Books for people who don't read

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Updated On Jan 25, 2014 03:31 pm IST

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If you like old films from the '50s, read A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. It will take you forever to finish, but the story of a girl, her three suitors and her mother set in post independent India is so Bollywood!

Updated on Jan 25, 2014 03:31 pm IST

If you like old films from the '50s, read A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. It will take you forever to finish, but the story of a girl, her three suitors and her mother set in post independent India is so Bollywood!

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If you’re really into adventure sports and thrillers,The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart (George Cockcroft) – about a psychiatrist who starts making all his life’s decisions based on the rolling of a dice. It will mess with your head and give you a rush like no other.Image: The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart (Book Cover) Text by Saudamini JainThe Brunch Book Challenge: How to read 24 books (or more) in one yearThe Brunch Book Challenge is to get you to read at least 24 books in 2014. Read anything you like – just keep us posted. Tweet your progress to @HTBrunch with the hashtag #BrunchBookChallenge From HT Brunch, January 26 Follow us on twitter.com/HTBrunchConnect with us on facebook.com/hindustantimesbrunch

Updated on Jan 25, 2014 03:31 pm IST

If you’re really into adventure sports and thrillers,The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart (George Cockcroft) – about a psychiatrist who starts making all his life’s decisions based on the rolling of a dice. It will mess with your head and give you a rush like no other.Image: The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart (Book Cover) Text by Saudamini JainThe Brunch Book Challenge: How to read 24 books (or more) in one yearThe Brunch Book Challenge is to get you to read at least 24 books in 2014. Read anything you like – just keep us posted. Tweet your progress to @HTBrunch with the hashtag #BrunchBookChallenge From HT Brunch, January 26 Follow us on twitter.com/HTBrunchConnect with us on facebook.com/hindustantimesbrunch

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If you’re into self-help/ are a woman/ or want to decode women: How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran is hilarious, makes a point and is a bible for modern women.

Updated on Jan 25, 2014 03:31 pm IST

If you’re into self-help/ are a woman/ or want to decode women: How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran is hilarious, makes a point and is a bible for modern women.

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If you love the women of Mad Men, pick Rona Jaffe’s 1958 novel The Best of Everything. The lives of working women (at a publishing house) in New York in the ’50s. It’s got men and martinis, love and contraceptions. In fact, Don Draper was shown reading this in season one.

Updated on Jan 25, 2014 03:31 pm IST

If you love the women of Mad Men, pick Rona Jaffe’s 1958 novel The Best of Everything. The lives of working women (at a publishing house) in New York in the ’50s. It’s got men and martinis, love and contraceptions. In fact, Don Draper was shown reading this in season one.

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So you don’t really read, never understood what the fuss is all about. Give it a shot, we say. Start with one of these and join the #BrunchBookChallenge If you have the attention span of a chicken, start with short stories. We recommend Lavanya Sankaran’s The Red Carpet. These stories set in Bangalore are like gossiping with a favourite aunt. Text by Saudamini Jain

Updated on Jan 25, 2014 03:31 pm IST

So you don’t really read, never understood what the fuss is all about. Give it a shot, we say. Start with one of these and join the #BrunchBookChallenge If you have the attention span of a chicken, start with short stories. We recommend Lavanya Sankaran’s The Red Carpet. These stories set in Bangalore are like gossiping with a favourite aunt. Text by Saudamini Jain

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