her parents move the grandfather she's never met into a home for people with dementia.

9. The Mistmantle Chronicles/M. I. McAllister: It is a series of children's novels about anthropomorphic animals which feature the life of a pale, honey-colored Eurasian red squirrel named Urchin.

10. Snow Spider/ Jenny Nimmo: On Gwyn's 9th birthday, his grandmother tells him he may be a magician, like his Welsh ancestors. She gives him five gifts to help him--a brooch, a piece of dried seaweed, a tin whistle, a scarf, and a broken toy horse. Unsure what to do with his newfound magic, Gwyn throws the brooch to the wind and receives a silvery snow spider in return. Will he be able to use this special spider to bring his missing sister, Bethan, home?

11. A Series of Unfortunate Events/Lemony Snicket: The series follows the adventures of three siblings called the Baudelaire orphans. Snicket explains that very few positive things happen to the

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children, but much misfortune befalls them. 12. Who Lets the God Out / Maz Evans: Elliot's mum is ill and his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes to earth and changes his life forever. The star is Virgo – a young Zodiac goddess on a mission.

13. Scarlet and Ivy/Sophie Cleverly: A spine-tingling mystery set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school. Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet’s disappearance before it’s too late.

14. Keeper of the Lost Cities/ Shannon Messenger: At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill. 15. The Mysterious Benedict Society/Trenton Lee Stewart ; "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" ad attracts dozens for mind-bending tests readers may try. Only two boys and two girls succeed for a secret mission, undercover and underground into hidden tunnels. At the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, the only rule is - there are no rules. 16. The Crooked Sixpence/Jennifer Bell; When their grandmother Sylvie is rushed to the hospital, Ivy Sparrow and her annoying big brother Seb cannot imagine what adventure lies in store. Soon their house is ransacked by unknown intruders, and a very strange policeman turns up on the scene, determined to apprehend them . . . with a toilet brush.

REALISTIC

1. White Bird /R J Palacio: A graphic novel debut with an unforgettable story of the power of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war.

2. The Friendship War/Andrew Clements: When Grace takes boxes of old buttons from a building her grandfather bought, she starts a fad at school that draws her closer to one friend, but further from another. 3. PAX/ Sara Pennypacker: At the outset of Pax, a young fox that has never lived in the wild is left alone in the woods. Abandoned as a kid, Pax is taken in by Peter; a boy whose mother has died. The novel takes the readers inside the mind of a 5-year-old fox.

4. The Land of Forgotten Girls /Erin Entrada Kelly: Two sisters from the Philippines, abandoned by their father and living in impoverished circumstances in Louisiana.

5. Who was Seabiscuit?/ James Buckley Jr.: In 1938, he was voted U.S. Horse of the Year. Seabiscuit's undying spirit and come-from-behind story made him a celebrity and hero for millions.

6. Lost in the Sun / Lisa Graff: Trent’s struggle to manage the emotional fallout from this traumatic

experience — if not exactly to move on, then at least to move forward.

7. Penny from Heaven/ Jennifer L. Holm: It’s a story about families—about the things that tear them apart and bring them together.

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8. Marley and Me/ John Grogan: John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow fur ball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.

9. A Dog’s Purpose/ W. Bruce Cameron: One endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, A Dog's Purpose revolves around the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here?

10. Lucky Button/ Morpurgo: A lonely boy struggles to cope with school bullies and caring for his mother, until a mysterious encounter reveals life in the Foundling Hospital in the eighteenth century and unravels a touching tale about the power of music.

11. The Science of Breakable Things/Tae Keller: Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to "save" her mother from depression is what Booklist calls "a winning story full of heart and action."Eggs are breakable.

12. Walk Two Moons / Sharon Creech: As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's story, her own story begins to unfold — the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.

13. Fish in a Tree/ Lynda Mullany Hunt: Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions.

14. Auggie and Me/R J Palacio: The three stories included in this collection are from different points of view; Julian’s (the guy who bullied August), Christopher’s (his childhood best friend) and Charlotte’s (one of his schoolmates). It is really quite interesting the way everyone sees things his or her way. Is Julian a bully? Is Christopher right to hide Auggie from his new friends? Is Charlotte ‘nice’ enough to August?

15. Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson; It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey.

ADVENTURE/TRAVEL/SPORTS

1. Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli: Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don't stand out--under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes--for Leo and for the entire school. After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.

2. Three Times Lucky / Sheila Turnage: Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess

3. A Dog’s Way Home/W.Bruce Cameron: As a puppy, Bella finds her way into the arms of Lucas, a young man who gives her a good home. When Bella becomes separated from Lucas, she soon finds herself on an epic 400-mile journey to reunite with her beloved owner. Along the way

4. Journey to the River Sea/Eva Ibbotson: It is set mainly in Manaus, Brazil early in the 20th century and conveys the author's vision of the Amazon River.

5. Bicycle Spy/Yona Zeldis McDonough: Marcel loves riding his bicycle, whether he's racing through the streets of his small town in France or making bread deliveries for his parents' bakery. He dreams of someday competing in the Tour de France,

6. Baseball Fever/Johanna Hurwitz: Ezra Feldman, almost ten, likes baseball more than anything else in the world. But his father cannot understand why his son would rather rot his brains watching men swinging big wooden sticks than read a book or play chess.

7. Ramona Series/Beverly Cleary: These are a series of eight humorous novels that center on Ramona Quimby, her family and friends.

