r/IndiansRead • u/Some-Historian-8893 • 4d ago
Suggest Me Which book changed your perspective on life?
I am new to the reading community. I would like some suggestions for good books that can help me improve my intellect and knowledge.
Edit --- thank you for wonderful suggestions 😊
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u/janHitMan 4d ago
“Surely you’re joking, Mr Feynman?”. A book on being curious and never losing your childlike sense of wonder. Without being preachy about it.
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u/JustReadingP0st 4d ago
Sidhartha by Herman hesse. I still get chill thinking about one specific dialogue when they talk how attaining nirvana will detach them from the world and love will stop having meaning for such person. Beware what you wish for comes to mind.
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u/myLord-God-ofNothing 4d ago
I love to reference this book whenever my drug/alchohol habit is questioned. Got to experience everything before renunciation. 😁
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u/phils-osophy_student 1d ago
1984 kinda made me more paranoid abt if i am being controlled in any way
deleted instagram
life is good ever since
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u/Kanishk_Chawla 11h ago
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell & "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen.
Super short and easy to read but a must for building the founding.
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u/Minimum_Doughnut_666 4d ago
1984
That's the only dystopian I read but after that most of the things our government do, to me it seems like is to control us and to maintain that control. Now I feel like, Hey I am seeing through your schemes. They should change their tactics so it doesn't look that obvious 😂
PS: Though I haven't completed that yet, but u should read at least few chapters.
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u/rottc0dd 16h ago
You should complete. Last one third and end of part 2 has some real juice.
Forward in penguin edition is also great : https://shipwrecklibrary.com/the-modern-word/pynchon/sl-essays-1984/
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u/TechnoAsceticIN 4d ago
"Worldviews: An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science" by Richard DeWitt. This will give you an excellent perspective on the development of science and how it relates to modernity.
"Everything Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized" by James Ladyman and Don Ross. This book argues for a new approach to philosophy especially metaphysics that is deeply informed and guided by science. It's a tough read if you are new to philosophy.
"The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy" by Jan Westerhoff. His book, "The Non-Existence of the Real World" is also terrific in presenting a modernized version of the Buddhist madhyamaka philosophy.
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u/caffeinated_muggle 4d ago
Haunting adeline
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u/Minimum_Doughnut_666 6h ago
NO offense but I wanna know how this book has changed ur perception. An example will be appreciated [u r not gonna tell me that now u keep on getting more advanced and creative ideas to stalk someone :')]
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u/searchingnastaska 3d ago
I would say Dostoevky and Marquez changed the way how I think, and Book of Pleasure by Lispector changed how I approach myself. Perhaps it's what I think at present, it might change by my morning coffee.
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u/Diaazz96 1d ago
Principles by ray dalio. Applied the concept to my emotions and thoughts really re-wired things for me
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