Devashish Bansal

Reading

The long shelf, slowly built.

Reading has been a life-long companion. Introduced by my mom, encouraged by a couple of lovely people early on in life. Below is a collection of books I've loved best. Occasionally I'll post short write-ups and link them back. Full list on Goodreads.

Fantasy

High fantasy and the books that built the inner shelf.

  • Realm of the Elderlings (15 books)

    Robin Hobb

  • Malazan Book of the Fallen (10 books)

    Steven Erikson

  • The Wheel of Time (14 books)

    Robert Jordan

  • A Song of Ice and Fire

    George R.R. Martin

  • The Stormlight Archive

    Brandon Sanderson

  • The First Law Trilogy

    Joe Abercrombie

  • Gentleman Bastard

    Scott Lynch

  • The Broken Earth

    N.K. Jemisin

  • The Inheritance Cycle

    Christopher Paolini

  • The Lord of the Rings

    J.R.R. Tolkien

  • The Hobbit

    J.R.R. Tolkien

  • American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

  • Norse Mythology

    Neil Gaiman

  • Good Omens

    Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

  • A Wizard of Earthsea

    Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Chronicles of The Black Company

    Glen Cook

Science Fiction

Old futures and new ones.

  • Foundation Series

    Isaac Asimov

  • Hyperion Cantos

    Dan Simmons

  • Remembrance of Earth's Past (The 3 Body Problem)

    Liu Cixin

  • The Murderbot Diaries

    Martha Wells

  • Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

  • Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams

  • The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A Heinlein

  • 1984

    George Orwell

  • Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley

  • Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury

  • Neuromancer

    William Gibson

  • I, Robot

    Isaac Asimov

Non-Fiction

History, work, attention, sleep, money.

  • Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight

  • Working Backwards

    Colin Bryar

  • Who: The A Method for Hiring

    Geoff Smart

  • The Quarter-Life Breakthrough

    Adam Smiley Poswolsky

  • Atomic Habits

    James Clear

  • Deep Work

    Cal Newport

  • The Psychology of Money

    Morgan Housel

  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

    Mark Manson

  • Wanting: Mimetic Desire

    Luke Burgis

  • A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Bill Bryson

  • Why We Sleep

    Matthew Walker

  • Predictably Irrational

    Dan Ariely

  • India After Gandhi

    Ramachandra Guha

  • The Discovery of India

    Jawaharlal Nehru

  • Building a Second Brain

    Tiago Forte

Other Favorites

Everything else that stayed.

  • Harry Potter

    J.K. Rowling

  • Matilda

    Roald Dahl

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Roald Dahl

  • The Godfather

    Mario Puzo

  • The Complete Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Shantaram

    Gregory David Roberts

  • The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

  • Life of Pi

    Yann Martel

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

    Patrick Süskind

  • A Man Called Ove

    Fredrik Backman