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What IIFMights are reading
A compilation of the books our alumni have been reading, or call their favorites, sourced from their IIFMight in Focus profiles.
The most read
named by four or more IIFMights- 01
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
14 IIFMights“Recently introduced to Harari and just loved his books; hooked on his lectures and podcasts”
Picked by Arvind Garimella, Dr. Swati Chauhan, Soumya Guha, Arunima Sen Chaturvedi, Manoj Dabas, Narendra Mohan, Omkar S Patange, Rajen Tanwar, Prabhat Labh, Sasidhar N. Thumuluri, Sunil Mallik, Vamsi Krishna Patchamatla, Vartika Shukla, Krishna Chandran V
- 02
The Alchemist
9 IIFMights“Lives by its line: when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it”
Picked by Avijit Kishore, Heramba Prasad Satapathy, Gitesh Gunjan, Nikhil Raj, Swayam Chowdhary, Prashant Mishra, Rohan Raj Mishra, Rajaram Sankaran, Vartika Shukla
- 03
Atomic Habits
7 IIFMights“A favorite, now enjoyed as an audiobook”
Picked by Ashutosh Mahana, Bijoy Prasad Ratho, Dr. Sanjay Bala, Dr. Swati Chauhan, Kanchan Ghoshal, Narayan Kunal Kishore, Rishu Garg
- 04
Harry Potter (series)
7 IIFMights“Revisits annually, still waiting for her Hogwarts acceptance letter”
Picked by Abhinav Sen, Arunima Sen Chaturvedi, Renuka Saroha, Rahul Chatterjee, Sarvashish Roy, Sireesh Yeshwantapur, Sneha Sharma
- 05
Rich Dad Poor Dad
6 IIFMights“You must read all of these (his financial education picks)”
Picked by Ashish Tirkey, Ashish Verma, Sunil Dixit, Jimmy Kumar, Kanchan Ghoshal, Nirbhay Bhatnagar
- 06
Catch-22
5 IIFMights“Liked it back when he had the reading habit”
Picked by Aritro Dasgupta, Mradul Choubey, Pradyuman Singh Rawat, Rajiv Kumar, Vikram Shanbhag
- 07
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
5 IIFMightsPicked by Bijoy Prasad Ratho, Lokesh Kumar, Nikhil Raj, Nirbhay Bhatnagar, Sampath Gelam
- 08
The Psychology of Money
5 IIFMights“Among an eclectic set of favourites recommended to others”
Picked by Amit Kumar, Ashish Verma, Ashutosh Mahana, Dr. Sanjay Bala, Krishna Chandran V
- 09
Autobiography of a Yogi
4 IIFMights“One of the milestone books of her life”
Picked by Anjali Mohan Bhatia, Anuj Sharma, Bijoy Prasad Ratho, Dr. Alark Saxena
- 10
Bhagavad Gita
4 IIFMights“A precious gift from a family met on a train in 2002; lately started reading it”
Picked by Anjali Mohan Bhatia, Aveek Roy, Sudhanshu Bhaskar, Vineet Mehta
- 11
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
4 IIFMights“Part of the riveting Harari trilogy he recommends”
Picked by Arvind Garimella, Soumya Guha, Manoj Dabas, Vartika Shukla
- 12
I Too Had a Dream
4 IIFMights“Not a voracious reader but was inspired by this book”
Picked by Achal Gupta, Dr. Neeraj Singh, Ashish Thekkekara, Kallol Mandal
- 13
Raag Darbari
4 IIFMights“Anyone working in rural development and knowing Hindi must read it”
Picked by Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya, Shailesh Nagar, Rajiv Kumar, Shailesh Kumar
- 14
The Catcher in the Rye
4 IIFMights“One of his all-time favorite books”
Picked by Chinmay N Korgaonkar, Mradul Choubey, Shantanu Choudhury, Vikram Shanbhag
- 15
The Kite Runner
