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* book set 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 reader having read Albert Camus’ *The Stranger* in High School. Weir’s short philosophical thought experiment does certainly lead one to examine how to 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 one of the books that I think about every other day. One 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. *The 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 – I have not started on this yet so can’t comment at the moment.
12. [Most upvoted suggestion goes here]
by BrexitBlaze
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Well done!
Excellent list and congrats!
I recommend *the Man Who Could Move Clouds* by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, which I’m reading right now and really loving it.
It’s nonfiction (the authors family history) but reads more like fiction. Whatever you end up choosing I hope you enjoy and congrats again.