My Literary Adventure - One Book Per Day in 2023

 

It's been quite a journey – a six-month break from penning down my thoughts. With the New Year on the horizon, as everyone engages in introspection, planning, and resolutions, I find myself compelled to reflect and share the whirlwind of literary adventure that has consumed my world. Yes, it's been a personal journey of self-study, a literary odyssey that led me through the pages of 365+ books in 2023.

While I've always considered myself an avid reader, my commitment soared to new heights when in March, 23 Om Swami ji presented #earnyourmeal challenge on Wildr, a toxicity free social media. The catalyst for this transformative period was the decision to incorporate audiobooks into my routine, seamlessly blending literary exploration with exercise and walks. Remarkably, I discovered I could absorb the essence of one book per day. This realization fueled my determination to maintain this daily ritual. Even if it meant (in the last 2 months only) resorting to summary books, shorter reads, and, on occasion, embracing the enchanting world of children's literature. After all, there's a child within us all.

Allow me to share a curated list of the books that left a lasting impression on me during this odyssey. Should any pick your interest, consider immersing yourself in their narratives. It's important to note that this list exclusively comprises audiobooks and traditional text formats – no podcasts or videos included.

#	Book Name	Author	Category	Type	Link
1	Bhagavan and Bhakta	Sadhvi Vrinda Om	Self Help	Text Book	https://www.amazon.in/Bhagavan-Bhakta-Sadhvi-Vrinda-Om-ebook/dp/B0CK82HNGS
2	Rigveda	Raj Bahadur Pandey	Scripture	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Rigveda-Audiobook/B08VF8MTVC
3	Valmiki Ramayan	Valmiki	Scripture	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Valmiki-Ramayan-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B0B2HBBNNQ
4	Devi Mahatmyam	Sage Markandeya, Lyndal Vercoe - translator	Scripture	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Devi-Mahatmyam-Audiobook/1799969916
5	Hitopdesh (Hindi Edition)	Narayan Pandit	Scripture	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Hitopdesh-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B0B2ZB6J1M
6	Kurma Puran (Hindi Edition)	Dr. Vinay	Scripture	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Kurma-Puran-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B08XN1SRC6
7	Shreemad Devi Bhagwat Mahapuran (re-read)	Geeta Press	Scripture	Text Book	https://www.amazon.in/MPF-Shreemad-Devi-Bhagwat-Mahapuran/dp/B08QJS4LR7
8	Ling Mahapuran	Geeta Press	Scripture	Text Book	https://www.amazon.in/Ling-Mahapuran-Vyakhyasahit-Sanskrit-Hindi-ebook/dp/B07DVM4XLQ
9	The Purusha Sukta	B.V. Kamesvara Aiyar M.A.	Scripture	Text Book	Rare book
10	Bhagavad Gita for Children	Pegasus Books	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Bhagavad-Gita-for-Children-Audiobook/B09J96BMNC
11	Love Is Freedom	Joseph Murphy	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.amazon.in/Love-Is-Freedom/dp/B07BNBJ34K
12	Shiv Puran	Dr. Vinay	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Shiv-Puran-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B08XN66TSD
13	Garuda Puran	Dr. Vinay	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Garuda-Puran-Audiobook/B08VF8VCCQ
14	Wisdom of the Gods for You and Me	Devdutt Pattanaik	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Wisdom-of-the-Gods-for-You-and-Me-Audiobook/B07YZQ64DH
15	Ramayana Versus Mahabharata	Devdutt Pattanaik	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Ramayana-Versus-Mahabharata-Audiobook/B081P7M6K5
16	My Gita	Devdutt Pattanaik	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/My-Gita-Audiobook/B01MYZV3FY
17	7 Secrets of the Goddess	Devdutt Pattanaik	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/7-Secrets-of-the-Goddess-Audiobook/B01N6T9HC4
18	Abhigyan Shakuntalam	Kalidas, Lashmi Das	Commentary	Audio  Book
19	7 Secrets of Vishnu	Devdutt Pattanaik	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/7-Secrets-of-Vishnu-Audiobook/B01N5RMNYY
20	7 Secrets of Shiva	Devdutt Pattanaik	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/7-Secrets-of-Shiva-Audiobook/B01N5RM66S
21	Vikramorvashi [Urvashi Won by Valour]	Kalidas	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Vikramorvashi-Urvashi-Won-by-Valour-Audiobook/B09QQPXR3C
22	Raghuvansh	Kalidas	Commentary	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Raghuvansh-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B07NDJXQC4
23	No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering	Thich Nhat Hanh	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/No-Mud-No-Lotus-Audiobook/B0BT549J21
