One of the great and productive habits to cultivate is reading. It reduces stress and improves your vocabulary. Reading and Meditating are like exercises for the brain. Some people can read up for hours and forget about all the care in the world while some people still struggle to get the grip of it. It’s okay it’s not your fault. I think, it completely depends on the book to grab my attention and make me not stop reading. It is the writer’s job to ensure that I do not stop reading his/her book. So let’s look into some of the best books to read if you are a beginner and want to cultivate the habit of reading in 2023
1. Norwegian Wood
Reading Murakami’s book is like listening to your favorite music. The ease and rapture Murakami writes his book is exhilarating. Norwegian Wood is one of Murakami’s finest works. Toru Watanabe, a young student retraces his memory of first real love, responsibilities, loneliness and dealing with the trauma of his best friend’s death.
An astounding blend of college atmosphere with Toru’s romantic coming of age is a perfect first read for you.
2. Wise and Otherwise
Sudha Murty is known for her philanthropic work and as chairperson of the multinational company, Infosys. But, profoundly she is known for her great values and as an amazing, polite human being. Wise and Otherwise written by Sudha Murty are a compilation of short fragments of her life journey. Each story has an underlying lesson hidden and is very easy to read.
Reading this book will undeniably put you in her place and experience the narrative at first end and can be the best book to read for beginner.
3. The Diary of Young Girl
The most popular and read book by people of all ages is The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank, a thirteen-year-old young girl from the Netherlands goes into hiding with her family during the Nazi invasion. The fear of getting captured, boredom, hunger, and every other difficulty Anne and her family faced during the invasion leaves an evocative impression.
A simple easy read, in the format of a diary, can be your amazing first read
4.The subtle art of not giving a Fck
One of the best works by Mark Manson. A solitary read for those people who wish to get his/her life straight. A mirror to your life where the author guides you to stop worrying and thinking about every other thing. Not all things matter in life, give your limited amount of fcks to those that matter the most. Accept yourself, be better versions of yourself and stop trying to be positive all the time. In the end, we have to accept that we are all humans!
A self help guide to leading a good life. Add this now to best book to read for beginner list
5.The Alchemist
When it comes to books, Paulo Coelho is a magician. The Alchemist is one of his most popular and must-read book of all time. A boy named Santiago experiences a recrudescing dream about a treasure hidden in the Egyptian pyramids. He then decides to embark on this journey where he meets peculiar people and encounters experience which makes him realize what is important in life, defeat failure and always trust yourself
6.Rich Dad Poor Dad
The best-selling book on personal finance. The book talks about how to be financially independent by investing your money in assets, real estate, and different investing techniques. It was published in 1997 and the techniques and learning taught in this book are still applicable to making your financial decisions.
Grab you copy now and start reading this simple easy book you can find on personal finance
7. Turtles All the Way Down
John Green is known for his staggering books. Turtles all the way down is a story of sixteen year old girl Aza Holmes who is on mission to find missing billionaire and her budding friendship with her neighbor who happens be billionaire’s son.
This book is filled with amazing quotes and you can count on this book to be the exhilarating first read and best book to read for beginner
8.The Palace of Illusions
The epic Mahabharata is told from Draupadi’s point of view. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has bewilderingly written this tale of Panchali, a princess born in fire, her struggles, and her life journey as a woman living in a patriarchal world.
Enclosed with Krishna’s teachings and learnings from time to time, this book is the best book to read for any beginner
9. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant is an Angel investor and this book is a compilation of his tweets and his life experiences. This book focuses on many key concepts like being wealthy, maintaining good health, taking care of yourself physically as well as mentally, and how to be happy and fulfilled and change your life.
The teachings and life lessons from one of the best investor and entrepreneur is the best book to read for beginner
10. It Ends with Us
What is more empowering than reading a women’s conquest on ending physical and emotional abuse and breaking the generational pattern of domestic violence! Colleen Hoover’s hardest book to write, based on the story of her mother and father, has become her masterpiece and bagged the title of New York’s bestselling author.
A startling and easy piece of read to began your reading journey.
Hope this post helps and helps you to grab your first read
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