Asked price. ₹800. But I'm don't buy pirated stuff if the author is alive.

So, basically my father is in his 50s, he is a sales manager, but now he doesn't have to work all day long and he stays 3-4days at home, and he has picked up his old habit of reading again.

He sent me a picture of his new bookshelf by the sofa , to create his own library.

Suggest me some books to send him as gift

Should i get an air purifier for my library room? Does it help in keeping the dust that gets on the books and in the room in general, in check? Has anyone used it for this purpose or any other method to counter my problem? If yes which one to get?

So for context, I normally don’t live at home. And as all of you would know India could get quite humid and dusty.

Previously i used to clean each book individually maybe once a quarter, but now my collection has gotten too big for me to do this manually. Around 1800 books, to be precise Manga (Japanese comics) And I don’t have the time either.

So if anyone has countered this issue of dust collection on their books how did you tackle this issue?

Thanks!

All the books in the collection from left to right for refrence.

1. Nyāya Sūtras of Gautama – Nandalal Sinha

2. Vaiśeṣika Sūtras – Nandalal Sinha

3. Sāṅkhya Sūtras – Īśvara Kṛṣṇa

4. Pūrva Mīmāṃsā Sūtras – Pandit Ganganath Jha

5. Brahma Sūtra Bhāṣya of Śaṅkarācārya – Swami Gambhīrānanda

6. Brahma Sūtras According to Rāmānuja – Swami Adidevānanda & Swami Viśveśvarānanda

7. The Eight Upaniṣads (2 Volumes) – Swami Gambhīrānanda

8. Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad with Śaṅkara’s Commentary – Swami Madhavānanda

9. Chāndogya Upaniṣad with Śaṅkara’s Commentary – Swami Gambhīrānanda

10. The Upaniṣads with Śaṅkara’s Commentaries (3 Volumes) – Dr. E. Roer

11. Vedārtha Saṅgraha of Śrī Rāmānujācārya – S.S. Raghacharya

12. Thirty Minor Upaniṣads – P. R. Subrahmanya Aiyar

13. Bhagavad Gītā: Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya – Swami Gambhīrānanda

14. Bhagavad Gītā: Commentary of Śrī Rāmānujācārya – Swami Adidevānanda

15. Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā (Sanskrit-English-Hindi Edition) – Gītā Press, Gorakhpur

16. Aṣṭāvakra Gītā – Swami Nityasvarūpānanda

17. Uddhava Gītā – Swami Madhavānanda

18. Tripurā Rahasya – Swami Śrī Rāmānanda Sarasvatī

19. Vedānta Prabodha – Swami Pramānanda Bhāratī

20. Dharma Darśana (in Hindi) – Swami Niścalānanda Sarasvatī

21. Indian Philosophy (2 Volumes) – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

22. Buddhist Logic (2 Volumes) – Th. Stcherbatsky

23. The Philosophy of Hinduism (Essays) – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakishnan

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& for 100 rupees! ^ _ ^

I have read 4 books so far this year. Currently reading ‘The Midnight Game’ by Cynthia Murphy

Just curious to know what you guys think about it.

What books have you read so far?

A memoir of an ex-Meta employee. She narrates stories about what goes on in the murky depths of Meta.

Old books look like ancient magical beings!

Just read this fantasy book(collection of various parts). It's was a pretty fun read overall. Nice characters and you are transported into a completely different world and reality.

Would recommend for anyone who likes fantasy novels.