One of my NY Resolutions this year was to read more books or at least one book a month. I am about to start Siddhartha Book 11) and would love for this sub to choose the final book of the year for me. Thank you

The books that I have read this year are below along with how much it impacted me. Hopefully this gives you guys some sort of idea of the books I have read this year.

I would love a book to be approx. 300 pgs but if it is a book you think I should definitely read then I do not mind it being more pages. I thank you all for your help and suggestions.

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1. *Never Let Me Go* by Kazuo Ishiguro – I think about this book not too often but it did have a profound affect when I finished it. The ending was obvious but still a powerful book.

2. *In Cold Blood* by Truman Capote – This book was brutal. Brutal because it made me feel like I was wrong for feeling empathy for horrific killers. But was I wrong really? I don’t know.

3. *All The Light We Cannot See* by Anthony Doerr – The to and fro from character to character was haunting and worked so well with the narrative. It left me wanting more but that was the point, I guess.

4. *Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine* by Gail Honeyman – I really enjoyed this book primarily because it teaches us on why we should not judge others without knowing the others’ life journey. And yes, we should all try to be a little bit like Raymond.

5. *Dune: Messiah* by Frank Herbert – To be honest, I only read this book because I have the *Dune* booklet and it is law (obviously (/s)) that I must finish the set. I really enjoyed it.

6. *The Egg* by Andy Weir – I have always been a little bit of a literary philosophical ready having read Albert Camus’ *The Stranger* in High School. Weir’s short philosophical thought experiment does certainly lead one to examine how the treat the people around them.

7. *A Little Life* by Hanya Yanagihara – Damn. This book took my soul, dragged it through Hell, then put it in a meat grinder, and tried to duct tape it afterwards. It is the only book that I think about every other day. One of the books that pushes me to do better and be better.

8. *How To Do The Right Thing: An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly* by Seneca; translated by Robert A. Kaster – I would make this mandatory reading for anyone wanting to enter politics. Politicians should learn from the Stoics.

9. *Petals of Melancholy* by Varsha Alimchandani – a great poet in her own right Alimchandani’s poetry collection delves into identity, Mental Health, and loneliness. I’m glad she marketed herself on reddit or I would have not known about the absolute powerful bits of writing she can produce.

10. *House on Mango Street* by Sandra Cisneros – This was quite an insightful novel into the lives of young children in a culture I have not had any experience of. You can’t help but feel empathy for the main character.

11. *Siddhartha* by Herman Hesse – have not started on this yet so can’t comment at the moment.

12. [Most upvoted suggestion goes here]

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