r/BettermentBookClub • u/Ezemagna • 16h ago

Reading Books

Growing up, reading books was only for exams. I have tried for while to read books outside school, especially self-help books. Heaven knows I need more structured knowledge.

Am in a 9-5 job now and have so much to prove. I still want to be able to read multiple books a year if possible. Everytime and again I get excited with some books in my Kindle library. A month or too later I go back to the dusty pages

What works? Surely there is a way

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u/JazzFan1998 16h ago

You might benefit for "Atomic Habits" by James Clear

Set aside time to read regularly, and read what you like, It should be enjoyable, not a chore. I've been reading as an adult for ~ 32 consecutive years.

Here's a few of my favorites:

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 

Great Expectations Charles Dickens

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorn

The Last of the Mohicans James F Cooper

Timeline Micheal Creighton

The DaVinci code by Dan Brown

A World Lit only by Fire William Manchester 

Against the Gods Peter Bernstein 

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

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u/Ezemagna 16h ago

Thank you for the recommendations. Let me start with "Atomic Habits" 👍

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u/JazzFan1998 16h ago

OK, I'll let you. /s 🤣 

My recommendations were the Crème de la crème of my completed books list. Enjoy.