Books you should read at least once in your lifetime
For a book lover, picking up another book after enjoying one is quite a big deal. And in case, you are not so big fan of reading then maybe it's time you start considering it seriously. Because besides all the fun it brings whole load of benefits along with it which you can read here.
But before picking up any book, you should ask yourself why you want to read it. Know its genre and read its non-spoiler reviews to better understand if you could actually enjoy it. You should know that not every book is for everyone. Each one has its own taste and requirements and you gotta select the book accordingly.
Meanwhile, here’s a list of books which I consider are worth reading or must reads. Hope you will enjoy them too.
1. Brave new world by Aldous Huxley
Considering the exponential growth of Artificial Intelligence and technology, this dystopian novel gives us enough reasons to reconsider the future towards which we are headed. The world conditioned by technology to ensure racial superiority, and a society where solitude is engrossed and people are promiscuous with the faith that everyone belongs to everyone. This 1933’s dystopian novel should be on everyone’s must-read list.
2. 1984 by George Orwell
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| 1984 The novel which is often compared to Brave
New World, considering its anti-authoritarian nature. Unlike brave new world,
where everyone was conditioned before birth at the laboratory and concept of
violence was alien, 1984 portrays a world of Big Brother where government is
always watching and dictating you. Where Brave New World questions our path towards
technical conditioning and consumerism, 1984 highlights the culture of
capitalism and governmental control over its people. George Orwell wrote this novel in 1948 to predict what 1984 would look like in
London. Some of his predictions came true, like
cameras being everywhere and our bodies being scanned for weapons. Nineteen
Eighty-Four is
not just about the dangers of oppressive political regimes but also the
fundamental weakness within us all. |
Often enjoyed as a romantic tale of independent Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates two suitors for marriage and how and who she ends up marrying. This, Pride and Prejudice, is the novel which gracefully analyses the early 19th-century’s culture and its takedowns, particularly with the dangers of marrying young women in early years. Timeless and entertaining, if you have never read an Austen novel before, start with this one.
4. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
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| To Kill a Mockingbird |
Debut novel of the Harper Lee and
published in 1960 was the winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. This is a heart
warming story told from the perspective of lawyer Atticus Finch's daughter, Scout,
where a enjoyable childhood takes its moves, turning it into a story which
deals with social injustice, and racial indifferences in the most realistic
manner ending with the life lesson for Scout and all of us, eventually.
5. The handmaid's tale
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| The Handmaid's Tale |
The book which is included in almost every must-read books list, is Atwood’s brilliant work of feminist dystopia. It is the tale of Offred, a woman subjugated, legally raped, and forced to make impossible decisions under the reign of a petrifying fanatic religious cult in the wake of a fertility collapse.
6. Jane Eyre
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| Jane Eyre |
If you love strong and powerful women, then this
story is definitely for you. The story of Jane Eyre, the woman who experiences
strangest happenings in her new home: weird noises, mysterious fires, and dark
secrets. As she explores those secrets, she falls in love from head to toe for
her employer, Mr. Rochester. The love story takes unique track and story is
enriched with thrill and intimacy of first-person narrative, giving readers
insight of all kinds of fears and feelings.
7. One hundred years of solitude
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| One Hundred years of Solitude |
The novel which is often regarded as one of the first true books written in magical realism genre, shares the escape story of a man who ran away from Colombia and how he finds shelter and how unrealistic events follow, and also brings in light the successive generations of the family who suffer at the risk of their own limitations. The historical facts combined with magical realism, it is the story addressing cultural issues in an intensely personal perspective. If magical realism's concept is still alien to you and considering knowing it then you should really start with this book.
8. To the lighthouse by Virgina Woolf
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| Virgina Woolf To the Lighthouse is a unique novel with no consistent
narrator, minimum dialogue and almost no plot. It is simply a story about the
family who is planning a trip to the lighthouse, but it, somehow, gets delay
each time. The story evolves along with it’s characters, providing us the most
intimate feeling and insights of family relationships and emotions. Despite all
the simplicity and lack of unsaid formats for novel, this is considered as a
classic. Indeed, sometimes the simplest things affect us in the deepest manner. |
9. Heart of darkness
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| Heart of Darkness |
Another book highlighting the issues of imperialism and racism, Heart of Darkness is a novella by
Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad. The parallel portrayal of London as the greatest
town on earth and
Africa as places of darkness, makes us see a lot of things we often
ignore otherwise.
10. Animal Farm by George Orwell
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| Animal Farm Animal Farm is an
allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August
1945. In disguise of story of a group of farm animals who revolt against their
human farmer, and wish to create a society where the animals can be equal,
free, and happy, it indirectly deals with societal issues and makes us value
everything alive. |
11. Wuthering heights by Emily Bronte
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| Wuthering Heights |
Misunderstood by many, this novel revolves around the self destructive love of Catherine and Heathcliff and the impact it brings in theirs and others life. Narrated by the perspective of housekeeper, Nelly, who has worked at both the houses involved in the story. A love story not for soft hearted people, it is dark and witty, but everyone still ends up loving the book in the end. Now see that’s the kind of magic Bronte had in her.
12. The diary of a young girl by Anne
Frank
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| The diary of young girl |
The real life story of a young Jewish girl in the time-zone of Nazi’s reign, this is the story based on diary written by the girl herself in which she puts her heart out whilst hiding from Nazis with her family and depicts hardships they and million other have faced during that time. It is definitely a most heart breaking story and makes you literally go though it all along with her. A must read for every human to understand the sufferings and the courage it can embark in a person. Especially under the light of current situation, now you have more reasons to pick this up for bundle of emotions and heavenly motivation.
13. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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| Little Women |
Story of four sisters, and how they evolve over
time while their father is away for war and mother helps around. The story
evolves along with the sisters and we see them growing and becoming four
independent women, and obviously without escaping the mistakes everyone makes
during the process. It is very simple story but still bound to melt your heart
and leaving you filled with enthusiasm and fulfillment.
14. Atonment by Ian McEwan
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| Atonment |
Written by Ian McEwan, Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel concerning the understanding of and responding to the need for personal atonement. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it shares an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, and her adulthood.
15. Lord of the flies by William Golding
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| Lord of flies |
This story of group of boys stranded on an island and their survival, written by Nobel Prize winner author, is haunting, tragic and at times, even the most predictable tale with the deepest hidden meaning in their quests and the portrayal of civilized and uncivilized with the most unexpected twists. You should definitely get your hands on this classic as soon as possible and clear up the space for your most favorite book, because this is going to take that place for sure!
16. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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| Sense and Sensibility |
Another story of sisters, three Dashwood sisters, and their growth over time. Mainly centered around two elder ones, Elinor and Marianne. We discover the life experiences of both the nature wise exact opposite sisters, and their matters with love and containment. It is another classic novel which is meant to evoke all of your emotions and wet your eyes.
17. The autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
and Malcolm X
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| The autobiography of Malcolm X |
Entertaining, insightful, humorous, enriched with emotions and nail biting tragedies, it is the most inspiring book one could ever read (or at least for me it was). A street hustler who gets arrested from where his life takes a u-turn making him the civil rights activist and a dedicated Muslim. However, despite the high morals, pure intentions and his true actions, his story was yet to be followed by a tragic ending. Definitely a must read for blast of inspiration from a real life hero, Malcolm X.
18.Tuesdays with Morry by Mitch Albom
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| Tuesdays with Morrie |
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