24	Life Word: Discover Your One Word to Leave a Legacy	Jon Gordon, Dan Britton, Jimmy Page	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Life-Word-Audiobook/B01N4EHDSL
25	TurboStrategy	Brian Tracy	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/TurboStrategy-Audiobook/B01MRZOJ1A
26	You Are the Guru	Gabrielle Bernstein	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/You-Are-the-Guru-Audiobook/B08DRW5TXW
27	Coaching for Leadership	Marshall Goldsmith, Laurence Lyons	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Coaching-for-Leadership-Audiobook/1663708371
28	The Seed: Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work	Jon Gordon	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Seed-Audiobook/B01MZ26RLV
29	Real Magic: Making Miracles in All Areas of Your Life	Dr. Wayne W. Dyer	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Real-Magic-Audiobook/B079CMF2G6
30	Uttarraamcharit	Bhavbhuti	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Uttarraamcharit-Audiobook/B0B2KQVQCX
31	The Zero Point	Dr. Joe Vitale	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Zero-Point-Audiobook/B079DFMDLS
32	Do One Thing Well	Daniel Roberts, Fortune Contributors	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Do-One-Thing-Well-Audiobook/B07JDTCS1M
33	Steps for a More Fulfilling Life	Dale Carnegie	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Steps-for-a-More-Fulfilling-Life-Audiobook/B079P5FM12
34	The Miracle of Success	Tom Hopkins	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Miracle-of-Success-Audiobook/1982603267
35	Go Slowly, Breathe and Smile	Thich Nhat Hanh, Rashani Réa	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Go-Slowly-Breathe-and-Smile-Audiobook/B0B78BD6XM
36	How to Get Ahead in the World Today	Dale Carnegie	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/How-to-Get-Ahead-in-the-World-Today-Audiobook/B079BFJ1NJ
37	Truths vs. Falsehood	Dr. David Hawkins	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Truths-vs-Falsehood-Audiobook/B07DM3ZP56
38	The Craving Mind	Judson Brewer	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Craving-Mind-Audiobook/B06VYG8PVR
39	Ichigo Ichie: वर्तमान में जीने की कला [The Art of Living in the Present]	Hector Garcia, Fransesc Miralles	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Ichigo-Ichie-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B0BKLQHLG5
40	How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job	Dale Carnegie	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/How-to-Enjoy-Your-Life-and-Your-Job-Audiobook/B07DKTJ5Z6
41	Motivation	Brian Tracy	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Motivation-Audiobook/B07BFQKZTV
42	Leadership	Brian Tracy	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Leadership-Audiobook/B079CDZZN1
43	Time Management	Brian Tracy	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Time-Management-Audiobook/B079R33QXD
44	Detoxing Your Mind	Glenn Harrold	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Detoxing-Your-Mind-Audiobook/B07CQRF36P
45	Thank You Power	Deborah Norville	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Thank-You-Power-Audiobook/B07FK6SDGF
46	Meditations	Marcus Aurelius	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Meditations-Audiobook/B06XVZCTCC
47	Master Your Time, Master Your Life	Brian Tracy	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Master-Your-Time-Master-Your-Life-Audiobook/B079BC7V4M
48	Kiss That Frog!	Brian Tracy, Christina Tracy Stein	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Kiss-That-Frog-Audiobook/B01N6J4WM6
49	The Gratitude Effect	Dr. John F. Demartini	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Gratitude-Effect-Audiobook/B079TJ8F33
50	Meditation in Action	Chögyam Trungpa, Samuel Bercholz - foreword	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Meditation-in-Action-Audiobook/B01N5HSAE8
51	The Now Habit	Neil Fiore Ph.D.	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Now-Habit-Audiobook/B079VMKQMY
52	The Power of Concentration	Theron Q. Dumont	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Power-of-Concentration-Audiobook/B07B6DZFKS
53	The Leadership Sutra	Devdutt Pattanaik	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Leadership-Sutra-Audiobook/B01N5RM7J9
54	How to Do Anything Better	Sunny Sea Gold	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/How-to-Do-Anything-Better-Audiobook/B097S1BGCJ
55	Manifesting Your Goals and Dreams	Glenn Harrold	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Manifesting-Your-Goals-and-Dreams-Audiobook/B07CPFV5NB
