Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.
– Lena Dunham
Hi guys, if you have always wanted to get into a reading habit or if you are looking for books that might help you with reading, read this article till the end. Here are some easy tips and amazing book recommendations with various genres for everyone.
Books
1. Animal Farm by George Orwell
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality.
2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid.
3. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.
4. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man.
5. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.
6. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist.
7. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
A magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student’s romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recapture a young man’s first, hopeless, and heroic love.
8. The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee
Relevant to today’s war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. Narrated by Panchali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers in the Mahabharat, the novel gives us a new interpretation of this ancient tale.
9. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing, and above all, the courage it takes to survive.
10. For One More Day by Mitch Albom
For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?
11. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.
12. Em and The Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto
In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, lived four love-battered Mendeses: mother, father, son, and daughter. Between Em, the mother, driven frequently to hospital, and The Big Hoom, the father, trying to hold things together, they tried to be a family.
Reading Tips
✳️Don’t pick up Big Books (400+ pages) right away because it can be intimidating.
✳️Make this your motto – A Book A Month.
✳️Start reading 10-15 minutes daily and keep your phone out of your reach. And if you’re reading an ebook or listening to an audiobook, don’t let your phone distract you.
✳️Short stories are a great way to get into reading and try reading books with easy language.
✳️Try different genres to understand what you like the most. It could be Thriller, Historical Fiction, Self-help, Contemporary, Classic, YA, Non-fiction, Fantasy Fiction, and so on.
✳️Follow people who talk about books on Instagram and Twitter (or any other platform). It’s a great way to get inspired and it’ll help you to discover some amazing books.
✳️I have recommended some books from different genres, give them a try to understand your taste.
Happy Reading!
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
– Ray Bradbury
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