World's 10 most favourite books in 2012
World's 10 most favourite books in 2012
The top 10 list has been complied based on the New York Times Bestseller rankings and recurrence of the featured books in the list through 2012.
Here's a list of the books most of us picked up (in no definite order).
1. Title: Fifty Shades of Grey
Author: E.L. James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: E.L James, a former TV journalist and mom of two in West London, fulfills her childhood dream of writing a book with Fifty Shades of Grey, the first of the trilogy, and turns into a bestselling author. Serving erotica to the audience with a plot that revolves around a drop-dead-gorgeous billionaire Christian Grey and his dangerous liaison with literature student Anastasia Steele who goes to interview the young tycoon, and ends up falling for him. They embark on a passionate physical affair while Ana unravels Grey's dark desires including her own.
2. Title: Fifty Shades Darker
Author: E.L James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: The second of the trilogy, Fifty Shades Darker explores the dilemma of Anastasia after her separation from Grey. She has moved on in her career, yet desires to go back to him, for the memories of their torrid physical affair still dominate her mind, and eventually she lands up with him in a new arrangement. Grey's inner demons grow darker, and as Ana delves deeper into his harrowing past, she is faced with the anger and jealousy of the women who came in his life before her.
3. Title: Fifty Shades Freed
Author:E.L James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: Since their first encounter, the third of the trilogy, and driven by their searing sexual desire for each other, Anastasia and Grey's lives have changed irrevocably. Initially repelled by Grey's need to control in bed, and his erotic tastes, Ana subsequently comes to terms with it, and demands from him a greater commitment. Grey agrees, and now they have everything going for them, from love, wealth, passion, to intimacy. But deep down Ana fears they'll never be able to stay together without her sacrificing her own identity.
4. Title: Bared to you
Author: Sylvia Day
Publisher: Penguin Group
Synopsis: Best-selling author Sylvia Day weaves an erotic, obsessive relationship between her two protagonists, Eva and Gideon, both fighting their respective demons of the past. Emotional turmoil juxtaposed with physical desire makes them bare their hearts to each other, only to complicate their present further.
5. Title: Gone Girl
Author: Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Synopsis: On her fifth wedding anniversary Amy Dunne suddenly goes missing without a trace from her rented home in North Carthage, Missouri. Under pressure from the police, media and Amy's doting parents, Husband-of-the Year, Nick grapples with a never-ending chain of lies, deceits, and his own oddly evasive behaviour. As events get murkier, the needle of suspicion points at Nick as the killer of his beautiful wife. With his sister Margo by his side, Nick pleads innocence. Then what was in that silver gift box in the back of Amy's bedroom closet?
6. Title: The Litigators
Author:John Grisham
Publisher:Random House Publishing
Synopsis:Another legal thriller from bestselling author John Grisham, The Litigators takes you into the convoluted world of mass tort litigation and product liability law. The small Chicago law firm Finley & Figg run by two lawyers, Oscar Finley and Wally Figg, takes on one of the biggest pharmaceutical company of the United States, Varrick Labs. With The Litigators, Grisham in his indomitable style underlines the inherent human hunger for easy money, the oddity of the justice system and how much we are all willing to sell out for the possibility of big bucks.
7. Title: Reflected in You
Author: Sylvia Day
Publisher: Penguin Group
Synopsis: The emotional, turbulent and sensual saga of Eva Tramell and Gideon Cross in Sylvia Day's Bared to You continues in her latest novel. Reflected in You. In this novel, we get an insight into the characters in more depth and intensity that Bared to You did not reveal. We are informed about Gideon's not-so-pleasant past, Eva's bisexual friend and roommate Cary whose strategic interventions in the novel provide the readers with a dose of humour and of course our protagonist Eva who continues her struggle with her insecurities in love life. This is definitely not a fantasy romance but can be called a 'paranormal' (as described by a critic) one that's interspersed with suspense, psychological turmoil, dark sensuality and jealous rage.
8. Title: The Casual Vacancy
Author: J K Rowling
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Synopsis: Moving away from the world of wizards and magic wands, J K Rowling's first 'adult' novel, The Casual Vacancy is a tragicomedy set in a West Country town named Pagford. The story begins with the death of Parish Councillor Barry Fairbrother and moves to the subsequent conflict over the 'vacant' seat on the council. An inevitable war breaks out before the elections for a suitable successor and there is mayhem in the town of Pagford. The author explores multiple themes ranging from class politics, prostitution and other social issues that probably the Harry Potter Series was devoid of. Will Pagford ever get its eligible successor or will the 'vacant' seat spell inexplicable doom?
9. Title: Joseph Anton- A Memoir
Author:Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Random House
Synopsis: Salman Rushdie's most awaited book and autobiography Joseph Anton: A Memoir was published late 2012. The story revolves around his life during the years of international crisis after being condemned to a death sentence by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In one of his interviews, Rushdie said it was only after 11 years that he felt confident of writing a story he had been contemplating for long; "I felt a kind of yearning to get back to an old life that was barred to me." The name Joseph Anton was derived from the Rushdie's two favourite authors- Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov. The book has made it to the longlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 along with other 14 titles.
10. Title: 11/22/63
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
Synopsis: It is the story of an English teacher who is on a mission. He goes back in time through a time portal to 1958; a year that saw the assassination of John F. Kennedy (?). Will he be able to prevent Kennedy's assassination? Stephen King in the book explores historical events through the lens of science fiction.
