Before mental illness stole my spark, I was an avid reader. I’ve been working on myself, including trying to reignite a love for life. Suggest me what you consider to be the singular best book you’ve ever read?
I’m looking for the one book that changed your life. Thank you ❤️
As far as entertaining fictional books that I identified with as an introvert, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” is great. For self improvement and just better decision making, I really enjoyed, “The Obstacle is the Way” and “Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow”.
Moon_in_Leo14 on
Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning
MushroomAdjacent on
The best book I’ve read didn’t change my life, and no one of the 6 books I’ve given 5 stars is singularly the best because they are all so different. But the 2 I recommend for you are:
* The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
* Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Edit: Actually, the Little Prince might have changed my life, but I was so young when I first read it that there wasn’t much life before it to compare it to. Maybe it just…ensured my life never changed too much in the wrong direction.
NostrilWarbler on
Grey bees by Andrew kurkov. I was in a dark place at the time. This gave me a wee spark.
Wishing you well
SubstantialYard905 on
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I am not sure this is the best book I have ever read but it definitely ranks high on my list of books that helped me through a really rough time. It is a light, philosophical read about life, choices, and regrets. I hope you find your spark again soon!
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As far as entertaining fictional books that I identified with as an introvert, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” is great. For self improvement and just better decision making, I really enjoyed, “The Obstacle is the Way” and “Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow”.
Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning
The best book I’ve read didn’t change my life, and no one of the 6 books I’ve given 5 stars is singularly the best because they are all so different. But the 2 I recommend for you are:
* The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
* Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Edit: Actually, the Little Prince might have changed my life, but I was so young when I first read it that there wasn’t much life before it to compare it to. Maybe it just…ensured my life never changed too much in the wrong direction.
Grey bees by Andrew kurkov. I was in a dark place at the time. This gave me a wee spark.
Wishing you well
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I am not sure this is the best book I have ever read but it definitely ranks high on my list of books that helped me through a really rough time. It is a light, philosophical read about life, choices, and regrets. I hope you find your spark again soon!