Book recommendations?

[Salma]

Finally finished with this whole law shambabloyyy (this made up word somehow sums how I feel)... I now have time to read good books and I was wondering if anyone had any favourites they would like to share?

Looking forward to seeing some responses

 

[Salma]

DISCLAIMER: NO LEGAL OR COMMERCIAL BOOKS


please

 

[Daniel Boden]

A book I've really enjoyed reading recently is Joe Navarro 'What EVERY Body is saying' - really interesting insight into human body language and how to read people which is always helpful for a whole host of situations. Multiple PDF's online of the whole book if you don't mind reading on a screen!

 

[Jaysen]

Slightly serious choices here but:

10% Happier (guy with a type-A personality had a panic attack on live TV and discovered mindfulness)
The Body keeps the Score (very interesting lessons from a trauma expert)

 

[Salma]

Thanks both!

The suggestions also remind me of another classic book I have recently heard/read good reviews on - ‘When breath becomes air’ by Paul Kalanithi’!

This book is number one on my list, alongside your suggestions

 

[Salma]

Silly me, I should have explained the plot of the novel. It is a non-fiction autobiography based on Paul (aka the author’s) realisation as a resident neurosurgeon that after weeks of health issues, he is suffering from lung cancer, the book continues to detail Paul’s transition from a doctor to a patient and

SPOILER

He dies

 

[gricole]

The Shallows - Nicholas Carr
The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others - Tali Sharot

Read these and you will never touch social media again.

 

[Jaysen]

One more suggestion (sorry this is work related): Deep Work by Cal Newport. It made a big difference to my own productivity!

 

[Salma]

The Shallows - Nicholas Carr
The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others - Tali Sharot

Read these and you will never touch social media again.

Now I only have one option but to read both suggestions! Hahaha thanks @gricole.

 

[Lawgirlxo]

Flowers in the attic (it’s got like 2/3 sequels or so but I only read the first and second one)

Anyways it was about this lady who left her kids under the care of her mother, the kids’ grandmum. The grandmum put the kids in the attic and they all grew up in there (the kids never left that one room cause they were meant to be hidden).

The novel was acc page-turning cause the children were there from childhood to pre-adulthood

 

[Salma]

Thanks for the all the suggestions guys

 

[Leke]

Hey Salma,
If you have room for one more or something wild. I defintely recommend Utopia for realists by Rutger Bregman. It is full of weird ideas.

 

[Coralin96]

Hey Salma,
If you have room for one more or something wild. I defintely recommend Utopia for realists by Rutger Bregman. It is full of weird ideas.

I hope this isn't a spoiler but I just saw the book recommends 15 hour working weeks. Wouldn't mind that

 

[Giles]

You may or may not have heard of an author called Oliver Sacks, but any of his books are absolutely fascinating. He was an incredibly intelligent neurologist and his books are collections of really well written anecdotes based on patients and people he had worked with. My favourite two are: "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain". Definitely worth reading if you haven't already.

 

[Salma]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! Now I have to figure out what to start with

 

[SJamal]

I suggest ‘The Confessions of an Economic Hitman’ by John Perkins. It’s a real eye opener and covers everything from economics, politics and the power of the coporatocracy. You will never see companies and banks the same way again. Go for it!

 

[bronson]

I have not read this, but a friend recommended 'Sapiens' to me. I also listened to Russell Brand's podcast 'Under the Skin' where he interviewed the author (whose name I cannot spell so won't bother writing) of it about it. It's about the evolution of society and puts forward some pretty interesting theories about how and why we have evolved as we are today.

There's a pretty interesting part in it which the author compares modern day opinions of historical slavery with how future generations will look at the way in which our generations have raised and slaughtered animals for consumption that wasn't even necessary. This is not vegan propaganda by the way, but the author is also (not surprisingly) a vegan. Interesting nonetheless!

 

[Maab Saifeldin]

One of my favourite books are Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

 

[Salma]

One of my favourite books are Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

Thanks Maab for sharing, gone girl (movie) was ahmazing, I am excited to finally read it!!

 

[bronson]

Harry Potter all the way