23 Books you Should Read in Your Life

Hello, 2021! 2020 was a very interesting year with Covid-19 and being stuck at home. I never thought I would be listening to an audible book or take out a book at the library like the high school days. Trying to figure out how to get back into a routine and back to my reading schedule was tough, but I managed to get the kids on a set schedule for their naps and it has been a lifesaver. I’ve also adopted a more sustainable lifestyle and although I have a collection of my favorite books. I try my best to no purchase any books and be more mindful to adopt new ways to minimize clutter.

As a world traveler and avid reader, I’ve uncovered some of my favorite books of all time. I love books! Any kind of genre. Ever since I was a child, I would spend endless hours reading and carrying my books everywhere. My mom would laugh at me and say “there she goes with a backpack full of books”. I was intrigued with the world and curious about everything. I moved to the west coast when I was 26 years old with my previous job, and the only thing I packed was my books and some clothes in my little convertible.

Inspiration

Many of these books have inspired my actions from shifting to a more sustainable lifestyle, to literally altering the way in which I see the world. It was really hard narrowing down the list, but here are my top favorite 23 books of all time.

1. Shantaram: Gregory David Roberts
2. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage: Alfred Lansing
3. One Hundred Years of Solitude: Gabriel García Márquez
4. Born a Crime: Trevor Noah
5. The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand
6. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
7. How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time : Will McCallum
8. A Walk in the Woods: Bill Bryson
9. All the Light We Cannot See: Anthony Doerr
10. How to Win Friends & Influence People: Dale Carnegie
11. Where the Crawdads Sing: Delia Owens
12. To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Perennial
13. 1984: George Orwell
14. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming: David Wallace-Wells
15. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen
16. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
17. The Book Thief: Markus Zusak
18. Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte
19. The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini
20. The Giver #1: Lois Lowry
21. The Salt Path: Raynor Winn
22. The Overstory: Richard Powers
23. The Vanishing Half: Brit Bennett

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