As you may have derived from various blog posts of mine, I do love reading. I’ve had my nose in every book I could get my hands on since I was two. You also may have noticed that I’ve started writing book reviews. There’s no way I could write a review on all of the books I’ve loved, but I still want to share them with you. I only suggest books that I think most people could read and enjoy. Here are a few of my favourites:
Life of Pi – Yann Martel ❧ People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks ❧ Quiet – Susan Cain ❧ Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay ❧ The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova ❧ The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown ❧ Brain Rules – John Medina ❧ Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling ❧ The Book of Awesome – Neil Pasricha ❧ Steve Jobs – Walter Isaacson ❧ The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien ❧ Mister Pip – Lloyd Jones ❧ Stumbling on Happiness ❧ The Waterproof Bible – Andrew Kaufman
The following is a list of books I have plans to purchase in the future (in no particular order). Now, I do my research before I purchase a book, so I know what the reviews say. But I prefer hearing reviews from actual readers, instead of the critics. If you’ve read any of them, or have heard things — good or bad — about them, please let me know. Also, if you have a feeling you know of a book I’d like, please share in the comments!
Non-Fiction
Daring Greatly — Brene Brown
Choke — Sian Beilock
Drive — Daniel H. Pink
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite — Salvo David Di
The Last Lecture — Randy Pausch
The Checklist Manifesto — Atul Gawande
The Drunkard’s Walk — Leonard Mlodinow
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales — Oliver Sacks
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) — Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
The Self Illusion — Bruce Hood
Reading in the Brain — Stanislas Dehaene
Fiction
John Green’s box set
The Incident of the Dog in the Night-time — Mark Haddon
The Cat’s Table — Michael Ondaatje
The Lord of the Rings (Books 2 & 3) — J.R.R. Tolkien
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Tiger’s Wife — Tea Obreht
The Princess Bride — William Goldman
The Year of the Flood — Margaret Atwood
Born Weird — Andrew Kaufman
I Am the Messenger — Markus Zusak
Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut
Complete adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Brave New World — Aldous Huxley
The Year of the Floor — Margaret Atwood
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
From your “soon to buy” list, I can definitely recommend:
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales — Oliver Sacks
The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini
A Visit from the Goon Squad — Jennifer Egan
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Princess Bride — William Goldman (Just as good as the movie, if not better!)
Awesome! I’ve only heard good things about these books. And I’m really interested in finding out more about the Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Thanks so much for the advice. :)