All The Books By Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat excels in contemporary modern Indian literature. His relatable and colloquial style is his strength while narrating stories.
Chetan Bhagat is a well-known Indian author who has written novels that have been very successful in the market. They have all been best-sellers since their release and have been filmed by well-known Bollywood directors. Chetan Bhagat is regarded as a young icon rather than just an author. With his colorful and funny depiction of stories, he has inspired many young Indians to read. He is also a talented columnist who contributes to several major newspapers.
He is not only a wonderful writer, but also a motivational speaker, and he has made many motivational speeches at various colleges, organizations, and businesses.
Must Read Books By Chetan Bhagat
Five-point Someone (2004)
This book is basically about the Indian education system and how the average students struggle to cope with the GPA system. There are three hostel partners named Hari, Alok and Ryan who are more into cracking jokes and having fun as every other does during college times. They failed to understand this education system and can give their best by passing the exam with the lowest GPA.
Not only studies he depicted in his stories there comes three friends humor, cunning sarcasm and romantic parts where everyone can relate much. Chetan Bhagat doesn’t let readers’ attention diverge by creating a captivating plot through his informal storytelling style. Best book for your train travel.
Why read this book?
- Its colloquial style make you feel living in a university times
- Character depiction
- The pressure students go through during college times
- He clearly shows how the education system fails
The 3 Mistakes of my Life (2008)
It is a story of a young generation in late 2000 who counters all parts of spiciness in their life and how they tackle it beyond love, politics and work environments. There lived three friends in the city of Ahmedabad among Govind who had a dream of starting a business. So his friends Omi and Ish accepted to open a cricket shop. Each one is different in their goals and to achieve it they had to face the turbulence the life gives to them like politics, earthquakes, riots and their own mistakes.
This book shows whether they got what they want beyond all these struggles.
Why read this book?
- It is based on real events, real stories.
- A witty tale of modern India with enlightening issues
- Many learning aspects
2 States (2009)
Love stories in India is the subject of this book and how two states differ in their culture, society and norms when it comes to marriage. Bottom-line of his books always shows the issues society faces regarding studies, future and this book depicts the love story and marriage pressure like dowry. This book clearly shows the differences in multinational and different cultural marriage practices and how it affects even in modern India.
This book was taken as a Bollywood film by the same name.
Why read this book?
- Learn cultural disparity
- Author own marriage situations
- Multicultural marriage norms
- Marriage pressure in Modern India
Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition (2011)
This book tells about the corruption, love triangle and self-discovery of characters in it. This shows the fraudulent activities happening in the education system as the author always sheds light on these issues. This is not the book for students it’s a must-read for parents who should know what all corruption education system involves and how commercial the system had gone.
Why read this book?
- Education system corruption
- Commercialization of education
- Cut-throat competition in the education system
The Girl in Room 105 (2018)
One can see the different genre the author attempted to write in this book and he succeeded too in that without diverging from his usual informal and interesting story narration. This book is a bit of a thriller and the life of Keshav who is from an orthodox family. The main theme of this book involves communal riots, distortions of love life and caste problems.
This book had a strong plot that interested readers till the end. The character depiction is strong since readers can visualize the character while reading.
Why read this book?
- An easy and quick read
- Entertainment read
- Interesting plots
- Character development
One Arranged Murder (2020)
This book is about two friends who is having a detective agency and end up investigating one of their fiancémurder. This murder mystery keeps the reader engrossed and guessing till the end. The author never disappoints the reader, he follows his usual interesting narration in this book.
The writing style is full of suspense which makes the reader to continue in one go. Readers can relate to the characters since the story style involves the character narrating the story from their perspective.
Why read this book?
- Interesting plot
- Character narration
- Suspense till the end
- Free flow of the story
400 Days (2021)
Finding the missing girl is the main plot of this book. Two friends who started the detective agency are involved in this case to solve it. A desperate mother wants to find her missing daughter with the help of this detective agency. In this book author clearly speaks about family relationships youth handle in modern India, especially with parents. Does the detective agency find the missing girl is the story of this book?
Why read this book?
- Intriguing and engaging story
- Social media addiction among children’s
- Lack of parental guidance
Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author who never fails to entertain his readers. His way of writing is simple, flowy, and easily relatable to oneself which is the main success and why filmmakers choose his books to direct as films. As it seems to be fun and entertaining he strongly shed light on societal issues like the education system, marriages, and achieving goals beyond many factors.
He never fails to address our social issues through his book and he made the youth’s life better through his words and his advice on seeing life from different perspectives. Get your hands on his books sure you will become his ardent reader.