8 Books that you can finish in a day

 

1. As A Man Thinketh: James Allen

“Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance.”

This book was originally published in 1903. Since then, this book has been inspirational for generations all across the globe, including the famous authors of popular self-help books. This book is based on the idea that how thoughts actually shape a person. This is the shortest book in my list but yet so powerful that you’ll want to turn to it again and again.

2. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

If you are somewhat interested in entrepreneurial world, or into investment field, you must have heard about Naval Ravikant. If you haven’t, go hunt for him right now. Naval is one of my favorites, & one of the smartest people I have found on the internet (I deeply wish that I meet him in person someday). Throughout his career, Naval has generously shared his wisdom, and millions of people around the world follow his advice on building wealth and happiness. If I continue to talk about him, I am going to need another blog. Hence, let’s just talk about books. This book is created by Eric Jorgenson, a close friend of Naval. As I said, this book is “created” and not “written” by Eric just because this book is the collection of wisdom shared by Naval over a decade in his own words through twitter, blog posts, interviews and podcasts. Eric has made a great deal of effort in bringing all those thoughts in this book.

Before you plan to read this book, I would recommend you to watch this podcast of Naval Ravikant with Joe Rogan.: "Click/Tap me for The podcast"

3. The Richest Man in Babylon: Charles Conrad

If you are on a road to improve your financial literacy, you may have come across this book. The original book was written by George Samuel Clason in 1926. This is the revised edition by Charles Conrad in a much précised, to the point and most importantly, easy to read than the original work. The book provides vital lessons for financial freedom in contemporary language for today’s readers while maintaining the core essence of original work by George S. Clason.

4. Animal Farm: George Orwell

This book is an interesting read and it will get on your nerves till the end. The story is based on a political drama and set in an animal farm where all the animals try to form a union and get the freedom from humans. This book has humor, satire, a dystopian tale and an allegory which makes it one the best short novels ever written. You are going to love this book. 

5. Tuesdays with Morrie: Mitch Albom

You will rush to google to know more about Morrie Schwartz and Mitch Albom once you finish this book. XD

This book will grip your emotions and you will find it very relatable if you’ve lost someone very close to you. This book is filled with valuable lessons about life and human nature from the mouth of a dying professor articulated by author who used to visit this professor ‘Morrie’ on Tuesdays. This book continue to inspire many theater-plays, shows and films till date.

6. Who Moved My Cheese?: Spencer Johnson

We all know how boring self-help books can become because they all seem like repeating same messages by folding it with different words and phrases making it unending pages of book. But not “Who Moved my Cheese” because of its reader friendly vibe. This book will delve you into a cute story of four characters (2 mice and 2 little-humans running in a maze to find their Cheese) to symbolize the human behavior towards a "change". I found this a strong thought-provoking motivational book. Whoever is going to pick this book will truly enjoy reading it throughout.

7. Man's Search for Meaning: Viktor Frankl

This is short but an intense one rather. It begins with the author's experiences in four different German concentration camps during WW2 and how he coped with those experiences and how others cope with them.

The book is basically a psychological analysis of a man’s mind when he is faced with extreme situation of pain, suffering and trauma and how he finds the ‘Hope’.

8. IKIGAI: Francesc Miralles & Hector Garcia

This book can be one of the most effective tools if you are trying to be a better version of yourself. I completed reading this much hyped-book last summer and can assure you that yes, you will find it worth the hype once you finish reading it. It covers all the lifestyle problems that all of us face today. It also unleashes the lifestyle of Japanese people and why their life expectancy rate is highest in the world. 

Read this book and let me know that did you found your IKIGAI?