SCIENCE FICTION

1. The Fourteenth Goldfish/Jennifer L. Holm: Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer.Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far?Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough . . . he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. 2. Star Wars: Jedi Academy//Jeffrey Brown: This inventive novel follows Roan's first year at Jedi Academy where, he learns that he possesses more strength and potential than he could have ever dreamed. He learns other important things too--like how to make a baking soda volcano, fence with a lightsaber, and lift boulders with the Force. 3. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth/Frank Cottrell Boyce: It turns out that Sputnik is writing a guidebook to Earth called Ten Things worth Doing on Earth, and he takes Prez on a journey to discover just those ten things. Each adventure seems to take Prez nearer to the heart of the family he is being fostered by. But they also take him closer to the day that he is due to leave them forever . . . 4. The Wild Robot; (The Wild Robot #1);Peter Brown: When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz's only hope is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants.

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5. A Wrinkle in Time/Madeleine L'Engle: Main characters Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, and Calvin O'Keefe embark on a journey through space and time, from universe to universe, as they endeavor to save their father and the world. The novel offers a glimpse into the battles between light and darkness, and goodness and evil. MYTHS /LEGENDS

1. Lost in Time/Namita Gokhale: The protagonist is a 13-year old Gurgaon boy,Chintamani Dev Gupta,who gets transported to the days of the Mahabharata while on a camping holiday near Sat Tal.

2. The Blue Lotus: Myths and Folktales of India/ Meena Arora Nayak: It brings to vivid life familiar and beloved stories from the Vedas, Puranas, the great epics, Kathasaritsagara and the Panchatantra, as well as lesser-known offerings from the Jatakas, Bible, Holy Quran, Sikh Janamsakhis, and the folk traditions of the Santhals, Khasis, Oriyas, Bengalis and Punjabis, among others.

3. The Vedas and Upanishads for Children /Roopa Pai: Three thousand years ago, deep inside the forests of India, a great ‘thought revolution’ was brewing. In those forest labs, the brightest thinker–philosophers contemplated the universe, reflected on ancient texts called the Vedas and came up with startling insights into questions we still don’t have final answers to.

4. Puffin Book of Myths and Legends/Anita Nair: All the people on earth get together to push the sky up with giant poles because it is too low and they keep bumping their heads against it. The crafty snake gets to know god's secret message to man and becomes immortal by shedding its skin.

5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Rick Riordan: A pentalogy with the adventures of Percy Jackson and his demigod friends as they fight mythological monsters and the forces of the titan lord Kronos.

HUMOR

1. Demon Dentist/David Walliams: Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find ... a dead slug ; a live spider ; hundreds of earwigs. Evil was at work, but who or what was behind it?

2. I Swapped My Brother on the Internet/Jo Simmons: Finding a perfect brother is not easy,though,as Jonny discovers when Sibling Swap sends him a series of increasingly bizarre replacements for his brother Ted.

3. Person Controller/David Baddiel: Fred and Ellie are twins. But not identical. They do like all the same things, though especially video games.

4. Just William Series/Richmal Crompton: The books chronicle the adventures of the unruly schoolboy William Brown.

5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy /Douglas Adams: Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

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SHORT STORIES

1. How I Taught My Grandmother to Read/Sudha Murty: It is a story about believing what you do is right and having the courage to realize your dream.

2. Tales of Beedle the Bard/J K Rowling: It is a collection of stories written for young wizards and witches by Beetle the Bard.

3.Tales of the Peculiar /Ransom Riggs: This collection of stories, written for peculiar eyes only, presents unusual folklore that are a formative part of the upbringing of peculiar children everywhere.

4. Malgudi Schooldays/R K Narayan; Set in India's pre-independent era, in a sleepy fictitious town, Malgudi (Puffin Classics) revolves around the adventures of a typical school boy named Swami. His notorious gang of friends includes Mani, Somu, Samuel, Pea, Sankar and the latest entry, Rajam. Swaminathan is a boy who shudders at the very thought of school.

NON FICTION

1. STEM LAB/ Jack Challoner: From building a suspension bridge and crafting an automaton to making a guitar and creating a bubble tower, Smithsonian: STEM Lab is packed with activities that young readers can do at home to explore, discover, and understand the way the world works.

2. The Way Things Work Now /David Macaulay: It is an updated version of The Way Things Work. The revised edition includes pretty much all of the inventions from the original, plus newer tech like touch screens and 3D printers.

3. The Creativity Project / Colby Sharp ed: It is a fun collection of words, art, poetry, and stories. Find out what authors like Dav Pikey, Lemony Snicket, and Gary Schmidt came up with! Each section also includes extra prompts to inspire.

4. Dilli Ki Shaan;Discover Delhi/INTACH: The book explores Delhi’s rich natural, built, and living heritage. These different aspects have been shared in the book along with interesting activities to make readers think, explore, and deepen their understanding of this multi-faceted city.

5.What’s Weird on Earth/Dorling Kindersley Publication: Weird and wonderful facts about our extraordinary world--like all the wind patterns on the planet or each country's national dish or the most bizarre rock formations on each continent--are shown visually on world maps, making them easier to understand and amazing to behold.

6. Discover India/ Sonia Mehta: State by State Series explores the place, the people, the food and lots of activities.

7. We Have No Idea/ Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson: In our small corner of the universe, we know how some matter behaves most of the time and what even less of it looks like, and we have some good guesses about where it all came from. But we really have no clue what's going on. In fact, we don't know what about 95% of the universe is made of. A Ph.D Comics creator and a particle physicist explore everything we don’t know about our universe.

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8. Wild Flowers and Flora of the World: A collection of the world’s best and most popular wild flowers and flora as well as rare and endangered species.

9.50 Ideas You Really Need to Know/Giles Sparrow: Introduction to the most important concepts, discoveries and mysteries in astronomy. How did the universe begin? Where did the Moon come from? What happens in the heart of a black hole? Why are gravitational waves so significant? And is there life elsewhere in the cosmos?

10. Encyclopedia Blazertannica/ Roger Bennett and Michael Davies: The essential guide to world soccer—the history, the players, the fan culture—from the phenomenally popular duo from NBC Sports.

