Books That Are Timely And Timeless

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    • Publish Date: Sep 10 2016 5:00PM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 7 2016 12:43PM
Books That Are Timely And Timeless

Six cover descriptions reveal why these books make it to most reading lists of America’s prestigious private schools. 
 
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien: A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground­breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. 

'The Martian' by Andy Weir: Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone... But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. 

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese: Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother's death and their father's  disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution...'Cutting for Stone' is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles — and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.



Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952... The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of 'The Brotherhood', and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. 

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding: At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no
adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilisation they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued.

Catch­22 by Joseph Heller: Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy — it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he's assigned, he'll be in violation of Catch­ 22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.
 

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Niamat Dhillon Navy Children School - Colaba, Mumbai.

The Kite Runner is a timely, timeless book.

Payal Taparia BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

No book can be consider timely and timeless.Every book is important in its own way.

Prakash.B Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Kite runner.....

Tanya Singh BHAWAN VIDYALAYA CHD-SEC-27

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller is a must read in my opinion as well. It is interesting, charming and witty.

Hemalatha.G Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary Scho

Alchemist.....

Akshita Pandey LILAVATI BAI PODAR (A)-SCRUZ

I have read the Invisible Man by H.G Wells but not by Ralph Ellison.

Akshita Pandey LILAVATI BAI PODAR (A)-SCRUZ

I totally agree with Payal Taparia.

Disha Chopra Delhi Public School, Whitefield

An easy edition to the list is ''To Kill A Mockingbird'' by Harper Lee. A number of the things that are mentioned in the book are problems which are still being followed through in our times.

Neha Varadharajan The Orbis School

will surely read these books. I am a fan of books which are timely and timeless.

MRUNAL VORA Witty International School

Each and every book is unique.

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