56	Public Speaking Success Secrets	Marsha Sue Petrie	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Public-Speaking-Success-Secrets-Audiobook/B07C3KQKF4
57	Man's Search for Meaning	Viktor E. Frankl	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Mans-Search-for-Meaning-Audiobook/B01N1UNFN7
58	How a Branding Mindset Boosts Your Career	Kanika Tolver	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/How-a-Branding-Mindset-Boosts-Your-Career-Audiobook/B09FQGVWTY
59	The Four Purposes of Life	Dan Millman	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Four-Purposes-of-Life-Audiobook/B01N2WBL7G
60	Introduction to Tantra	Lama Thubten Yeshe	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Introduction-to-Tantra-Audiobook/B01N0T5JUL
61	Forge Your Future	A. P. J. Kalam	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Forge-Your-Future-Audiobook/B07JYP863B
62	The Compound Effect: Multiply Your Success One Simple Step at a Time	Darren Hardy	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Compound-Effect-Audiobook/1982648066
63	Following the Path of Jesus	Eknath Easwaran	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Following-the-Path-of-Jesus-Audiobook/B079VS5B6T
64	Living with the Himalayan Masters	Swami Rama	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Living-with-the-Himalayan-Masters-Audiobook/B079R4FXPM
65	Peace Is Every Step The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life	Thich Nhat Hanh	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Peace-Is-Every-Step-Audiobook/B01N2W8R9U
66	The Miracle of Mindfulness The Classic Guide to Meditation by the World's Most Revered Master	Thich Nhat Hanh	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Miracle-of-Mindfulness-Audiobook/B071LN1XLP
67	Enlightened Sex	David Deida	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Enlightened-Sex-Audiobook/B07GHW9CXC
68	Seedtime and Harvest	Neville Goddard	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Seedtime-and-Harvest-Audiobook/B07B8C5XXP
69	Ikigai (Hindi Edition)	Hector Garcia, Fransesc Miralles	Self Help	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Ikigai-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B0BPKR3X5Z
70	Family Wisdom	Robin Sharma	Self Help	Text Book	https://www.amazon.in/Family-Wisdom-Monk-Sold-Ferrari/dp/8179922308
71	Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga	Sadhguru	Other	Text Book	https://www.amazon.in/Adiyogi-Source-Yoga-Sadhguru/dp/9352643925
72	Jim Corbett Omnibus	Jim Corbett	Other	Text Book
73	Just So Stories	Rudyard Kipling	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Just-So-Stories-Audiobook/B079CD5TYJ
74	The Quantum Doctor	Deepak Chopra	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Quantum-Doctor-Audiobook/B07RHQ944T
75	Godaan	Munshi Premchand	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Godaan-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B0853ZJSCF
76	Nirmala	Munshi Premchand	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Nirmala-Hindi-Edition-Audiobook/B085417959
77	Kankal [Eyes]	Jaishankar Prasad	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Kankal-Eyes-Audiobook/B07NDJV8H4
78	Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power	Rajiv Malhotra	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Artificial-Intelligence-and-the-Future-of-Power-Audiobook/B0C67MHLF4
79	Anne Frank: Her Life and Legacy	Jemma J. Saunders	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Anne-Frank-Audiobook/B07CSD59GV
80	Sahir Ludhiyanvi	Sahir Ludhiyanvi	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Embargo-title-IN-Audiobook/B07NDJY31X
81	Kya Khoya Kya Paya [What Was Lost What Was Found]	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Kya-Khoya-Kya-Paya-What-Was-Lost-What-Was-Found-Audiobook/B07NDJVKXN
82	The Ambuja Story	Narotam Sekhsaria	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Ambuja-Story-Audiobook/B09V3KVQNK
83	Many Miles to Go	Brian Tracy	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Many-Miles-to-Go-Audiobook/B07DXD8MXV
84	A House Divided	Pearl S. Buck	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/A-House-Divided-Audiobook/B06W2KQZW5
85	Sons	Pearl S. Buck	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Sons-Audiobook/B01N4ROP36
86	Mudrarakshas [Currency Monster]	Vishakdutt	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Mudrarakshas-Currency-Monster-Audiobook/B0B2HQ38HM
87	Chanakya Aur Chandragupt	Rajender Pandya	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Chanakya-Aur-Chandragupt-Chanakya-and-Chandragupta-Audiobook/B08XMWHPLN
88	Why I Am an Atheist and Other Works	Bhagat Singh	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Why-I-Am-an-Atheist-and-Other-Works-Audiobook/B086VTHFQK