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2. एकतारा बोले (एकतारा पिब्लकेशसं)

3. �बक्स ू(वरुण ग्रोवर)

4. हाँजी और नाजी (एकतारा पिब्लकेशसं)

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READING LIST 2019 CLASSES 8-9

HISTORICAL 1. Ashes in the Snow/Ruta Sepetys: Fifteen year old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary. Until her family is swept up by Stalin’s army and sent to Siberia, where they are forced to fight for their lives. 2. Keeper of the Lost Cities/ Shannon Messenger: At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill. 3. Escaping from Houdini /Kerri Maniscalco: Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. 4. Walk in Woods/ Bill Bryson: Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail. 5. Private Peaceful/Morpurgo: Private Peaceful details the gritty rural lives and loves of Tommo and Charlie - two young brothers - and their poor Devonshire family from 1909 until 1916, when the outbreak of war destroys their country idyll. 5. A Tale of Two Cities/Charles Dickens;It takes before and during the French Revolution. Jarvis Lorry is traveling to Paris to reunite Dr. Manette with his long-lost daughter Lucie. Dr. Manette has been living in hiding in Paris, awaiting his rescuers who will return him to England. MYSTERY/FANTASY/THRILLER/HORROR 1. Two Can Keep a Secret/ Karen McManus: Ellery's never been to Echo Ridge, but she's heard all about it. It's where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen's murder five years ago made national news. And where Ellery now has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, 2. Renegades /Marissa Meyer: On assignment in war-torn Europe, Navy SEALs discover gold at the bottom of a lake -- a fortune rumored to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Hoping to help the locals, the soldiers go rogue and engineer a plan to recover the treasure and return it to its rightful owners. 3. The Cruel Prince/Holly Black: As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

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4. Sea Fire/Natalie C. Parker: After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. 5. Green Glass House/ Kate Milford: It's wintertime at Green glass House. The creaky smuggler's inn is always quiet during this season, and twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing. But on the first icy night of vacation, out of nowhere, 6.The Last Apprentice/Joseph Delaney: Enter a land where creatures of the dark creep out of the shadows The Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward, as he learns to battle the monsters of the dark and keep the county safe. 7. Hatchet/Gary Paulsen: Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane suffers a heart attack. Brian is forced to crash-land the plane in a lake--and finds himself stranded in the remote Canadian wilderness with only his clothing and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present before his departure. 8. Murder on the Orient Express /Agatha Christie: Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again. 9. The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Puffin Classics) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: From the strange case of 'The Red-Headed League' to the extraordinary tale of 'The Engineer's Thumb', Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds.

10. Numbers/Rachel Ward: Ever since she was child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. 11. Echo/ Pam Munoz Ryan: It includes information about the beginning of the Holocaust, the Great Depression, and what life was like in America after Pearl Harbor, including how Japanese people were sent to internment camps. 12. Graveyard Book/Neil Gaiman: It traces the story of the boy Nobody "Bod" Owens who is adopted and raised by the supernatural occupants of a graveyard after his family is brutally murdered. 13. Amulet of Samarkand/ Jonathan Stroud: A magician's young apprentice, Nathaniel, summons the irascible 5,000-year-old djinni, Bartimaeus, to do his bidding. Nathaniel has an interesting assignment for Bartimaeus: he must steal the powerful Amulet of Samarkand from Simon Lovelace, a master magician. 14. Maze Runner/ James Dashner: In the dark of an elevator, a teenaged boy awakes with no memories other than that his name is Thomas. When the elevator comes to a halt, the doors open and Thomas finds himself surrounded by around fifty teenage boys. 15. Nation/ Terry Pratchet: Alone on a desert island — everything and everyone he knows and loves has been washed away in a storm — Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. He’s completely alone — or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl

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16. Magnus Chase Series / Rick Riordan: Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he is tracked down by a man he's never met -- a man his mother claimed was dangerous.’ 17. And Then There Were None /Agatha Christie: Ten people are gathered for a weekend on an island off the coast of Devon, England, 7 guests, a new personal secretary and the domestic couple running the estate. They were gathered by the mysterious Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen, whom none of the ten has ever actually met. 18. Who Let The Gods Out? (Series)/ Maz Evans: Elliot's mum is ill and his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes to earth and changes his life forever. The star is Virgo - a young Zodiac goddess on a mission. 19. The Trials Of Apollo( series)/ Rick Riordan: The book follows the god Apollo, who is turned into a human teenager and thrown down from Olympus to New York City as a punishment by his father Zeus. Joined by the demigod Meg McCaffrey, Apollo goes to Camp Half-Blood, where he discovers that he will have to regain control of the five oracles of Ancient Greece in order to receive pardon from Zeus. 20. Beyond the Wall/Tanya Landman ; After maiming her master, Cassia has no choice but to run. Beyond the river, fair to the north, stands Hadrian's Wall - the furthest limit of the mighty Roman Empire. And beyond the wall? Freedom. With dogs on her trail and a bounty on her head, the journey seems impossible. But then Cassia meets Marcus - slick, slippery, sliver-tongued - a true and perfect son of Rome. And her only hope REALISTIC 1. Ahimsa/Supriya Kelkar: In 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-year-old Anjali is devastated to think of her father risking his life for the freedom struggle. But it turns out he isn't the one joining. 2. Tall Story/ Candy Gournay: Andi, a passionate basketball player is stunned to discover her half-brother whom she has not seen in ten years has grown to eight feet a tall. Bernardo is sixteen and suffers from a condition call Gigantism. He leaves the Philippines to live with his mother's family in London to the delight of his half-sister. 3. Fish in a Tree/ Lynda Mullany Hunt: Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. 4. Out of My Mind/Sharon M. Draper: Melody Brooks is an eleven-year-old girl who was born with cerebral palsy. Her parents have done everything they can to help her live a normal life, but life is often frustrating for Melody since she cannot speak, move, nor communicate her wishes. As a result, Melody has to fight to get her wishes. 5. A Seven Letter Word/Kim Slater: Finlay's mother vanished two years ago. And ever since then his stutter has become almost unbearable. Bullied at school and ignored by his father, the only way to get out the words which are bouncing around in his head is by writing long letters to his ma which he knows she will never read, and by playing Scrabble online. But when Finlay is befriended by an online Scrabble player called Alex, everything changes. Could it be his mother secretly trying to contact him? Or is there something more sinister going on?

