Books that you dropped for good!

Papataka Book Club

Our diverse set of avid readers throughout the country had spoken about the books that didn't work for them. They didn't shy away from mentioning a popular cult that redefined the genre. They remained unshaken even while picking a classic that was adored & worshipped through generations. With such readers in the room, is it needless to say that they didn't spare self-help and formula fiction?

We, @papatakabookclub have made it easy for you, classifying the books into five categories based on the common themes and patterns that these books fall into, all the while remaining absolutely loyal to what our fearless readers-speakers had to pick, sorry, drop! (Pun intended). And also, Priyanka Chopra's "Unfinished" looked like "Did Not Finish" for our readers. (I was waiting to crack that joke). Ok, sorry, without further ado, here's the list!

Formula Fiction with Flashy titles that you need to avoid (may be)

"The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson
"The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne
"Think Like a Monk" by Jay Shetty
"The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" by Robin Sharma
"The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
"Unfinished" by Priyanka Chopra
"Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill
"Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" by John Gray
"Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion" by Gary Vaynerchuk
"Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too" by Gary Vaynerchuk
"The Immortals of Meluha" by Amish Tripathi
"The Best Thing About You Is You!" by Anupam Kher
"The 4-Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss
"Twilight series" by Stephenie Meyer
"The Magic of Thinking Big" by David J. Schwartz
"Happy for No Reason" by Mandira Bedi
"Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
"One Night at the Call Centre" by Chetan Bhagat
"One Arranged Murder" by Chetan Bhagat
"Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
"Wake Up, Life is Calling" by Preeti Shenoy
"Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell
"Crazy Rich Asians" by Kevin Kwan

Shockers! We didn’t see that coming!

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell
"India After Gandhi" by Ramachandra Guha
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
"Wings of Fire" by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari
"Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J. K. Rowling
"The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand
"Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami
"Men Without Women" by Haruki Murakami

Classics? Not spared either!

"Flatland" by Edwin Abbott Abbott
"The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy
"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
"The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare
"Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes
"The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
"Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Literary Fiction? Be cautious with these, says our speakers

"The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" by Arundhati Roy
"Girl in White Cotton" by Avni Doshi
"The Glass Palace: A Novel" by Amitav Ghosh
"Serious Men" by Manu Joseph
"A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry
"The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Somewhere in between!

"The Hating Game: A Novel" by Sally Thorne
"The Interpretation of Dreams" by Sigmund Freud
"American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis
"Breaking India" by Rajiv Malhotra
"Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond

P.S. All the books mentioned above are strictly subjective based on readers opinions. We do not endorse or discourage anyone to pick/drop any of those books. Only just be cautious, is all we can say.

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