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The Non-Fiction Best Sellers as Deemed by NY Times

In : Autobiography, Education, Posted by admin on Jul.07, 2010

kinds of booksBookworms are the best people reading this blog. Again, there are those who love to just know about books and understand the subject rather than just delving deep into the storyline. Knowing the crux is fine with them. There are various kinds of books that different people want to read. The genres are different, the writing styles are different and these books come from across the world and not necessarily from just one part of the earth. If you are one of the avid readers what is your taste in books? DO you still love the fictions and the comics that you delved into when in school or have you grown up to the more factitious books?

No matter what books you read they are divided into some categories. You can find the various fiction and non fiction books. Again, among these there are variations. Take for example the books on autism are hardcore fact based books. What about the books on finance and real-estate. They speak all industry and smell of technical words and information. Then you have the technical books, the manuals, the collection of notes and much more which are ingrained in the facts and hardly treads the path of fiction.

Again, fiction is loved by many as these books take you off the pains of the world as long as you read the book. It is definitely an amazing experience to go back to a fairy tale or just a romantic comedy. However, non fiction is loved by many and we have a nice list of nonfiction books here for you to relish and read.

Check out the hardcore fictions

ü  Fly Away Home – Jennifer Weiner

ü  The Search – Nora Roberts

ü  Private – Maxine Paetro and James Patterson

ü  The Help – Kathryn Stockett and

ü  The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest from Stieg Larsson

Now you will relish the best of the non fiction books available

ü  War - Sebastian Junger

ü  The Big Short - Michael Lewis

ü  —- My Dad Says - Justin Halpern

ü  The Obama Diaries - Laura Ingraham

ü  Medium Raw - Anthony Bourdain

Some of paperback non fictions rated by the New York Times are:

ü  My Horizontal Life – Chelsea Handler

ü  Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea – Chelsea Handler

ü  Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert

ü  Three Cups Of Tea – Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

ü  The Glass Castle – Jeannette Walls

These books that have been listed above are the best and recommended by the NY Times. Reading books not only entertains but also imparts knowledge that you are going to share and feel good throughout your life. Books are the best assets that man can have.



Books Can Be Your Best Friends

In : Autobiography, Education, Posted by admin on Jul.07, 2010

Non Fiction The first source of knowledge that any child gets is from a book. Starting from the children’s nursery rhyme books to the introduction to alphabets, animal’s colors and much more, books are the first source of knowledge. Though the age of the internet is catching up fast, we still see parents introducing a child to books before they learn what the computer and the net is all about. It is extremely important to bon well with books in the initial years. The memory is said to be at its bets it helps the reader to grasp maximum amount of knowledge. Thus in your childhood, memorizing was easier. Now if you try doing the same, it would take a lot of time to do what you would have when you were just a child.

There are various kinds of books that a child may read. The kindergarten kids love their color books and drawing books. They are in awe of the birds and animals that they are introduced to. It is an amazing experience for these kids as they are the best to understand what they love. Again, the process of growing up is fast, Thus, with the passing time it becomes more and more interesting for a young man or woman to choose their genre of reading. The tie remains between the fiction and the non fiction books. It is seen that girls would go for the adventures and the romantic novels while boys would settle for something different. It is a trend as the mind and the thought process remains different.

Non fiction books are read when a child grows older and takes interest in the world away from the fantasy land that they dwelled in their childhood. It is imperative that one reads non fiction to know the world. There are many who love chewing on the fact-based books. They love to read personalities and autobiographies. That helps them imbibe the good and also widen their outlook. That is a great way to grow as a human being based on the variety of books you read. The best part is autobiographies expose you to the happenings around the world and a variety of personal experiences. These are great teachers for you the journey called life.

Some of the best autobiographical novels that can become your best friends for life can be the following:

  • Charles Dickens – David Copperfield (1850)
  • Leo Tolstoy – Boyhood (1854)
  • Samuel Butler – The Way of All Flesh (1903)
  • James Joyce – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)
  • Graham Greene – The End of the Affair (1951)
  • James Agee – A Death in the Family (1957)
  • George Borrow – Lavengro (1851)
  • Charles Dickens – Great Expectations (1860
  • Ayn Rand – We, the Living (1936)
  • Somerset Maugham – Of Human Bondage (1915)