Books Recommended by Shah Rukh Khan
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
How We're Different and What to Do About It
Allan Pease
Source: "After reading [this] very interesting book [...], I have realized that men and women are physiologically different, and therefore you can make certain generalisations about them." - Shah Rukh Khan
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Malcolm Gladwell
Source: "Reading [this book]. Effort over ability....challenge conventions...you have to be so bad that you have no choice but to be desperate..." - Shah Rukh Khan
The Da Vinci Code
Robert Langdon, Book 2
Dan Brown
Source: "I like what [this author] writes, it also helps me understand certain aspects of the religion that he writes about, so that’s good." - Shah Rukh Khan
Harry Potter (8 books)
J.K. Rowling
Source: "Did read the first three [books] then started waiting for the films." - Shah Rukh Khan
Roald Dahl Collection
16 Books Box Set
Roald Dahl
Source: "[This author] is the most named author in the list of 100 books to read before you are 14. My feelings exactly." - Shah Rukh Khan
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
Source: "I’m also reading [this book], a novel about how every person on earth matters." - Shah Rukh Khan
Mirrors
Stories of Almost Everyone
Eduardo Galeano
Source: "[The author's] writing has the most interesting take on world and human possibilities." - Shah Rukh Khan
Kamchatka
Marcelo Figueras
Source: "Charming book [...] In the end we always become what we were." - Shah Rukh Khan
The Oxford Shakespeare
The Complete Works
William Shakespeare
Source: "Everyone should read some of [this author]... It's important..." - Shah Rukh Khan
The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps
New Poems
Charles Bukowski
Source: "Find it & read it all. [Especially the poem 'Gamblers All']." - Shah Rukh Khan
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Source: "I looked forward to books by [this author] when he was alive." - Shah Rukh Khan
The Essential Kabbalah
The Heart of Jewish Mysticism
Daniel C. Matt
Source: "I’m reading a book on [this] ancient religion." - Shah Rukh Khan
Adrian Mole
The Early Years
Sue Townsend
Source: Shah Rukh Khan mentioned these books in an interview.
The Complete Prose by Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Source: "I have the entire Woody Allen collection." - Shah Rukh Khan
Be the Worst You Can Be
Life's Too Long for Patience and Virtue
Saatchi Charles
Source: "I am reading [this book]...ha ha." - Shah Rukh Khan
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Source: Shah Rukh Khan mentioned this book in an interview.
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
Source: "[For kids] my favourite is [this book series]." - Shah Rukh Khan
Fatherhood
Bill Cosby
Source: Shah Rukh Khan mentioned this book in an interview.
Batman
Knightfall, Vol. 1
Doug Moench
Source: "Reading [this comic] as I write..." - Shah Rukh Khan
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A Novel
Milan Kundera
Source: "I am re reading now." - Shah Rukh Khan
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