5 inspiring books you have to read

We all have ups and downs in life. We all need motivation from time to time.

Well! There are several ways by which we get motivated. Few find their motivation through meditation while others may derive it from their day-to-day struggle. Books are source of immense knowledge, great wisdom, influential thoughts and motivational talks. We can not overlook at the role of books which keep us motivated all the time.

Here is a list of the 5 motivational books to inspire you.

1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the author of The Alchemist, one of the  best-selling books in history. The book was originally written in Portuguese and has been translated to over 80 languages. The book teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts and following our dreams.

2. 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez’s great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy with comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century.

3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.

4. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan-and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and beloved works of fiction in recent years.

5. The Stranger by Albert Camus

Albert Camus’s spare, laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in Algeria is famous for having diagnosed, with a clarity almost scientific, that condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life.

Possessing both the force of a parable and the excitement of a perfectly executed thriller, The Stranger is the work of one of the most engaged and intellectually alert writers of the past century.

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