4 IIFMightsPicked by Chandan Kumar, Harsh Bardhan, Kallol Mandal, Rahul Bist
- 16
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
4 IIFMights“Advises everyone he meets to read it; helped him overcome negativity and stay positive”
Picked by Anubhav Sogani, Ashish Tirkey, Ankit Singh, Jayant Prakash
- 17
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
4 IIFMights“His favourite book as a twenty-something”
Picked by Shailesh Nagar, Manas Ranjan Mishra, Prabhat Labh, Rajiv Kumar
On more than one shelf
two or three readers eachThe full shelf
298 more books, A–Z11 Rules for Lifevia Dr. Sanjay Bala
2 Statesvia Nikhil Raj
A Bend in the Rivervia Sireesh Yeshwantapur
A Brief History of the Worldvia Narayan Kunal Kishore
A Brief History of Timevia Abhishek Kar
A Passage to Englandvia Rajni Prasad Sundru
A Princess Remembersvia Achal Gupta
A Whole New Mindvia Dr. Pradeep Tharakan
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: A Lifevia Kallol Mandal
Aadmi Bail Aur Sapnayvia Aseem Hasnain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finnvia Rajni Prasad Sundru
Ajaya: Rise of Kalivia Biplav Chatterjee
Akkarmashivia Aseem Hasnain
All Quiet on the Western Frontvia Seyed Faiz
All the Light We Cannot Seevia Shumon Sengupta
Ami Subhas Bolchivia Abhishek Kar
An Uncertain Gloryvia Rajesh Srinivas Upadhyayula
And the Mountains Echoedvia Bigsna Gill
Annihilation of Castevia Arshi Aadil
Anubandhvia Satyendra Nath Mishra
Aranyakvia Shantanu Choudhury
Arc of Justicevia Neeraj Kumar Negi
Around the World in Eighty Daysvia Chayan Bandyopadhyay
Arrival Cityvia Swati Mehta
As Good As It Getsvia Nilanjan Ray
Ashtavakra Gitavia Anjali Mohan Bhatia
Bartleby, the Scrivenervia Rohan Raj Mishra
Beartownvia Bigsna Gill
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (series)via Sneha Sharma
Beyond Good and Evilvia Ramanathan Balakrishnan
Bharat Seriesvia Rahul Chatterjee
Big Magicvia Bigsna Gill
Blinkvia Prabhat Labh
Born a Crimevia Vartika Shukla
Breaking the Mouldvia Arjun Subramanian
Build an Epic Careervia Shreyas Joshi
Build Itvia Varuna Chauhan
Byculla to Bangkokvia Harsh Bardhan
Calvin and Hobbesvia Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
Chanakya in Youvia Harsh Bardhan
Chanakya's Chantvia Biplav Chatterjee
Chander Paharvia Nilanjan Ray
Chotti Munda aur Uska Teervia Aseem Hasnain
Chouthupir Charjapadvia Subhadip Mahalanabish
Chup: Breaking the Silence About India's Womenvia Kumar Abhishek
Civilization: The West and the Restvia Omkar S Patange
Cosmosvia Arvind Garimella
Dances with Wolvesvia Rajiv Kumar
Dargamitta Kathaluvia Arvind Garimella
Dark Circlesvia Bigsna Gill
Despite the State: Why India Lets Its People Down and How They Copevia Krishna Chandran V
Digital Minimalismvia Achal Gupta
Discipline Equals Freedomvia Ashish Tirkey
Discworld (series)via Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
Disgracevia Prakash Kashwan
Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forestvia Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
Dongri to Dubaivia Vivek Sinha
Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindarvia Shashi Shrivastava
Dork (series)via Ajay Bara
Dozakhnamavia Lalit Bhandari
Drivevia Aveek Roy
Economics in One Lessonvia Vikash Anand
