Last week on Instagram, I had shared about my addiction problem. How I kept amassing books that I couldn’t find the time to read. Many people shared the same sentiment. The Japanese even have a name for it.
Tsundoku (Japanese: 積ん読) is acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them.
If there is an exclusive word for something, then it is not a rare phenomenon. So many people had the same problem that they invented a word to talk about it easily. Anyways, I followed by confession with the next logical step: book suggestions.
I asked people what’s that one book that had a lasting impact on the way you see the world?
I know, it’s a difficult question to answer, but so many people responded with so many interesting books. There were some crappy books in between as well(thou shall not be named). While so many were busy sharing their ‘life-changing’ books with me, a few others texted me on the side asking for the list of books that are being shared, and thus, this post.
I’ll start with my ‘life changing’ books, followed by the ones that were suggested.
Ganesh Babu
– Obstacle is the way
– Sapiens
–The death and life of great American cities
Raghu
Sam
Christinaa
–The subtle art of not giving a f*ck
Vijay
Bharat
–Threee contributions to theory of sex
Guru
–Motorcycle diaries
–The namesake
Srinath
Mythili
Anam
–One hundred years of solitude
Haritha
Swetha
Dinesh
Mohanabrabu
Jane
Aravind
Vamsi
Naren
Anjanaa
Gopinath
Soundaryan
Siddarth
–The saint, the surfer and the CEO
Sakthi
Ratnam
Niranjan
Devasena
–A thousand splendid suns
–Thinking fast and slow
Mona
Joe
Chandru
–The death and life of great american cities
Vijay
Jayabharathi
I came across some gems through this exercise, that I hope to read one day. If you have a book that changed your perspective in life, do share that below via the comments section.
Instagram stories is a great tool to know people’s opinions. It’s the right mix of social and personal that people are comfortable replying. Now, back to my addiction problem, I don’t have any immediate solutions. However, I am planning to read at least one book a week to get through my backlog. Will be back with something else later.
For me it was The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Choice by Dr. Edith Eger, Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Becoming by Michelle Obama and Walk through Walls by Mariana Abramovic
Very interesting choices Aaishwarya!
I’ve read factfulness and suggested the same to many. I’ll look into the other books you’ve mentioned.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.