#RNPFReads: Book Recommendations
2 min readMar 14, 2024
A listicle
Compiled by Shruti Sundaresan, Lead, Communications and Community Engagement, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies
Here’s a list of books exchanged by our partners at a recent portfolio gathering, hosted by the Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies:
- The Hundred Year Old Man
Author: Jonas Jonasson
Genre: Humor Fiction - Animal Farm
Author: George Orwell
Genre: Beast Fable/Allegory - Poladi Baya/ पोलादी बाया
Author: Deepa Pawar
Genre: Feminist Literature - Androgyny and Female Impersonation in India: Nari Bhav
Author: Tutun Mukherjee and Niladri R. Chatterjee
Genre: Feminist Literature - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen Covey
Genre: Self-Help - The Culture Code
Author: Clotaire Rapaille
Genre: Self-Help - Lifting The Veil
Author: Ismat Chugtai
Genre: Collection of Short Stories | Humour | Feminism - Finding the Mother Tree
Author: Suzanne Simard
Genre: Memoir - Caste
Author: Isabel Wilkerson
Genre: Non-Fiction - The Little Prince
Author: Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Genre: Novella | Speculative Fiction - Cocktail Time
Author: P G Wodehouse
Genre: Humour Fiction - A Short History of Nearly Everything
Author: Bill Bryson
Genre: Popular Science - Our Constitution
Author: Subhash Kashyap
Genre: Non-Fiction - In Defense of Food
Author: Michael Pollan
Genre: Non-Fiction | Nutrition - The Metamorphosis
Author: Franz Kafka
Genre: Novella | Fantasy - Think on these things
Author: Jiddu Krishnamurti
Genre: Self-Help - Stumbling on Happiness
Author: Daniel Gilbert
Genre: Self-Help - Small Days and Nights
Author: Tishani Doshi
Genre: Fiction - Naoko
Author: Keigo Higashino
Genre: Mystery - Indian Instincts
Author: Miniya Chatterjee
Genre: Collection of Essays, Non-Fiction - Start with Why
Author: Simon Sinek
Genre: Self-Help - Magic Borders
Author: Arlo Parks
Genre: Poetry, Biography - Seeing Like A Feminist
Author: Nivedita Menon
Genre: Feminist Literature - The People on Platform 5
Author: Claire Pooley
Genre: Humor Fiction