Ego Is the Enemyvia Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya
Elephant Dawnvia Sprih Harsh
Empires of the Wordvia Seyed Faiz
English, Augustvia Neel Mehta
Entangled Lifevia Seyed Faiz
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Donevia Dhananjay Rai
Faster Than Lightningvia Akshat Nagar
Feluda (series)via Abhishek Kar
Finite and Infinite Gamesvia Arshi Aadil
Fooled by Randomnessvia Ravi Gupta
Forever England: The Life of Rupert Brookevia Shumon Sengupta
Foundation (series)via Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
Freakonomicsvia Anil Singh
From Heaven Lakevia Shitiz Chaudhary
Getting to Yesvia Dhananjay Rai
Godanvia Anuj Sharma
Gone with the Windvia Amar Saxena
Good Omensvia Anjali Mohan Bhatia
Good to Greatvia Rajen Tanwar
Governing the Commonsvia Manish Shankar
Great Expectationsvia Rajni Prasad Sundru
Green Humour for a Greying Planetvia Shailendra Kumar
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourselfvia Sudhanshu Bhaskar
Hit Refreshvia Rajesh Srinivas Upadhyayula
I Do What I Dovia Dr. Swati Chauhan
I Have a Dreamvia Avinash Kumar
Ibis Trilogyvia Neeraj Kumar Negi
In Service of the Republicvia Vikash Anand
Incertovia Rohit Jindal
Indian Mammalsvia Ashish Tirkey
Invent and Wandervia Jitendra Balani
It's Not About the Bikevia Akshat Nagar
Jack Reacher (series)via James T. Kharkongor
Jack: Straight from the Gutvia Dharmendra Kumar Daukia
Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharatavia Biplav Chatterjee
Jim Corbett Omnibusvia Ashish Tirkey
Jonathan Livingston Seagullvia Michelle Maria Thomas
Joothanvia Aseem Hasnain
Lands of Lost Bordersvia Shumon Sengupta
Last Subwayvia Shivanshu Sharma
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategyvia Jagjeet Sareen
Leading at The Edgevia Deepak Mitra
Lean Invia Renuka Saroha
Less Doing, More Livingvia Rajen Tanwar
Let's Get Real or Let's Not Playvia Ramkrishna Atre
Lie Down with Lionsvia Avinash Kumar
Life 3.0via Shivoham Sharma
Life of Pivia Bijoy Prasad Ratho
Living with Tigersvia Ashish Tirkey
Long Walk to Freedomvia Yogesh Ghore
Looking for Alaskavia Shantanu Choudhury
Lords of the Deccanvia Dr. Shekhar Kolipaka
Made in Japanvia Lalit Bhandari
Madhushalavia Harsh Bardhan
Malory Towers (series)via Renuka Saroha
Many Lives, Many Mastersvia Krishna Chandran V
Masala Labvia Nitish Narain
Measure What Mattersvia Krishna Chandran V
Midnight's Childrenvia Shailesh Kumar
Mind Without Fearvia Ravi Gupta
Mindsetvia Amit Kumar
Moved by Lovevia Satyendra Nath Mishra
Nachyo Bahut Gopalvia Aseem Hasnain
Nancy Drew (series)via Sonali Chowdhary
Nature's Best Hopevia Dr. Preeti Rao
Never Let Me Govia Koyel Kumar Mandal
No Limitsvia Akshat Nagar
Noble Savagesvia Rohit Jindal
On Educationvia Pinkle Chaudhary
One Hundred Years of Solitudevia Shailesh Kumar
Our Moon Has Blood Clotsvia Sireesh Yeshwantapur
Pachinkovia Bigsna Gill
Pale Blue Dotvia Arvind Garimella
Panchajanyavia Anurag Gupta
Panchatantravia Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
Pather Dabivia Soumya Guha
Perry Mason (series)via Sonali Chowdhary
Poonachivia Swati Mehta
Postcapitalismvia Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya
Powershiftvia Jayanta Kumar Sarma
Prisoners of Geographyvia Yogesh Ghore
Prothom Alovia Arunima Sen Chaturvedi
