Reading

The last one year of #Covid19 has brought massive changes in the way we live and approach life. I also experienced a tectonic shift during these times:- in my #reading habit !
Thanks to a combination of #Kindle, #Audible and the good old #Paperback - I found myself plunging into a diverse genres of #books. Looking back, this reading (and listening!) has given me much needed #Hope, #Inspiration and #Learning. Here's the list of these adventures :) :

1. Atomic Habits - J Clear
2. Sapiens - Y N Harari
3. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century - Y N Harari
4. Ikigai - Garcia & Miralles
5. Artifical Intelligence - HBR
6. The Outsiders - W Thorndike
7. Homo Deus - Y N Harari
8. The Audacity of Hope - B Obama
9. A Promised Land - B Obama
10. Calm World - Fraser & Ranpura
11. The 5am Club - R Sharma
12. The Remains of the Day - K Ishiguro
13. Johnathan Livingston Seagull - R Bach
14. A Brief History of Time - S Hawking
15. How to avoid a Climate Disaster - B Gates
16. The Psychology of Money - M Housel
17. Britt-Marie was here - F Backman
18. The History of Bees - M Lunde
19. Putin's People - C Belton
20. Man's Search for Meaning - V Frankl
21. A Man called Ove - F Backman
22. The Boys in the Boat - D J Brown
23. Ten Lessons from a Post Pandemic World - F Zakaria

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Just a small thought on 'audible' books. I think why they work is because they connect to our childhoods - when our elders would read the books / stories to us - and we would be transported into an imaginary world.. 

Sometimes when something connects to our happy memories - they work well. A brand like 'Paper Boat" has also utilized this insight in another category!

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(First Published on LinkedIn in April 2021)