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6. Siddhartha/Hermann Hesse: It that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. 7. Turtles All The Way Down /John Green: The story centers on 16-year-old American Aza Holmes, a high school student with OCD and anxiety, and her search for a fugitive billionaire. 8. Rain Reign/ Ann M. Martin: Rose Howard has Asperger’s syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms (even her name is a homonym). She gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose’s rules of homonyms, is very special. Rain was a lost dog Rose’s father brought home. SCIENCE FICTION 1. Brief Answers to the Big Questions/Stephen Hawking: No one created the universe and no one directs our fate," celebrated physicist and a known atheist Stephen Hawking writes in his final book, which also covers important existential questions such as creation of the universe, alien intelligence, space colonization and artificial intelligence. 2. Foundation/ Isaac Asimov: It is a science fiction short story collection. When the book begins, the 12,000-year-old Galactic Empire is in a state of decay and decline. 3. Ender’s Game/Orson Scott Card: Ender Wiggin, a brilliant young strategist, is recruited by the International Military to lead the force defending Earth from a genocidal alien race bent on annihilating humankind. 4. Russian Roulette; The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump/ Michael Isikoff,David Corn; It is a story of political skullduggery unprecedented in American history. It weaves together tales of international intrigue, cyber espionage, and superpower rivalry. 5. Hunger Games/ Suzanne Collins: It introduces us to our heroine, Katniss who lives in a world ruled by a dictatorship, which has split the realm into twelve districts. Each district specializes in providing a good or service to The Capitol and its wealthy population, while the citizens of each district struggle to live. 7. Feed/ M. T. Anderson: It is the story of a failing futuristic society that is controlled by large corporations. People are taught to value objects, money, and entertainment over everything else. As Feed begins, Titus goes to the moon for a spring break trip with his friends. 8. Short Fiction by Arthur C Clarke: Themes of his stories of this type were a possible dead end of mankind's science and technology, or the confrontation of a naive view of progress with alien civilizations. 9. The Thirteen Reality series/James Dashner: Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom receives a mysterious letter from Alaska, signed 'M.G'. This marks the beginning of a deadly and crazy adventure where Tick is reintroduced to the world like he never knew it. Accompanied by new friends while trying to evade frightful enemies, he sets off on a life-threatening journey through the Realities—alternate worlds created every time a choice is made—to discover secrets and solve missions. 10. Ender's Game/Orson Scott Card: Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated

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war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him. HUMOR 1. Flora and Ulysses/Kate DiCamillo: It is the story of a young girl, Flora Belle Buckman, and a squirrel named Ulysses. The action begins when Flora Belle’s neighbor, Mrs. Tickham, accidentally vacuums up a squirrel with a Ulysses Super-Suction Multi-Terrain 2000X vacuum. 2. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy/Douglas Adams: It is about the misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, following the demolition of the planet Earth by a Vogon constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass. 3. My Man Jeeves /P. G. Wodehouse: Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, 4. Cat’s Cradle/Kurt Vonnegut: It explores issues of science, technology, and religion, satirizing the arms race and many other targets along the way. 5. The Ice Monster/David Walliams: This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth. 6. I Funny Series /James Patterson: It is about a kid named Jamie Grimm. He is very good at being funny and telling jokes. His Uncle Frank tells him to sign up for a comedy contest in New York. INSPIRATIONAL 1. Conch Bearer/Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: The story begins on the teeming streets of modern-day Kolkata, India, where twelve-year-old Anand lives in a dingy shack with his mother and sister, Meera. Anand is captivated by stories of magic and the opportunities he believes it could create -- if only magic was a reality. 2. Life of Pi/ Yann Martel: It is the story of a young man who survives a harrowing shipwreck and months in a lifeboat with a large Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The beginning of the novel covers Pi's childhood and youth. 3. Old man and the Sea/Ernest Hemingway: 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. It takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a fable. 4. Village by the Sea/Anita Desai: In a rural area in India, near the sea a small family forced to live in poverty. The parents are unable to take care of their three children so the oldest, Lila and Hari, assume the roles of adults in the house. Lila takes care of her ill mother and the house while her brother works in the fields to sustain his family.

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5. Goodbye Stranger/Rebecca Stead: It takes place when Bridge is in seventh grade, and it follows her and two of her best friends, Emily and Tab. The three of them vow to be a set of friends who never fight. 6. Jonathan Livingston Seagull / Richard Bach: It is a story of an ambitious and adventurous seagull whose main aim in life is to do something worthwhile and unforgettable. For this reason, he practices flying day and night and soon learns to fly flawlessly to the utmost heights of the blue sky. 7. Uglies/Scott Westerfeld: It is set in a future post scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is considered an "ugly", but then turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery when they reach the age of 16. 8. A Dog’s Journey/W. Bruce Cameron: The sequel to the heartwarming global hit ‘A Dog’s Purpose’, beloved dog Bailey finds his new destiny and forms an unbreakable bond that will lead him, and the people he loves, to places they never imagined.

