With extra time on our hands because of quarantine, we are all in need of some form of entertainment to spice up our lives. Yet, despite all the options available, I, like many others, still struggle to find a good book to read. So, here I present to you 5 fascinating & unique books, that are a “must-read”:
1) So Good They Can’t Ignore you
“So Good They Can’t Ignore You” is an eye-opening book debunking how “follow your passion” may not be the best advice at all. Cal Newport sets out to discover why people like their job, by spending time with those, in a variety of professions, who have great satisfaction from their work. The book shares strategies those people used and reveals how passion comes after you put hard work into something that you are even mildly interested in. I would highly recommend everyone to read this as it is a very insightful book.
2) All the Light We Cannot See
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All the light we cannot see is a fictional book by Anthony Doerr that won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. As Goodreads puts it, “it is about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as they both try to survive the devastation of World War 2.” Even though I usually do not read this genre, I have read this book this year, it is a ‘stunningly beautiful and mesmirizing’ novel that I would highly recommend reading.
3) A Brief History Of Time
A Brief History of Time is a nonfiction novel by the one and only Stephen Hawking. It is a stunning book, talking about the origins and the nature of the universe, as we know it today. It is fairly easy to understand and extremely fascinating; even though you may not necessarily like astronomy, physics, or nonfiction, it is definitely a book that will give you goosebumps and is worth checking out.
4) The Outsiders
Outsiders is a book by S.E Hinton talking about the divide in classes of society. It follows the story of Ponyboy Curtis, a boy who struggles to tell between what’s right and wrong in the society in which he believes he is an ‘outsider.’ You may have heard of this book before, and if you haven’t read it yet, I would also recommend you to take a look & read it.
5) The Book Thief
The Book Thief is a book by Markus Zusak in historical fiction. Set in 1939 Nazi Germany, it follows a family that hides a Jew in their basement, along with various other side-stories. In a unique perspective of death, it is a novel that is filled with emotions and intensity. As with all the other books in this blog post, it’s a great book that I would highly recommend to read 🙂
Sources:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13525945-so-good-they-can-t-ignore-you
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3869.A_Brief_History_of_Time
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231804.The_Outsiders
