When I was in engineering undergrad (1993-97), popular non-scitech reads were: Adams, Pratchett, Vonnegut, LOTR, Catch 22. And I hate to admit it...Ayn Rand (to our credit, mostly hated)
Has the list changed much since? What did engineering students in the 00’s and ‘10’s read?
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Was part of a literary club for engineering students in Hyderabad
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Rand was still popular.
Dostoevsky posturing.
Chetan Bhagat and Harry Potter exhuberance displaced a bunch from your list.
lots of folks dug Paulo Coelho.
Self help was big.
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+Wodehouse and Agatha Christie were introductory to those who didn't go to English schools
For a long time, was only 1 woman amongst a group of of 15 men.
She brought Virginia Woolf, Anne of Green gables, and oddly enough, was amongst the strongest Rand proponent amongst us.
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Dan Brown was huge in our days.
(Bah! It's coming back to me now)
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