Do you ever read a book and think ‘I wish everyone had read this. The world would be a better place if everyone had read this book.’? Well, lately I’ve read lots of books that made me think that so I decided to start a list. I would love to hear what books you wish everyone had read in the comments.
This book says that struggles in life are unavoidable and even says that it is the process of overcoming challenges that gives us fulfilment rather than the idea that we will be happy once we complete a tick list of life objections. Therefore we should welcome challenges into our life but choose ones that we are excited to tackle.
This book offers some amazing insights and advice about how to live a more intentional life. I've read/listened to a lot on this subject, and this book still had new insights to add. I did find the author a little judgmental or harsh at times but it is worth looking past that for what this book has to offer.
This book aims to empower women in the workplace and gives practical advice on how they can develop their careers in sustainable and fulfilling ways. However, I also think it would be beneficial for men to read in order to give them a better understanding of the challenges that women face in the modern workplace so that everyone can work together to create a better workplace for women.
This book discusses how prevalent small sexist acts are in everyday life and just how damaging this normalisation of sexism can be. This was the first book that I read about sexism and it really helped to explain to me why there is still a need for a feminist movement in the 21st century.
This book feels like mockingbird revisited in a modern context with a particular focus on race instead of prejudice as a whole. Jodi Picoult's genius was to write from the point of view of three characters: a black woman, a white supremacist man, and a white woman who is not necessarily racist but still benefits from a racist culture. I don't think it would have been possible to gain so much from this story if we had not been able to get inside the heads of all these characters. There are also so many clever descriptors of images or feelings and in the beginning that was what captured me, it felt so very human, but by the end of the book I was focused on the morals. We need to talk about racism more and I think everyone should read this book.
The way that children are raised is so fundamental to how they feel when they reach puberty or even adulthood and begin to ask big questions about the world and their place in it. It is very easy for us, I think, to raise a child in a way that isn’t truly feminist when examined. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses how parents interact with children and what habits would be beneficial and which would not. If I could have my way, this book would be compulsory reading for every new parent. Even if they disagree with what is written instead, it forces them to question these everyday practices.
As a child of divorce myself I sort out literature on how divorce impacts the children involved and how long term these impacts can be. I believe the world would be a better place if everyone had read this so that both adults and children involved in divorce could better work to mitigate potentially negative impacts and so that those who have little experience with divorce in their lives can better empathise with those who do.
This might not be the best book for someone who is new to veganism or wanting to start learning more about it because it assumes some knowledge but this book is perfect for anyone who has adopted a plant based diet and is struggling to articulate their reasoning to their family and friends. This book lays out responses to the 30 most common arguments used against veganism in an extremely clear way that will help you to respond to those arguments yourself. This book also helped me to argue against the voices in my head that resist change.
This book is essentially a women debating with herself about whether or not to have children. It raises so many important questions about societal expectations, what it means to be a mother and whether that is an essential part of life or not. I recommend this book for anyone who doubts whether they want to have children but I would also recommend that everyone else, including men, read this book so that they can better empthaise with women who don't want to have children.
This book will change the way you feel about giving to those in extreme poverty and persuade you to give more. It calls our morals and current standards into practice in such a full way that it leaves no stone unturned. I think anyone who is interested in ethics and morals will also enjoy the philosophical aspects of this book but it is also simply enough put that it be understood by someone with no background in those subjects.
See here for a list of every single book I would recommend.
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