Books are the best companions that anyone can have in their life. It does not only help us gain knowledge but it also contributes to the growth of human beings as part of a dialectical and gradual process. Reading books helps us in several ways. It helps us explore different domains that go beyond that typical physical reality. It helps us escape from the mundane world and enjoy peacefulness and calmness that eventually helps us attain mental peace and harmony. If you are one of those people who grab a book whenever they feel low or they just want to experience a glimpse of the parallel universe made out of imagination, then this article is for you. Take a quick look at the list of 5 best books that help us grow.

1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

It is one of those books that will give you an overall impression of the experiences of exploration. It also inspires human beings to grow further as better versions of themselves. It is a short read yet full of impactful ideas and moral views that takes the readers to a parallel universe and urges them to do better for themselves and for the world.

2. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

This book gives a complete overview of the history of our species from a different perspective that engages the readers throughout their whole process of reading the book and makes them thoughtful about the world along with the creation of the universe.

3.The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

This book has a huge contribution in helping people to make proper decisions in their lives. The whole book contains 99 short chapters consisting of the common thinking errors people make and how they affect in a long run. It includes issues like how envy and social distortions affeceffect human behaviour and how they can be changed for good.

4. Think and Grow Rich by Nepolion Hill

This book is one of the most remarkable self-improvement and self-assessment books that helps people understand the drawbacks of their characteristics and make proper decisions accordingly. The author has introduced 16 laws that can be applied to achieve success along with 13 principles in order to form a “philosophy of achievement”.

5. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

This novel is a seminal African narrative that portrays the gradual yet effective process through which the African continent had been colonized by the Europeans during the late 19th century. Through the description of a few characters this novel depicts a larger picture of colonialism that is not only confined in Africa but it also represents the reality of all the third world colonized countries in a wider manner. Everyone should at least have a minimum amount of knowledge regarding how colonialism as a dialectical process had taken over almost the whole world and this book can be the absolute representative of the colonial picture that the colonized nations had to face over ages.

Needless to mention, everyone should go about reading according to their own choice and wish but these are some of the books that should take place in each and every book shelf across the globe for they represent the world in a better way and help human beings grow and evolve in a better manner.

-Suvasree Bandyopadhyay