I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone tell me “I don’t like to read … I can’t finish a book … It’s hard for me to focus … I prefer listening or watching … I am a visual learner.” In fact, I felt this way at some point also. Particularly around the time when I was a student in high school and the books on the mandatory reading lists simply didn’t resonate with me. As a kid, I always enjoyed reading [and writing] but once I felt forced into reading – I convinced myself that reading was just not my thing. “I am a visual learner” was particularly the cool thing to say.
The reality is it’s not that you don’t like to read or that you can’t focus … you just haven’t found the right book. And when I hear the same narrative from “visual learners,” I quote J.K. Rowling: If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.
Think about your absolute favorite hobby, your favorite celebrity, or sport. Something you are really passionate about at a given point in time. You know, the kind of thing that would make you impulsively buy anything associated with it. I am willing to bet money that if I gave you a well-written book about it – you’d read it! Anyway, I won’t spend too much time convincing you because since you are here … you are probably a reader already. The reader in me was re-born in college when I was reading during my commutes and during my breaks. I was reading a lot. So much so that I was even learning and practicing speed reading. And I was reading so much because I was reading the things that I wanted to read.
I recently asked my audience to recommend page-turning books as I am always expanding my own library. As much as I love reading informative, non-fiction books … I also love reading to get away from reality. To enter another dimension. To “live in someone else’s shoes.” Here are some of my favorite page-turners that I finished in less than 3 days. I already posted my list of must-reads for your next flight so make sure to save those, too. And on the bottom of this page, you will also find a long list of recommendations from my readers and followers. If you’d like to recommend another book – please leave a comment!
Elona’s page-turning book recommendations for April 2021:
Contents
- 1 Elona’s page-turning book recommendations for April 2021:
- 2 Evicted by Matthew Desmond
- 3 Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
- 4 I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
- 5 The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
- 6 Page-turning books recommended by fellow readers:
- 7 The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
- 8 Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- 9 Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
- 10 Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- 11 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- 12 Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
- 13 The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- 14 The Shoemakers Wife by Adriana Trigiani
- 15 It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
- 16 Becoming Michelle Obama
- 17 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- 18 Mystic’s Musings by y Sadhguru
- 19 The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
- 20 The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
- 21 Ugly Love Collen Hoover
- 22 The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
- 23 The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- 24 The Namesake by Adrienne Young
- 25 Verity by Colleen Hoover
- 26 Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- 27 The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- 28 Unfinished by Priyanka Chopra Jonas
- 29 Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan
- 30 Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- 31 Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
- 32 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- 33 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- 34 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- 35 Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- 36 The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
- 37 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- 38 1984 by George Orwell
- 39 A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
- 40 Educated by Tara Westover
- 41 The Archer by Paulo Coelho
- 42 Children of Blood snd Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
- 43 The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- 44 The Why Cafe by John Strelecky
- 45 Conscious Capitalism by Rajendra Sisodia
- 46 Conscious Leadership by John Mackey, Steve Mcintosh, Carter Phipps
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Page-turning books recommended by fellow readers:
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
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Scythe by Neal Shusterman
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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
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Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
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The Shoemakers Wife by Adriana Trigiani
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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
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Becoming Michelle Obama
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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
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Mystic’s Musings by y
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The Girl with the Louding Voice by
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The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
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Ugly Love Collen Hoover
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The Geography of Bliss by
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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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The Namesake by Adrienne Young
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Verity by Colleen Hoover
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Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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The Sympathizer by
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Unfinished by Priyanka Chopra Jonas
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Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan
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Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by
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The Kite Runner by
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by
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Silent Patient by
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The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
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The Four Agreements by
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1984 by George Orwell
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A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
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Educated by Tara Westover
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The Archer by Paulo Coelho
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Children of Blood snd Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
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The Body Keeps the Score by
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The Why Cafe by John Strelecky
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Conscious Capitalism by Rajendra Sisodia
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Conscious Leadership by
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