10 best books to read for beginners

Reading books is a good way of seeing the world with new perspective. Each book gives us new perspective of world. It takes you into the world of imagination and escape reality. Many of us could not develop a habit of reading books. And many of us cannot decide from which book to start as there are plenty of them. So here are list of 10 books that will help you start your habit of reading:-

1. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Wayne:-

The boy in the striped pyjamas is a young adult novel about the holocaust. It is certainly an amazing book to start with as these book is written with teens in mind, this is certainly a book worthy of adult reader. During World War II, 8-year-old Bruno and his family leave Berlin to take up residence near the concentration camp where his father (David Thewlis) has just become commandant. Unhappy and lonely, he wanders out behind his house one day and finds Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy of his age. Though the barbed-wire fence of the camp separates them, the boys begin a forbidden friendship, oblivious to the real nature of their surroundings.

2. Many Lives, Many Masters: The true story of a prominent psychiatrist by Dr. Brian Weiss:-

This is the second book in our list. The book is quite a fascinating read. The book, Many lives, Many Masters it is interesting to see how skeptic research scholar is drawn toward spirituality and instead of focusing on giving more tranquilizers and antidepressant; he preferred to go with the flow of mind/soul. The true story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young patient, and the past-life therapy that changed both their lives. As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from the space between lives, which contained remarkable revelations about Dr. Weiss' family and his dead son. Using past-life therapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career.

3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho:-

The story is about a Shepherd boy from Spain whose name is Santiago. He keeps getting the same dream about treasures that are lying in the Pyramids of Egypt. He embarks on a journey to follow his dream after meeting an old king who offers him magic stones and advice. Santiago crosses the Mediterranean and Sahara to find his treasures in Egypt and also accomplish his personal legend which is his purpose in life. The book details his journey and the various encounters that he experiences when following his dream. Throughout the journey, Santiago meets many new people and a lot of difficulty which ultimately helps him to learn and grow the entire way. Does he find the treasures in the Pyramids of Egypt?. Read this book to find out.

4. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green:-

The Fault In Our Stars is a fabulous book about a young teenage girl who has been diagnosed with lung cancer and attends a cancer support group. Hazel is 16 and is reluctant to go to the support group, but she soon realizes that it was a good idea. Hazel meets a young boy named Augustus Waters. He is charming and witty. Augustus has had osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, but has recently had the all clear. Hazel and Augustus embark on a roller coaster ride of emotions, including love, sadness and romance, while searching for the author of their favorite book. They travel to Amsterdam in search of Peter Van Houten the author of An Imperial Affliction. While on their trip Augustus breaks some heartbreaking news to Hazel and both of their worlds fall apart around them.

5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzegerald:-

The novel is set during the roaring 20s in America, narrated by Nick Carraway, a man from a well-to-do family just out of fighting the war and looking to sell bonds. He moves to East Egg, the slightly less grand area in comparison to West Egg, right opposite Gatsby's mansion. Gatsby is rich, mega-rich, and throws magnificent parties every weekend which the whole town attend. However the host is never seen during these parties, and is never completely known by any one person. Gatsby holds a dark secret about his past and how he became so great, a deep lust that will eventually lead to his demise. The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics of twentieth-century literature.

6. Lolita By Vladimir Nabokov:-

Many people say this book is a tender love story but I believe it is not the case. Humbert which is basically a scholar, aesthete and romantic has fallen in love with Lolita haze, silky skinned twelve year old daughter of his landlady. Humbert suffers greatly in pursuit of romance, when Lolita starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventures all in the name of love. The question arises here is was Humbert really in love with Lolita? Or they have been doing all the awful acts in the name of love. What’s your opinion give it a read to know and tell in the comment.

7. The Diary Of Young Girl:-

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in historical, war and mystery book as it is interesting. The Diary of young girl is a real diary of teenage girl named Anne Frank it begins on Anne’s 13^th birthday(12 june 1942). It tells the story of her family who lived in frankfurt Germany and suddenly had to escape to Amsterdam into hiding because of Hitler and Nazi party’s treatment of Jews in Europe during the world war 2. It is about her life the way she lived and the problems she faced. She also commented on the people who shared their hiding space.

8. The Blue Umbrella by Rusking Bond:-

The Blue Umbrella is a story of Binya, a young girl from the village living an ordinary life. One day, she come across some people who had an blue umbrella. As she saw the umbrella she liked it so much and she wanted it. The people asked for her lucky charm in exchange for umbrella she readily gave it to them. She took that umbrella everywhere with her. Soon umbrella became talk of the village some people liked it some were envious. The village shopkeeper also was obsessed with umbrella and want it at any cost. The umbrella brings various adventures in her life and teach her the ultimate lesson of kindness, sacrifice and letting go.

9. Chronicles Of The Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry:-

Corpse bearer is narrated by Phizore Elchidana, he is the son of respected priest he decides to the work with the community who manages the corpse, knowing that he would be part of a sub-community treated poorly and with disdain. They are considered to be untouchable who deal with the corpse and are in contact with dead. He is very much a corpse bearer who walk long distance in the cities to collect corpse and prepare them for funeral and their final journey into the tower. The Phizore does this because he loved Sepidah a daughter of a corpse bearer and wanted to marry her.

10. The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy:-

The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with chrome tailfins is stranded on the highway amid a Marxist workers' demonstration. Inside the car sit two-egg twins Rahel and Esthappen, and so begins their tale. .

Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, they fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family--their lonely, lovely mother, Ammu (who loves by night the man her children love by day), their blind grandmother, Mammachi (who plays Handel on her violin), their beloved uncle Chacko (Rhodes scholar, pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher), their enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grandaunt), and the ghost of an imperial entomologist's moth (with unusually dense dorsal tufts). When their English cousin, Sophie Mol, and her mother, Margaret Kochamma, arrive on a Christmas visit, Esthappen and Rahel learn that Things Can Change in a Day.

 That lives can twist into new, ugly shapes, even cease forever, beside their river "graygreen." With fish in it. With the sky and trees in it. And at night, the broken yellow moon in it. The brilliantly plotted story uncoils with an agonizing sense of foreboding and inevitability. Yet nothing prepares you for what lies at the heart of it. The God of Skmall Things takes on the Big Themes--Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite Joy. Here is a writer who dares to break the rules. To dislocate received rhythms and create the language she requires, a language that is at once classical and unprecedented. Arundhati Roy has given us a book that is anchored to anguish, but fueled by wit and magic