(Compiled by Anwesha Mittra, Arunima Mazumdar and Ipshita Mitra)
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1. Title: Fifty Shades of Grey
Author: E.L. James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: E.L James, a former TV journalist and mom of two in West London, fulfills her childhood dream of writing a book with Fifty Shades of Grey, the first of the trilogy, and turns into a bestselling author. Serving erotica to the audience with a plot that revolves around a drop-dead-gorgeous billionaire Christian Grey and his dangerous liaison with literature student Anastasia Steele who goes to interview the young tycoon, and ends up falling for him. They embark on a passionate physical affair while Ana unravels Grey's dark desires including her own.
2. Title: Fifty Shades Darker
Author: E.L James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: The second of the trilogy, Fifty Shades Darker explores the dilemma of Anastasia after her separation from Grey. She has moved on in her career, yet desires to go back to him, for the memories of their torrid physical affair still dominate her mind, and eventually she lands up with him in a new arrangement. Grey's inner demons grow darker, and as Ana delves deeper into his harrowing past, she is faced with the anger and jealousy of the women who came in his life before her.
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Author:E.L James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: Since their first encounter, the third of the trilogy, and driven by their searing sexual desire for each other, Anastasia and Grey's lives have changed irrevocably. Initially repelled by Grey's need to control in bed, and his erotic tastes, Ana subsequently comes to terms with it, and demands from him a greater commitment. Grey agrees, and now they have everything going for them, from love, wealth, passion, to intimacy. But deep down Ana fears they'll never be able to stay together without her sacrificing her own identity.
4. Title: Bared to you
Author: Sylvia Day
Publisher: Penguin Group
Synopsis: Best-selling author Sylvia Day weaves an erotic, obsessive relationship between her two protagonists, Eva and Gideon, both fighting their respective demons of the past. Emotional turmoil juxtaposed with physical desire makes them bare their hearts to each other, only to complicate their present further.
5. Title: Gone Girl
Author: Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Synopsis: On her fifth wedding anniversary Amy Dunne suddenly goes missing without a trace from her rented home in North Carthage, Missouri. Under pressure from the police, media and Amy's doting parents, Husband-of-the Year, Nick grapples with a never-ending chain of lies, deceits, and his own oddly evasive behaviour. As events get murkier, the needle of suspicion points at Nick as the killer of his beautiful wife. With his sister Margo by his side, Nick pleads innocence. Then what was in that silver gift box in the back of Amy's bedroom closet?
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Author:John Grisham
Publisher:Random House Publishing
Synopsis:Another legal thriller from bestselling author John Grisham, The Litigators takes you into the convoluted world of mass tort litigation and product liability law. The small Chicago law firm Finley & Figg run by two lawyers, Oscar Finley and Wally Figg, takes on one of the biggest pharmaceutical company of the United States, Varrick Labs. With The Litigators, Grisham in his indomitable style underlines the inherent human hunger for easy money, the oddity of the justice system and how much we are all willing to sell out for the possibility of big bucks.
7. Title: Reflected in You
Author: Sylvia Day
Publisher: Penguin Group
Synopsis: The emotional, turbulent and sensual saga of Eva Tramell and Gideon Cross in Sylvia Day's Bared to You continues in her latest novel. Reflected in You. In this novel, we get an insight into the characters in more depth and intensity that Bared to You did not reveal. We are informed about Gideon's not-so-pleasant past, Eva's bisexual friend and roommate Cary whose strategic interventions in the novel provide the readers with a dose of humour and of course our protagonist Eva who continues her struggle with her insecurities in love life. This is definitely not a fantasy romance but can be called a 'paranormal' (as described by a critic) one that's interspersed with suspense, psychological turmoil, dark sensuality and jealous rage.
8. Title: The Casual Vacancy
Author: J K Rowling
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Synopsis: Moving away from the world of wizards and magic wands, J K Rowling's first 'adult' novel, The Casual Vacancy is a tragicomedy set in a West Country town named Pagford. The story begins with the death of Parish Councillor Barry Fairbrother and moves to the subsequent conflict over the 'vacant' seat on the council. An inevitable war breaks out before the elections for a suitable successor and there is mayhem in the town of Pagford. The author explores multiple themes ranging from class politics, prostitution and other social issues that probably the Harry Potter Series was devoid of. Will Pagford ever get its eligible successor or will the 'vacant' seat spell inexplicable doom?
 |
Author:Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Random House
Synopsis: Salman Rushdie's most awaited book and autobiography Joseph Anton: A Memoir was published late 2012. The story revolves around his life during the years of international crisis after being condemned to a death sentence by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In one of his interviews, Rushdie said it was only after 11 years that he felt confident of writing a story he had been contemplating for long; "I felt a kind of yearning to get back to an old life that was barred to me." The name Joseph Anton was derived from the Rushdie's two favourite authors- Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov. The book has made it to the longlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 along with other 14 titles.
10. Title: 11/22/63
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
Synopsis: It is the story of an English teacher who is on a mission. He goes back in time through a time portal to 1958; a year that saw the assassination of John F. Kennedy (?). Will he be able to prevent Kennedy's assassination? Stephen King in the book explores historical events through the lens of science fiction.
(Compiled by Anwesha Mittra, Arunima Mazumdar and Ipshita Mitra)
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