Being in your 20s can feel like a revolution in your adulthood. It is when you invite new experiences, people, struggles, and a newfound meaning of pain working your way toward stability. You’re constantly figuring out who you are with a constant worry about your future and career. You know what you want but you’re unaware of how to navigate your way through it to reach your desired destination. This is when reading books can severely impact your life and way of thinking. It can guide, inspire, and be a mind changer for new perceptions and perspectives. Here is a book recommendation inclusive lists of some life-changing self-help books that you need to read now:
1. The Palace of illusions, Chitra Banerjee
If you are a woman, this book is what you need right now. However, it goes beyond gender; in fact, it cuts through, even for men. With this book, your worldview will change.
Retelling an epic such as the *Mahabharata* through the eyes of Draupadi makes a book full of emotion and resilience. Every word, sentence, and paragraph carries the silent yearnings and struggles of hundreds of thousands of women across time. The treatment of women depicted here mirrors their experiences not only in ancient mythological eras but also in many societies today.
This book plunges into the philosophies of ‘Dharma’, ‘Adharma’, and destiny, which are part of the Hindu ‘Gita’, through the perspective of a woman, thereby bringing to the reader the frequently overlooked point of view. It challenges you to question your long-held beliefs about its most debated themes.
2. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
It is a fable about dreams and how important it is to listen to your heart. The book explores the idea of spirituality, mysticism, personal growth, and transformation where a young shepherd named Santiago embarks on a journey to fulfill his legend and find his treasure. But it isn’t about the destination, it’s about the journey and the pieces of experience he has gathered along the way, the number of people he has met, and how they have changed and impacted his life. This book is a guide toward his destiny and is a must-read.
3. Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, and Sharon Lechter
This book provides us with fundamental knowledge about finance and money. It is a thought-provoking book that challenges the conventional wisdom about money, wealth, financial freedom, and how important it is to keep growing in life. Kiyosaki has embedded the book with his personal experiences as he shares stories of both his rich dad and poor dad.
4. Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
It fiction talks about the absurdity of the American dream and the consequences of following the ton. The book explores the last twenty-four hours of Willy Loman, the protagonist of the story while going back and forth from the past to the present reflecting on Willy’s dreams and ambitions that he couldn’t achieve in his long life and has only pursued failures. This is those self-help books that makes us question the conservative and conventional approach to career and stability exploring its ridiculousness.
5. Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
Explains the psychological and philosophical insights that are gained from the author’s experience during the brutal Nazi concentration camps during the second world war. The first part of the book explores the writer’s struggle and horrible experiences of being separated from his family and the brutality he endured while the second part explores his realization about his purpose in life. A powerful book to read and question today’s reality and our purpose in the very same field called life.
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