Originally published: 1859
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
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Originally published: 1837
The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
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Originally published: 1883
The Gospel in Brief Leo Tolstoy
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Originally published: April 25, 1719
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
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Originally published: 1776
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumes 1 to 6 Edward Gibbon
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(399 BC)
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Originally published: 1849
A History of the Sikhs: From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej by Joseph Davey Cunningham
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Originally published: 1894
The Kingdom of God is Within You Leo Tolstoy
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Originally published: December 1860
Unto This Last John Ruskin
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Originally published: 1877
Isis Unveiled: Secrets of the Ancient Wisdom Tradition Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
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Originally published: 1889
The Key to Theosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
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Originally published: 1862
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
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Originally published: 1930
The Mysterious Universe by James Hopwood Jeans
[Read in Yeravda prison (diary entry December 31, 1932) |
Originally published: 1938
Zoroastrianism: The Religion Of The Good Life by Rustam Masan
(In his letter to Masani, October 19, 1938, Gandhi mentions that he was reading the book at that time) |
Originally published: 1891
The Spirit of Islam: A History of the Evolution and Ideals of Islam by Syed Ameer Ali
Read during his imprisonment in Yeravda |
(first volume published March 1869)
History of European Morals: From Augustus to Charlemagne by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
(Read in Yeravda prison, August 1923.) |
Originally published: 1678
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
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Originally published: 1897
What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy
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Originally published: December 14, 1908
A Letter to a Hindu by Leo Tolstoy
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Originally published: 1849
Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
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Originally published: 1892
From Adam's Peak to Elephanta by Edward Carpenter
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Is usually dated to around the 8th century BC
The Iliad by Homer
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Originally published: 1914
The Mystics of Islam by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson
(Yeravda prison diary entry of September 30,1923) |
Originally published: 1889
Civilisation : Its Cause and Cure by Edward Carpenter
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Originally published: 1884
What I Believe by Leo Tolstoy
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Originally published: October 28, 1726
Guilliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
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Originally published: 1884
Round The World by Andrew Carnegie
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
Where there is love there is life. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. |
Sources
- http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/eduresources/bks_read_by_g.htm
- https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/18789.Books_Read_by_Gandhi
- https://www.tatacliq.com/que/12-novels-mahatma-gandhi-enjoyed/#/test/2
- http://favobooks.com/politicians/119-mahatma-gandhi-top-8-books-that-influenced-the-leader.html
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Marche_sel.jpg
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinhin/14817971570