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