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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

After reading Batman: Year One and The Killing Joke, which were short issues, this one was a proper novel and boy did it blow my mind. One of the best storylines I have read till date. Batman is old and tired and slower but he's still batman. This book gives batman a human touch it so needed. One of the best things I love about batman is that he's a human; a normal human with honed abilities and what better way to show that than he's also affected by aging as all of us. Still, the spirit remains, the fight remains. This one is one of the darkest batman comics I have read, besides the killing joke. End of the days, death, sorrow, rage, duty and fear! All hail batman!

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Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I had heard a lot about this comic. After reading it, I am floored. This is not a Batman comic; it's a Joker comic. This comes very near to the quality of 'The Dark Knight' movie. Comics like these make us question the purpose of it all and makes a rational argument in favour of insanity. Joker is one of the most followed cult figures. In a comic book, you don't write everything down. Half the work is done by sketches and this book is by far one of the best in those terms.

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

There are books which feel like textbooks of philosophy and then there are books which you don't want to finish just because of the simplicity of its philosophy. This was one of the latter. The anachronistic storyline is very simple yet dark and it oozes the greatest and simplest philosophies of life. Milan Kundera is a master storyteller. Dealing with Czechoslovakia, communist regime, suppressed artists, physical attractions, love and loss, nudity and kitsch, the theory about human shit; this book hits all spot one wants. Totally worth all the hype it gets.

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The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions by Scott Adams
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is a serious contender for the wittiest book I have ever read. I heard about Dilbert from my teacher. I had come across Dilbert before, but never gave it a serious thought. Now, with my newfound interest in comics, cartoons and graphic novels, I decided to give this book a try. It was one of the best reading discoveries. Scott Adams's writing is an example of sheer brilliance. As I'm pursuing MBA and this book deals with every anomaly there is in corporate life, I instantly got connected to it. Even though this book quotes a lot of corporate jargon, I'll recommend it to everyone who finds funny anomalies in everyday life.

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The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I started this book after hearing and reading so much about it. It was worth the praise it gets. a poignant saga of WW2 survivor and his relation with his sun. How a war messes you up and what you have to go through even in best case scenario i.e being alive. Loved its very raw sketches.

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