Book suggestions for someone trying to build a reading habit?
I’m trying to build a proper reading habit.
For the last few years, I kept buying a lot of self-help / tech / startup-related books, but I rarely finished them. I’d either leave them halfway or stop after a few chapters. So now I’m trying to first build the habit of reading itself, instead of forcing myself through “productive” books.
Recently, I finished Norwegian Wood by Murakami and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, and I liked both.
What should I read next?
I don’t want pure fiction for the sake of fiction. I’m looking for books with an interesting story, but also something that makes me think philosophically, emotionally, politically, or just about life in general.
I’m also interested in history, geopolitics, and politics, so I’d love suggestions that are engaging but also make me feel like I’m learning something useful about the world.
Open to literary fiction, historical fiction, political novels, narrative nonfiction, memoirs, or anything that sits somewhere between story and reflection.