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talkingvia Aparna Seth
Ramcharitmanasvia Sudhanshu Bhaskar
Rashmirathivia Nishant Jain
Ratan Tata: A Lifevia Shreyas Joshi
Rebeccavia Varsha Mehta
Red Sunvia Sireesh Yeshwantapur
Reimagining Pakistanvia ADP Madhavan
Running Leanvia Krishna Chandran V
Rural Development: Putting the Last Firstvia Soumya Guha
Sambhajivia Shreyas Joshi
Saying No to Jugaadvia Krishna Chandran V
Science in the Soulvia Jayanta Kumar Sarma
Sea of Poppiesvia Abhinav Sen
Seeing Like a Feministvia Dr. Shweta Tomar
Sense and Solidarityvia Vivek Sinha
Shekhar: Ek Jivanivia Shailesh Kumar
Shesh Prashnavia Lalit Bhandari
Shunyavia Rupali Patil
Silent Springvia Dr. Sanjay Bala
Sin Cityvia Sach Wry
Sita: Warrior of Mithilavia Biplav Chatterjee
Snakes in the Gangavia Satyendra Nath Mishra
Srikantavia Soumya Guha
Start-up Nationvia Kallol Mandal
Stumbling on Happinessvia Sudhanshu Bhaskar
Suite Françaisevia Neeraj Kumar Negi
Symptoms of Fascismvia Veenal Raichandani
Team of Rivalsvia Shailesh Kumar
The 3 Mistakes of My Lifevia Nikhil Raj
The 33 Strategies of Warvia Chandra Kishore
The 48 Laws of Powervia Chandra Kishore
The Accidental Prime Ministervia Ashish Verma
The Anatomy of Storyvia Aryasilpa Adhikari
The Aquitaine Progressionvia Abhinav Sen
The Argumentative Indianvia Rajesh Srinivas Upadhyayula
The Art of Warvia Shivoham Sharma
The Autobiography of a Stockvia Ashish Tirkey
The Big Questionsvia Dharmendra Kumar Daukia
The Black Book of Soulvia Harsh Bardhan
The Black Swanvia Nilanjan Ray
The Blind Watchmakervia Seyed Faiz
The Blood Telegramvia Bigsna Gill
The Book of Dogvia Shashi Shrivastava
The Buddha in Your Mirrorvia Ravi Gupta
The Corfu Trilogyvia Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
The Courage to be Dislikedvia Krishna Chandran V
The Culture Mapvia Divy Ninad Koul
The Day of the Jackalvia Rahul Chatterjee
The Deceivervia Rahul Chatterjee
The Devotion of Suspect Xvia Shantanu Choudhury
The Diversity of Lifevia Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
The Elephant Whisperervia Anuj Sharma
The Famous Five (series)via Sonali Chowdhary
The Fifth Disciplinevia Dhananjay Rai
The Forest Unseenvia Jayanta Kumar Sarma
The Great Derangementvia Prakash Kashwan
The Great Indian Novelvia Biplav Chatterjee
The Hardy Boys (series)via Sonali Chowdhary
The Heart Is a Lonely Huntervia Chinmay N Korgaonkar
The Hidden Life of Treesvia Anuj Sharma
The High-Performance Entrepreneurvia Kapil Patil
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyvia Ramkrishna Atre
The Home and the Worldvia Aritro Dasgupta
The Immortals of Meluhavia Rupali Patil
The India Wayvia Anuj Sharma
The Infinite Gamevia Rupali Patil
The Inimitable Jeevesvia Sweta Rajpurohit
The Innovator's Dilemmavia Avijit Kishore
The Invention of Naturevia Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya
The Island of Missing Treesvia Arshi Aadil
The Kitchen Housevia Bigsna Gill
The Last Nizamvia Nishant Jain
The Last Rhinosvia Sprih Harsh
The Laws of Human Naturevia Jayant Prakash
The Liberation of Sitavia Bigsna Gill
The Living Mountainvia Prakash Kashwan
The Master and Margaritavia Ramanathan Balakrishnan
The Metamorphosisvia Shailesh Kumar