89	Radhakrishnan Centenary Volume	G. Patha sarathi	Other	Text Book	Rare book
90	Bhujia Barons	Pavitra Kumar	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Bhujia-Barons-Audiobook/0143497391
91	Caffeine	Michael Pollan	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Caffeine-Audiobook/B083MQMXNF
92	The Unusual Billionaires	Saurabh Mukherjea	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Unusual-Billionaires-Audiobook/0143495488
93	The Jungle Book	Rudyard Kipling	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Jungle-Book-Audiobook/B0798VJ715
94	Padmavat	Purushottam Agrawal, Devdutt Pattanaik	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Padmavat-Audiobook/B07H43XQWJ
95	The Bed of Procrustes	Nassim Nicholas Taleb	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Bed-of-Procrustes-Audiobook/B079CLRMN2
96	Meri Priya Kahaniyaan	PhanishwarNath Renu	Other	Audio Book	https://www.amazon.in/Meri-Priya-Kahaniyaan-Phanishwarnath-Favorite/dp/B07NDJ4BDQ
97	Aksharo Ke Saye [Shadows of Letters]	Amrita Pritam	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Aksharo-Ke-Saye-Shadows-of-Letters-Audiobook/B07NDJZGDR
98	Meri Priya Kahaniyaan	Pratibha Rai	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Meri-Priya-Kahaniyaan-Pratibha-Rai-My-Favorite-Stories-Pratibha-Rai-Audiobook/B07NDJHMGQ
99	Cyber Crisis	Eric Cole	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Cyber-Crisis-Audiobook/166612530X
100	The Art of War	Sun Tzu	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Art-of-War-Audiobook/B01N5HP6HL
101	Satyajit Ray Ki Kahaniyan	Satyajit Rai	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Satyajit-Ray-Ki-Kahaniyan-Stories-of-Satyajit-Ray-Audiobook/B07NDKHQR1
102	The Trees of Dehra	Ruskin Bond	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Trees-of-Dehra-Audiobook/B08N8LWSZM
103	Shivaji	Dennis Kincaid	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Shivaji-Audiobook/B01N6S0JJQ
104	A Sacred Life - His Holiness the Dalai Lama	rajiv malhotra	Other	Audio Book
105	A Life Of J R D : Beyond The Last Blue Mountain	RM Lala	Other	Audio Book
106	NR Narayana Murthy - A Biography	Ritu Singh	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/NR-Narayana-Murthy-A-Biography-Audiobook/B07NDKN4V8
107	Corporate Guru Dhirubhai Ambani	Prateeksha M. Tiwari	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Corporate-Guru-Dhirubhai-Ambani-Audiobook/B08VF7KQ6F
108	Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes)	Mindy Kaling	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Nothing-Like-I-Imagined-Audiobook/1713554887
109	Big Billion Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story	Mihir Dalal	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Big-Billion-Startup-Audiobook/B097RZKCQB
110	The Tatas How a Family Built a Business and a Nation	Girish Kuber, Vikrant Pande - translator	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Tatas-Audiobook/B085WC2YM2
111	Aavarana	Sandeep Balakrishna - translator, S. L. Bhyrappa	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Aavarana-Audiobook/B01N9HPWXL
112	Gitanjali	Rabindranath Tagore	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/Gitanjali-Audiobook/B07YSV8R2R
113	One Mind	Larry Dossey	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/One-Mind-Audiobook/B01MZ26WI9
114	Rangeela Geedad	Gulzar	Other	Audio Book
115	The Pilgrim's Regress	C. S. Lewis	Other	Audio Book	https://www.audible.in/pd/The-Pilgrims-Regress-Audiobook/B01MY0MZU7

In Swami Ji's enlightening discourses in 3rd December, 23 He amusingly expressed a keen interest in His disciples’ mental wealth. This resonated deeply with me, becoming the driving force behind my ambitious goal of delving into 365 books this year. Looking ahead, my sights are set on surpassing this feat, reaching for more than 400 books and embracing more extensive works such as Eknath Ishwaran's 'The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living' and 'Do You Quantum Think?' by Dianne Collins – works that demand significant time investments, 50 & 27 hours respectively.

I've cultivated this mental wealth through a blend of Audible for audiobooks and direct purchases from Sri Badrika Ashram or Amazon for printed texts. I have also utilized The District Library, Gurugram to full extent. Engaging with the diverse experiences captured in these pages and spoken words has proven invaluable in broadening my horizons – a journey that undoubtedly contributes to the expansion of one's mental wealth. Why not embark on your own literary adventure? The rewards are boundless!

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