Reading in general gives you a new perspective in life. Every successful person in this world has one thing in common- the habit of reading. Reading is a very important habit. When you read, the book takes you on a journey and you are one book more experienced after having read it. You forget most of the books you read but then there are always few that stay with you forever. Every book you read changes you in some way, but it’s crazy how few books have the power of changing your entire life. It gives you a whole new perspective and challenges your thoughts as well as the ideas of life and of the world. Here are four such tried and tested books for you to read.
Sapiens By Yuval Noah Harari To Understand The Human History And Evolutionary Psychology
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The bestselling book, Sapiens, gives you insight into the history of the humankind as well as its future. Noah Harari has done an exceptional job in explaining what we are and why we are. She wonderfully explores how history has shaped the human societies we live in today. With the help of several scientific research data and tools, she also manages to explore how our personalities have been shaped over a period of time. Two more books by her have followed this one- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow in 2017 which talks about the future of human race and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century in 2018 talks about the present. Someone has very rightly said that you will never know where to go if you do not understand where you have come from. This book gives us a pervasive idea of where we come from.
Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison To Explore And Understand Experiences Of Different People In Different Situations
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This extremely far sighted book by Ralph Ellison is a story about a young, nameless black man, as he moves through life INVISIBLE. Invisible here is not a literal connotation as it interestingly suggests that he is invisible “simply because people refuse to see me.” He lives a very tragic life, full of nightmares as he grows up in a black community in the South. It is a beautifully realistic book that gives you an idea of how people think. It will help you understand people like never before. The society’s evil of racism and a child’s lost innocence has been explored in this book while leaving us with uncountable life lessons to learn.
A Brief History Of Time By Stephen Hawking For A Journey Into The Depth Of The Universe
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Here is a book that changes everything. It presents you with questions that will completely change your worldview and give you answers that will make you see the entire universe with a different set of eyes. In a very understandable language, Stephen Hawking’s groundbreaking writing on the cosmos answers all the questions you could possibly dream of: Is time travel possible? How did everything come into existence? What exactly are black holes? What forces are present in the universe? Exploring these questions and its available answers is like going on a journey into the depth of the universe. The book not only leaves you wiser, more knowledgeable, but also extremely inspired.
1984 By George Orwell To Understand Our Society’s Reality Via A Science Fiction
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1984 is an exaggerated work of science fiction to give us a perspective of what lies ahead for us as a society. The book was written in 1949 while the plot was set in an imaginary world of the year 1984. In this world of Oceania, everyone is being watched, no one is free or safe to live as per their wish, and the world is dominated by a party leader, Big Brother. Everything is under surveillance and the Big Brother even controls people’s feelings of love. The book, even in its exaggeration, touches few very real issues of privacy, independence, control of the government and so on.
Reading is the best way to make yourself more ready as well as more wise to face this world. It’s also the easiest way. We have made it even easier with these particular suggestions, go for it! Happy Reading!