The Minority Conundrumvia Kumar Abhishek
The Motorcycle Diariesvia Dr. Alark Saxena
The Negotiatorvia Dharmendra Kumar Daukia
The New Clash of Civilizationsvia Rajesh Srinivas Upadhyayula
The Nutmeg's Cursevia Prakash Kashwan
The Odessa Filevia Rahul Chatterjee
The Old Man and the Seavia Sunil Rajagopal
The Omnivore's Dilemmavia Vamsi Krishna Patchamatla
The Overstoryvia Sandeep Chakravorty
The Power of Habitvia Bigsna Gill
The Power of Nowvia Ritesh Sinha
The Principal Upanisadsvia Ravi Gupta
The Pursuit of Happinessvia Sunil Dixit
The Rare Metals Warvia Dr. Shekhar Kolipaka
The Reluctant Fundamentalistvia Arshi Aadil
The Rise and Fall of Nationsvia Jayant Prakash
The Science of Storytellingvia Aryasilpa Adhikari
The Secretvia Veenal Raichandani
The Secret Islandvia Renuka Saroha
The Secret Network of Naturevia Shailendra Kumar
The Secret Seven (series)via Sonali Chowdhary
The Selfish Giantvia Sach Wry
The Silence of the Lambsvia Sach Wry
The Speed of Trustvia Ravi Gupta
The State of Africavia Khurun Poojanraj
The Strange Case of Billy Biswasvia Varsha Mehta
The Sun Also Risesvia Shantanu Choudhury
The Systems View of Lifevia Lalit Bhandari
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeonsvia Shailesh Nagar
The Tao of Physicsvia Lalit Bhandari
The Third Wavevia Jayanta Kumar Sarma
The Three Rulesvia Dharmendra Kumar Daukia
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dyingvia Seyed Faiz
The Turning Pointvia Lalit Bhandari
The Tyranny of Meritvia ADP Madhavan
The Ultimate Giftvia Gitesh Gunjan
The Unbearable Lightness of Beingvia Shailesh Kumar
The Unexpected Truth About Animalsvia Sprih Harsh
The Unquiet Woodsvia Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
The Warmth of Other Sunsvia Vamsi Krishna Patchamatla
The White Elephantvia Nikhil Raj
The Will to Powervia Ramanathan Balakrishnan
The Wisdom of Crowdsvia Dharmendra Kumar Daukia
The Wisdom of Financevia Dr. Sunil Kumar
The World Is Flatvia Anurag Pandey
The World of Islamvia Seyed Faiz
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjalivia Dr. Alark Saxena
Things Fall Apartvia Kalpana Kashyap
Think & Win Like Dhonivia Ashish Tirkey
Think Everestvia Vineet Mehta
Think Like a Monkvia Swati Mehta
Thinking in Systemsvia Shailesh Nagar
This Fissured Landvia Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
This Is Marketingvia Vishwanath Divya
Thus Spoke Chanakyavia Ashish Tirkey
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Windowvia Arvind Garimella
Trees of Central Indiavia Ashish Tirkey
Tribe of Mentorsvia Ashok Biswal
Twilight in Delhivia Nitish Narain
Unto This Lastvia Satyendra Nath Mishra
Visual Intelligencevia Arshi Aadil
Watershedvia Satyendra Nath Mishra
What Goes into a Butterfly?via Parul Sharma
What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business Schoolvia Kanishk Negi
When Eagles Roarvia Sprih Harsh
Why Men Rapevia Kumar Abhishek
Why the West Rules—For Nowvia Dr. Pradeep Tharakan
Why We Sleepvia Achal Gupta
Winners Take Allvia Dr. Pradeep Tharakan
Worshipping False Godsvia Veenal Raichandani
You Can Winvia Sunil Dixit
This shelf is compiled from what alumni said in theirIIFMight in Focus interviews. Follow any name to read the book in the context of that person's story.