Hi friends, I hope this request is okay!
So heres the thing-
I’m 35F, and while I am university educated (business) and did a lot of reading as a child and teen, I have found myself in a position where I feel truly uneducated. Had some trauma in life, so I havent retained much from the classics I’ve read, I don’t remember much from history and i just feel so behind and undeveloped compared to others.
So id like your suggestions on how I should begin to get up to speed and become more well rounded.
Its worth mentioning that I also feel very behind in aspects of my life like relationships, friendships and finances, and would say I’m only mildly successful in them if at all. I also deal with anxiety, worry, procrastination, low self esteem,shyness and fear in general.
Id like to set myself a goal of reading/listening to 5 books before the end of this year. Id like them to be the kind of books that appear on people’s “must read before you die” lists, or “greatest”/ “well respected” books. I’m leaning more towards non fiction and self help, but would not be opposed at all to some fiction on my list. Perhaps an autobiography on there may be great too.
Thank you for any suggestions, I really appreciate your help!
by Carameloil
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From my personal must read list:
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Big Picture –Sean Carrol
Thinking, Fast and Slow –Danny Kahneman
I Contain Multitudes –Ed Yong
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going –Vaclav Smil
Enlightenment Now –Steve Pinker
The Hacking of the American Mind –Robert Lustig
The End of the World is Just the Beginning –Peter Zeihan
Pale Blue Dot –Carl Sagan
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time –Dava Sobel
The Uninhabitable Earth –David Wallace-Wells
Justice For Animals –Martha Nussbaum
This is Vegan Propaganda –Ed Winters
Psych: The Story of the Human Mind –Paul Bloom
Never Split the Difference –Chris Voss
Notes on a nervous planet
The Comfort Book
Tuesdays with Moorie
1984 by George Orwell
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut