The Friendship Day weekend reading list!

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought was the only one..." said the great novelist C.S.Lewis; and a friendship that is born this way, lasts a lifetime!

Friends are the family we choose ourselves, they say. True. We have no control over who we are born as or what family we belong to, but friends? They are the ones we can identify most with! They are the ones who, we think, understand us better than anyone else! Loyal friends accept us for who we are and expect nothing from us in return for the eternal love and support they offer us! And this weekend, we salute this very spirit of friendship, by celebrating Friendship Day! 

Just as it does in life, in literature too, friendship is an essential part of the story. And this weekend, we bring you a weekend reading list where friends and friendship take center stage! 

So sit back, relax, and enjoy the Friendship Day weekend reading list. Here's to friends!
1)The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 
Genre: Historical Fiction

"All for one and one for all!" Need we say more? This motto of friendship given to us by Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers  is true for all friends everywhere! We start our list with a story of friendship, adventure and loyalty among the best of friends! A story of friendship that takes on and defeats the evil powers to be, saves the Queen's honour and performs great feats of courage; this is one must read we recommend for the Friendship Day weekend!  


2)Emma by Jane Austen
Genre: Humour, Drama, General Fiction

Next on our list, is a classic social comedy! This is a story of the beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty Emma - the reigning queen of the social scene in her village - motherless, pampered and without a true friend. Emma's one favourite engagement? Finding suitable matrimonial matches for those she takes under her wing; all the while failing to realize that her one true friend is the one who criticizes her the most and yet, understands her better than anyone else around her! 

3)Circle of Friends by Meave Binchy
Genre: General Fiction

Next up on the list, is a classic tale of enduring friendship between an unlikely pair. An overweight, big-hearted only child makes friends with a wiry orphan being raised by nuns. All they want is to get to University and enjoy their freedom! A story that starts with this implausible friendship, follows the friends through their childhood to university; and eventually into their new circle of friends where they find love, passion, tragedy and the freedom they yearned for! 

4)The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni
Genre: Historical Fiction, Drama

If we are talking of friendship, then we cannot miss this deeply moving and thoroughly heart wrenching story! Two friends, growing up in a troubled country in troubled times - one a son of a wealthy wazir and the other the son of the Wazir's servant - find friendship when they are very young. The Kite Runner is the story of two boys, caught by a storm and swept in different directions, each facing his own tragedy, each living his own destiny. A must read for friends everywhere - who believe in the strong bond of friendship and loyalty!

5)The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Genre: Historical Fiction, Drama

"Ever morning untill you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?" do you have a friend who has said that to you? Ever? If you answered in the positive, you are the luckiest person alive! That's what friends are for...standing by you when everyone is against you...supporting you when you are the most vulnerable! A tale of female friendship that stands the test of time and atrocities, The Help is one read we recommend for all the friends who stand by their friends, no matter what! 

And that wraps up our Friendship Day weekend reading list for you. So, what do you think? Did your favourite book on friends make our list? Do let us know in the comments section. 

Meanwhile, we leave you with a few lines from the The Rembrandts' famous song on friends "I'll be there for you"-

So no one told you life was gonna be this way

Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear

And it hasn't been your day, your week
Your month or even your year but

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too...

Happy Friendship Day!

And Happy Reading!!