The Crawdads Sing

This is a best-selling, nonfictional account of traveling and researching Africa’s Kalahari Desert. The story is set in the 1950s and revolves around a young woman named Kya Clark, who is from extremely rural North Carolina. Known by others as the Marsh Girl, she lives alone in nature—but the draw of other people, and specifically love, brings her into contact with the greater world. 

Normal People

Normal People by Sally Rooney charts the relationship between Marianne and Connell, two friends from Carricklea, Ireland. At the beginning of the novel, the friendship between Marianne and Connell begins to develop when Connell regularly picks up his mother from her job working as a housekeeper for Marianne’s family.

The Light We Lost

Jill Santopolo's memoir-style novel The Light We Lost tells the story of Lucy and Gabriel as the fabric of their lives and relationship unravels and brings them back together time and time again. The novel is written in first person through Lucy's perspective.

MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS

Mountains beyond Mountains is the story of Dr. Paul Farmer as told through the author, Tracy Kidder . Kidder shadows Dr. Farmer with his patients, records his stories, and forms a chronology of Dr. Farmer's many achievements. Paul Farmer was born in 1959 and raised in a middle class American household.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century is yet another seminal work by Yuval Noah Harari, which deals with the challenges facing us here and now. He tackles different topics from varying perspectives. Even if you do not agree with everything he says, one thing is for sure - he makes you think.

THE HEADSPACE GUIDE TO MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS

As a former Buddhist monk, he has trained extensively in meditation all over the world for more than 15 years and has been acknowledged as one of the UK’s foremost mindfulness experts. It teaches techniques that can be practiced on a crowded subway or even while wolfing a sandwich.

The Science of Self-Learning

The Science of Self-Learning focuses not only on learning, but what it means to direct your own learning. Learn to deconstruct a topic and then construct your own syllabus and plan. Gathering information, initial research, having a dialogue with new information. It expresses how to unlock these skills, you will unlock your life.