I was not an avid reader but did read a couple of novels during my school days. I enjoy reading autobiographies - helps me understand what the great people did to make their lives more meaningful than those of their contemporaries.

Some of the more memorable books I've read are:

Autobiographies

• Mohandas Gandhi - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth
• Lee Kuan Yew - From Third World To First
• Lee Kuan Yew - The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
• Benazir Bhutto - Daughter Of The East
• Paramhansa Yogananda - Autobiography Of A Yogi

Biographies

• Swami Nikhilananda - Vivekananda

Non-Fiction

• AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
• AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - The Science Of Self Realization
• Swami Vivekananda - Powers Of The Mind
• Swami Vivekananda - Personality Development
• Swami Vivekananda - Practical Vedanta
• Samuel P Huntington - The Clash Of Civilizations

Fiction / Fact-based

• Jeffrey Archer - Kane and Abel
• Jeffrey Archer - As The Crow Flies
• Dominique Lapierre - City of Joy
• Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code