What is one book you wish everyone had to read so that they could possess more awareness and compassion for anyone who is different from them?
What is one book you wish everyone had to read so that they could possess more awareness and compassion for anyone who is different from them? Ie: other races, cultures, disabilities, etc.
I think it massively depends on where in the world you are, but very good question.
A few that I would recommend:
**Kim – Rudyard Kipling**
A lovely read, with cultural and religious references that I don’t pretend to know the accuracy of, but a very interesting viewpoint into India during the late 19th century.
**The Stranger – Albert Camus**
A French translation, also called I believe the pretender and the outsider in other titles. A unique inside into absurdism, mental illness etc. As a side note, I always recommend **The Plague by Albert Camus**, a very good represention of a slice of life telling of a smallish population in French Algeria dealing with a pandemic
**Crime and Punishment – Fyodor dostoevsky** and **Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy** both Russian classics in their own right and absolutely deserved to be called classics. Both a representation of Russian life and outstanding characterisation from both authors in very contrasting ways.
I could go on and on but I tend to lean towards the classics for this kind of desire – however it depends on what you are after.
**Edit – also sorry I realise you asked for one book but I started recommending a book that changed my viewpoints on life and people and couldn’t pick just one lol, probably Kim for the cultural aspect**
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Needle in a haystack, Casey Jordan
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NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
Scarcity by by Sendhil Mullainathan, Shafir Eldar, Eldar Shafir
I gained immense compassion and perspective on my husband and son from reading NeuroTribes.
Scarcity explained so much of what I didn’t understand in my own life. Helped me not to judge but be curious about other’s lives.
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I think it massively depends on where in the world you are, but very good question.
A few that I would recommend:
**Kim – Rudyard Kipling**
A lovely read, with cultural and religious references that I don’t pretend to know the accuracy of, but a very interesting viewpoint into India during the late 19th century.
**The Stranger – Albert Camus**
A French translation, also called I believe the pretender and the outsider in other titles. A unique inside into absurdism, mental illness etc. As a side note, I always recommend **The Plague by Albert Camus**, a very good represention of a slice of life telling of a smallish population in French Algeria dealing with a pandemic
**Crime and Punishment – Fyodor dostoevsky** and **Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy** both Russian classics in their own right and absolutely deserved to be called classics. Both a representation of Russian life and outstanding characterisation from both authors in very contrasting ways.
I could go on and on but I tend to lean towards the classics for this kind of desire – however it depends on what you are after.
**Edit – also sorry I realise you asked for one book but I started recommending a book that changed my viewpoints on life and people and couldn’t pick just one lol, probably Kim for the cultural aspect**
Needle in a haystack, Casey Jordan
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
Scarcity by by Sendhil Mullainathan, Shafir Eldar, Eldar Shafir
I gained immense compassion and perspective on my husband and son from reading NeuroTribes.
Scarcity explained so much of what I didn’t understand in my own life. Helped me not to judge but be curious about other’s lives.