9. Criss Cross/Lynne Rae Perkins: It includes the character Debbie from her previous novel, ‘All Alone in the Universe’, but introduces several new characters, primarily her neighborhood friends Hector, Lenny and Phil. This story takes place in Seldem, during spring and summer. It follows the criss-crossing stories of a group of middle-school children. A necklace plays a significant part in all of the criss-cross moments, helping the characters in the book to find their true selves, giving the novel a touch of magic realism.

10. The Railway Children/E Nesbit: The comfortable lives of three well-mannered siblings are greatly altered when, one evening, two men arrive at the house and take their father away. They are forced to live in a simple country cottage near a railway station. The youngsters' days are filled with adventure and excitement, including their successful attempt to avert a horrible train disaster. MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY/TRAVEL/SPORTS 1. We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World /Malala Yousafzai. The book follows Yousafzai's own experience being displaced in Pakistan and later forced to move to England, and tells stories from nine other displaced people around the world. 2. Heat /Mike Lupika: Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his day-to-day life. Newly orphaned after his father led the family's escape from Cuba, Michael's only family is his seventeen-year-old brother Carlos. 3. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler/Phillip Hoose: At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not.

4. Tuesdays with Morrie/ Mitch Albom: It is about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually loses his life to ALS. 5 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption/Laura Hillenbrand: An unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. 6. Make it Messy/ Marcus Samuelsson: In this inspirational autobiography, world-famous chef and owner of Red Rooster Harlem, It tells his extraordinary story and encourages young people to embrace their mistakes and follow their dreams.

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7. Elon Musk: Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a business magnet, technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; 8. Shoe Dog: Shoe Dog is a memoir by Nike co-founder Phil Knight. The memoir chronicles the history of Nike from its early struggles to its evolution into one of the world’s most recognized and profitable companies. 9. Wings of Fire/ A P J Abdul Kalam: An autobiography by visionary scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, who from very humble beginnings rose to be the President of India. The book is full of insights, personal moments and life experiences of Dr. Kalam. 10. My Experiments with Truth/Mohandas K. Gandhi: covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. 11.Race of My Life/Milkha Singh: Powerful and gripping, the book documents the journey of an impoverished refugee who rose to become one of the most towering figures in Indian sports. SHORT STORIES 2. Wise and Otherwise/Sudha Murty: These are just some of the poignant and eye-opening stories about people from all over the country that Sudha Murty recounts in this book. From incredible examples of generosity to the meanest acts one can expect from men and women, she records everything with wry humor and a directness that touches the heart. 3. Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different/ Ben Brooks: Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, It's an accessible compilation of 75 famous and not-so-famous men from the past to the present day, every single one of them a rule-breaker and stereotype-smasher in his own way. Entries include Frank Ocean, Salvador Dali, Beethoven, Barack Obama, Ai Weiwei, Jesse Owens, and so many more-heroes from all walks of life and from all over the world. 4. Athletic Stories: : Six Short Stories / Chris Crutcher : Here Chris Crutcher presents characters from some of his best–loved novels, as well as creating some unforgettable new personalities, in tales of love, death, bigotry, heroism, and coming of age. 5. Haroun and Sea of Stories: / Salman Rushdie, Paul Birkbeck;This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of gab suddenly deserts Rashid, Haroun sets out on an adventure to rescue his print. 6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children/Ransom Riggs ;A mysterious island, an abandoned orphanage and a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. 7. The Martian Chronicles/Ray Bradbury: It chronicles the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing from a troubled and eventually atomically devastated Earth, and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists.

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NON FICTION 1.The Forgotten Cities of Delhi/ Rana Safvi: In The Forgotten Cities of Delhi, book two of the Where Stones Speak trilogy covers historical trails in Siri, Jahanpanah, Tughlaqabad, Firozabad, Din Panah, Shergarh and Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti. In her trademark style, Rana Safvi combines narrative history with Sufi couplets and takes you on a walk across the first city of Mehrauli and Firozabad.

2. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions / Randall Munroe;In this book the author answers hypothetical science questions sent to him by readers of his webcomic, xkcd. The book contains a selection of questions and answers originally published on his blog What If?, along with several new ones. 2. Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time (Great Discoveries) / Michio Kaku ; Keying Einstein's crucial discoveries to the simple mental images that inspired them, Michio Kaku finds a revealing new way to discuss his ideas, and delivers an appealing and always accessible introduction to Einstein's work.

3. Days of the Decision Series/ Andrew Langley: This series objectively examines some of the most important decisions of the last 100 years. The books open with a synopsis of the decision and then provide background that explains how the historical situation and each subject's personality, experiences, political circumstances, country's cultural background, and range of possible choices factored into his final choice. They close with analysis about the intended and unintended results of the decision and its positive and negative historical consequences. 4. Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World: It is a tribute to some of the biggest musical legends of the last century, including The Beatles, Elvis, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, and more. Each profile features a full-page photo of the artists and all the essentials about them.

5. Math Hacks/ Rich Cochrane: The perfect introduction to algebra, logic, probability and much more, this is a great new way to learn about the most important mathematical ideas and concepts in a way that makes them easy to recall even months after reading the book.

6. Encyclopedia Blazertannica/ Roger Bennett and Michael Davies; The essential guide to world soccer—the history, the players, the fan culture—from the phenomenally popular duo from NBC Sports.

7. 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know/Giles Sparrow: Introduction to the most important concepts, discoveries and mysteries in astronomy. How did the universe begin? Where did the Moon come from? What happens in the heart of a black hole? Why are gravitational waves so significant? And is there life elsewhere in the cosmos?

8. Jungle Trees of Central India: A Field Guide for Tree Spotters/Pradip Krishen: Covering an area larger than France, and including five of India's most visited tiger reserves, the forests of Central India are one of the country's most iconic wilds capes. The book has over 2000 photographs with thumbnail keys to all the bark, flowers, fruit and leaves.

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1. शरदचन्द्र क� शे्रष्ठ कहा�नया ँ(शरदचन्द्र चट्टोपाध्याय)

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2. बचपन क� कहा�नयाँ (शरदचन्द्र चट्टोपाध्याय)

3. लौट आओ तुम (पुष्पा सक्सेना)

4. बहुरंगी मधुपुर� (राहुल सांकृत्यायन)

5. सफेद घोड़� वाला मं�दर (ओमप्रकाश �सहंल)

6. पाँच लम्बी कहा�नया ँ(शरदचन्द्र)

7. अ�मताभ का खजाना (अ�मताभ)

8. भारत के महान वीर सपूत (अमर �सहं तोमर)

9. महान संत क�व कबीर (�हन्द पॉकेट बुक्स) 10. हम नह�ं सुधर�गे (श्री �नवास जोशी लघु नाटक)

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13. महाश्वेता (सुधामू�त र्)

14. दस प्र�त�न�ध कहा�नयां (�वष्णु प्रभाकर)

15. जयशंकर प्रसाद क� यादगार कहा�नयां (�हन्द पॉकेट बुक्स)

16. क्या भूलँू क्या याद करँू (ह�रवंश राय बच्चन)

17. बोलर� कठपुतल� (मालती जोशी)

18. मेर� �प्रय कहा�नया ं(कमलेश)

19. आषाढ़ का एक �दन (मोहन राकेश)

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21. गर�ब� का मसीहा-मदर टेरेसा (प्रकाश सा�हत्य मंजर�)

22. कल्पना चावला �सतार� से आगे (अ�नल पद्मनाभन)

23. तेजस्वी मन- महाशिक्त भारत क� नींव (ए०पी० जे० अबदलु कलाम)

24. पोटल� बाबा क� कहानी अल� बाबा और चाल�स चोर (गुलज़ार)

25. भारत के रत्न �खलाड़ी (यो�गराज थानी)

26. पारसम�ण (रवीन्द्रनाथ ठाकुर)

27. सबसे बड़ा सत्य (नरेन्द्र कोहल�)

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READING LIST 2019 CLASSES 10-12

HISTORICAL

1. The Nightingale / Kristin Hannah: It tells the story of two sisters in France during World War II, and their struggle to survive and resist the German occupation of France. 2. The Underground Railroad /Colson Whitehead: Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape.

3. The Last Queen of India /Michelle Moran: Told from the perspective of Sita, one of the guards in Lakshmi's all-female army and the queen’s most trusted warrior, it traces the astonishing tale of a fearless ruler making her way in a world dominated by men.

4. The Seven Sisters/Lucinda Riley: Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings.

5 Lincoln in the Bardo / George Saunders: The novel takes place during and after the death of Abraham Lincoln's son William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln and deals with the president's grief at his loss. The bulk of the novel, which takes place over the course of a single evening, is set in the bardo—an intermediate space between life and rebirth.

6. All The Light We Cannot See/Anthony Doerr: It is about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

7. Empire of the Moghul / Alex Rutherford: The series consists of six volumes covering the rise and height of the Moghul Empire in medieval India.

8. Roots: The Saga of an American Family / Alex Haley: It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery in the United States, and later follows his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley as a testimonial to the indomitability of the human spirit.

9. The Book Thief / Markus Zusak: Set during World War II in Germany, it is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist – books. She learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing.

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10. An Ember in the Ashes /Sabaa Tahir: Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. When Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. 11. The Scarlet Letter/Nathaniel Hawthorne; Its themes of sin, guilt, and redemption, woven through a story of adultery in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony, are revealed with remarkable psychological penetration and understanding of the human heart. 12.The Century Trilogy/Ken Follett; In this five interrelated families — American, Russian, German, English and Welsh — battle through the most dramatic events of the 20th century in a story that will sprawl over nearly 3,000 pages. THRILLER /MYSTERY/ACTION 1. 'Salem's Lot /Stephen King: Thousands of miles away from the small township of 'Salem's Lot, two terrified people, a man and a boy, still share the secrets of those clapboard houses and tree-lined streets. They must return to 'Salem's Lot for a final confrontation with the unspeakable evil that lives on in the town. 2. New Comer /Keigo Higashino: Detective Kyoichiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police is assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman. But the more he investigates, the greater number of potential suspects emerges. It isn’t long before it seems nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi have a motive for murder. To prevent the murderer from eluding justice, Kaga must unravel all the secrets surrounding a complicated life. Buried somewhere in the woman’s past, in her family history, and the last few days of her life is the clue that will lead to the murderer.

3. The Outsider/Stephen King: Detective Ralph Anderson was stumped when physical evidence placed a suspect for the brutal murder of a child in two different places at one time. Taught to follow the physical evidence, Ralph encountered amateur detective Holly Gibney who showed him that sometimes the supernatural does impact the natural world. The unlikely pair use the fable of El Cuco, a Mexican ghost or monster, to keep the creature from killing again.

4. The Woman in the Window/A.J. Finn: The Russells move into the new house and live as a perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble—and it’s shocking secrets are laid bare. 5. The Chalk Man/ C.J. Tudor: In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of adolescence. They spend their days biking around their sleepy English village and looking for any taste of excitement they can get. The chalk men are their secret code: little chalk stick figures they leave for one another as messages only they can understand. But then a mysterious chalk man leads them right to a dismembered body, and nothing is ever the same. 6. Circe/ Madeline Miller: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power—the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

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7. The Tattooist of Auschwitz/Heather Morris: In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. 8. The Widows of Malabar Hill /Sujata Massey: Bombay, 1921- Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's rights.

9. Origin/Dan Brown: It is the fifth installment in his Robert Langdon series, following Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, and Inferno. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain’s Royal Palace itself.

10. Girl on the Train/Paula Hawkins: Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

11. Private India/Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson: It is a gritty crime thriller set in Mumbai, a book written in the style of a western thriller but with an Indian soul. Written as collaboration between James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi, 'Private India' is a thriller combining Patterson's love for fast-paced plots with Ashwin's love for history and mythology.

12. Memory Man/ David Baldacci: The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good, and left him with an improbable side effect--he can never forget anything.

13.Private India /Ashwin Sanghi &James Patterson In Mumbai, seemingly unconnected people are dying, strangled in a chilling ritual and with strange objects carefully arranged with the corpses.For Santosh Wagh, head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest investigation agency, it's a race against time to stop the killer striking again.

14. Redemption; (Amos Decker #5)/David Baldacci: Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison are visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's approached by an unfamiliar man. But he instantly recognizes the man's name: Meryl Hawkins. He's the first person Decker ever arrested for murder back when he was a young detective. Though a dozen years in prison have left Hawkins unrecognizably aged and terminally ill, one thing hasn't changed: He maintains he never committed the murders. Could it be possible that Decker made a mistake all those years ago? As he starts digging into the old case, Decker finds a startling connection to a new crime that he may be able to prevent, if only he can put the pieces together quickly enough..

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15. The Never Game; Colter Shaw-1 /Jeffery Deaver: Shaw finds himself caught in a cat-and-mouse game, risking his own life to save the victims even as he pursues the kidnapper across both Silicon Valley and the dark 'net. Encountering eccentric game designers, trigger-happy gamers and ruthless tech titans, he soon learns that he isn't the only one on the hunt: someone is on his trail and closing fast. 16. The Fox/Frederick Forsyth: It is a race-against-time thriller across continents to find and capture, or protect and save, an asset with the means to change the balance of world power. Whatever happens he must not fall into the wrong hands. Because what follows after that is unthinkable

17. The Reckoning/John Grisham: It takes the reader on an incredible journey, from the Jim Crow South to the jungles of the Philippines during World War II; from an insane asylum filled with secrets to the Clanton courtroom where Pete's defense attorney tries desperately to save him. 18. Kane and Abel/ Jeffrey Archer: Born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world, both men are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. These two men -- ambitious, powerful, and ruthless -- are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fuelled by their all-consuming hatred. Over 60 years and three generations, through war, marriage, fortune, and disaster, Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have. FANTASY/ROMANCE

1. The Fall of Gondolin/ J.R.R. Tolkien: On the one hand, it delves even deeper into Middle-earth lore, offering a fascinating and immersive look at the realm. On the other, it’s also the final collaboration between the legendary writer and his son, Christopher. 2. The Red Scrolls of Magic (The Eldest Curses #1)/Cassandra Clare: All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation—a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadow hunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. 3. Throne of Glass/Sarah J. Maas: After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. 4. RED Queen by Victoria Aveyard: If you ever wondered what X-Men would look like in a fantasy setting, this book might provide an answer for you. In a world where people with silver blood have superpowers and people with red blood are the people they subjugate, a girl with red blood discovers she has special abilities of her own.

5. Fire and Blood /George R R Martin: It is a complete history of House Targaryen, a family from his series “A Song of Ice and Fire”.

6. Only Story/Julian Barnes: First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention. As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.

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7. Little Fire Everywhere/Celeste Ng: explores the weight of long-held secrets and the ferocious pull of motherhood-and the danger of believing that planning and following the rules can avert disaster, or heartbreak.

8. Still Me/Jojo Moyes: Funny, romantic, and poignant, Still Me follows Lou as she discovers who she is and who she was always meant to be--and to live boldly in her brave new world.

9. The Queen's Resistance/Rebecca Ross: The highly anticipated sequel to “The Queen’s Rising!” Aodhan Morgane, formerly known as Cartier Évariste, is adjusting to the stark contrast between his pre-rebellion life in Valenia as a master of knowledge and his current one as the lord of a fallen house. During his castle’s restoration, he discovers a ten-year-old boy named Tomas, whose past and parentage are a complete mystery. So when Cartier’s former pupil Brienna is as taken with Tomas as he is, he lets his mind wander—what if he doesn’t have to raise him or his house alone?

10. Outlander/Diana Gabaldon: The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is an “outlander’ torn by war and raiding border clans. Hurled back in time by forces, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. 11. Wicked Saints;(Something Dark and Holy #1)/Emily A. Duncan: A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to tip the scales between dark and light.

REALISTIC

1. The Great Alone / Kristin Hannah: In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, the author reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska―a place of incomparable beauty and danger.

2. Perks of Being a Wallflower/Stephen Chbosky: Charlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.

3. Looking for Alaska/John Green: "I go to seek a Great perhaps " These last words that brings a turn in Miles's life and he decides to leave his public school at Florida and attends Culver Creek, a private breading school in Alabama. The path chosen for greater good and opportunities leads Miles to a prankster room-mate, a woman, who fits her imaginations and two great male friends. But the circle of life is not all about happiness and Miles learns this pretty soon. Learn how Miles found his way out the labyrinth of loss finding his Great, with Looking for Alaska.

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4. Leila/ Prayaag Akbar: In a digitized city, sometime in the near future, as an obsession with purity escalates, walls come up dividing and confining communities. Behind the walls high civic order prevails. In the forgotten spaces between, where garbage gathers and disease festers, Shalini must search for Leila, the daughter she lost one tragic summer sixteen years ago.

5. Golden House/Salman Rushdie: When powerful real-estate tycoon immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three children assume new identities and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan. Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama, he and his sons, each extraordinary in his own right, quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society.

6. Inheritance of Loss/ Kiran Desai: In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge’s cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hop scotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another.

7. Fountainhead/Ayn Rand: Howard Roark, the protagonist of the story is an architect and a firm opposer of collectivism. It is his firm belief than only an individual's vision can be effective in producing genuine art. Mediocrity in art may get rampant if interference by committees and councils is allowed. The Fountainhead is his journey against tradition and his fight against the system.

10. Speak/Laurie Halse Anderson: I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoon. I didn’t go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, and the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit with. 11. We were liars / E. Lockhart: It focuses on the theme of self-acceptance, family morals, and the possibly-deadly consequences of one's mistakes. It is centered on the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family, who spend every summer gathered on their private island. However, not every summer is the same—when something happens to Cadence during the summer of her fifteenth year; the four "Liars" re-emerge two years later to prompt Cadence to remember the incident.

12. What Would Freud Do? How the greatest psychotherapists would solve your everyday problems; Sarah Tomley; It uses the key ideas of more than 80 psychological thinkers, past and present, to shine new light onto today's everyday problems.

SCIENCE FICTION

1. Dune/by Frank Herbert: Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

2.Hyperion/ Dan Simmons: The novel then tells the story of seven individuals of different backgrounds whom are chosen to travel to the Outback planet of Hyperion as pilgrims on the Final Shrike Pilgrimage to the mysterious, ancient Time Tombs wherein lives a creature of extreme power, the Shrike.

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3. Red Moon/Kim Stanley Robinson: It blends realism and drama in a way that instantly transports the reader to the lunar surface. The book, which takes place 30 years into the future, opens on the journeys of Fred Fredericks, an American quantum engineer working for a Swiss company, and Ta Shu, a poet, feng shui expert and celebrity travel reporter to the moon where they are traveling to work. In the world of the book, China has become the first political and technological entity to inhabit the moon in a serious, long-term way.

4. Lord of Light / Roger Zelazny: A group of tough characters have acquired some radical technology, and they use it to set themselves up on a colonized planet as quasi-deities modeled on the divine figures of Hinduism. But one breaks away, reinventing himself as a Buddhist alternative, taking on the guise of Siddhartha, and thus undermining the more rough-and-tumble philosophy of his rivals.

5. Ender's Game/Orson Scott Card: Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him.

6. The Handmaid's Tale/ Margaret Atwood; It is set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian state resembling a theonomy that has overthrown the United States government.

INSPIRATIONAL/PHILOSOPHICAL/MYTHOLOGY

1. Forest of Enchantments /Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni; It re-examines the narrative of the

Ramayana through Sita’s eyes. It sheds fresh light on a major Hindu epic, and attempts to question a

woman’s place in society and reflects on the idea of female autonomy in a patriarchal community.

2. Homo Deus ;A Brief History of Tomorrow /Yuval Noah Harari; It explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus.

2. When Breath Becomes Thin Air/Paul Kalanithi: A profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?

3. Into Thin Air / Jon Krakauer: A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster.

4. Thinking Fast and Slow / Daniel Kahneman: It takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.

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5. Being Mortal/Atul Gawande: It tackles the hardest challenge of medical profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending.

6. The Tipping Point/Malcolm Gladwell: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference / Malcolm Gladwell- It explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behavior cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the surface of many familiar occurrences in our everyday world, Gladwell explains the fascinating social dynamics that cause rapid change.

7. Keepers of the Kalachakra/ Ashwin Sanghi: It revolves around an ancient concept in Vajrayana Buddhism – the Kalachakra which forms the basis of this story essentially means wheels of time.

8. Alchemist / Paulo Coelho: A young shepherd boy who goes on a journey and quest for treasure to realize his 'personal legend'. Along the way, he runs into many obstacles and the journey quickly turns into an adventure.

9. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda / Becky Albertalli: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business.

10. Crime and Punishment/ Fyodor Dostoyevsky: A man grappling with what's considered socially acceptable in his desire to become superhuman, and dealing with the guilt caused by his actions.

11. The Last Lecture/ Randy Pausch: A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. When Randy Pausch, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others; of seizing every. It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

12. Three Daughters of Eve/Elif Shafak: Peri, a married, wealthy, beautiful Turkish woman, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground an old Polaroid of three young women and their university professor. A relic from a past and a love Peri had tried desperately to forget.

13. Finding Audrey/ Sophie Kinsella: Audrey can't leave the house. She can't even take off her dark glasses inside the house. When her brother's friend Linus stumbles into her life- with his friendly, orange-slice smile and his funny notes, he starts to entice Audrey out again. With Linus at her side, Audrey feels like she can do the things she'd thought were too scary. Suddenly, finding her way back to the real world seems achievable

14. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People/ R. Stephen Covey: It aims at providing its readers with the importance of character ethics and personality ethics. The author talks about the values of integrity, courage, a sense of justice and most importantly, honesty. The book is a discussion about the seven most essential habits that every individual must adopt to in order to live a life which is more fulfilling.

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MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

1. Shoe Dog/ Phil Knight: In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.

2. Becoming/ Michelle Obama: The memoir of former United States First Lady,described as a deeply personal experience, the book talks about her roots and how she found her voice, as well as her time in the White House, her public health campaign, and her role as a mother.

3. The Secret Diary of Kasturba/ Neelima Dalmia Adhar: The book tells what it meant to be Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - in a gripping tale of unconditional love, passion, ecstasy and the ultimate liberation that every woman seeks.

4. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance/ Robert M. Pirsig: A story of love & fear--of growth, discovery & acceptance--that becomes a profound personal & philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions, this uniquely exhilarating modern classic is both touching & transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence & the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.

5. Heroines; Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History / Ira Mukhoty: In these engrossing portraits, mythological characters from thousands of years ago walk companionably besides historical figures from more recent times. They rise to reclaim their rightful place in history.

6. I know why the Caged Birds Sing/ Maya Angelou: An autobiography about the early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma. Maya transforms from a victim of racism with an inferiority complex into a self-posses