Books To Read While Social Distancing

#5 Angels and Demons (Robert Langdon series #1) by Dan Brown

Angels and Demons is a crime thriller novel written by Dan Brown. When scientist Leonardo Vetra was murdered by an assassin and branded with a mysterious symbol. Kohler, the head of CERN contacts an American symbolist, Robert Langdon. Later they found that Vetra was researching on antimatter. Which if comes in contact with any matter (even air) then it will react resulting an explosion thousand times of a nuclear reaction. In Rome, the College of Cardinals assembled to elect the new pope. But the assassin kidnapped four of the cardinals and leaves Langdon with some clue to find the secret enemy. Each movement brings a twist and turns in the plot. This book is a fast-paced, must-read thriller.
My Ratings-B
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#4 The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma

The monk who sold his Ferrari is a self-help novel inspired by the Buddhism culture written by Robin Sharma. Nowadays when people move towards success, they forget to take care of their health. This book tells about some ancient tricks to remain healthy which you can perform during social distancing. This book is derived from the personal experience of Robin Sharma as a lawyer which was similar to the character of Julian Mantle in this book. The book develops around two characters, Julian Mantle and his best friend John, in the form of conversation. In the conversation, Julian tells John about his journey to Himalaya. This book is a must-read.

My Ratings: A-

#3  Atomic Habits by James Clear

Atomic Habits is a non-fiction, self-help novel by James Clear. This book is about the tiny changes that’ll transform your life. This is a book which you can read while social distancing to adopt good habits and get rid of bad ones. The best thing in this book is that it describes some better alternative methods of some habits which most people adopt to become successful. Like James Clear, says that if you want remarkable result then forget about goal setting focus on your system instead. I’ll recommend that you should definitely read this book once.

My Ratings: B

#2 The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian is a science fiction novel by Andy Weir. This book is set in future. It is about Mark Watney who went to mars with a crew. Sadly, a wind storm separated him from his crew and then his crew lefts him alone in mars thinking that he is dead. Now, Mark has to survive for more than 500 days on mars. He has enough food, water and air to survive for 6 months but how he managed to survive is very exciting to read. There are many twists and surprises in this novel and a few one-liner jokes which make this book more enjoyable. This book was also adapted as a movie in 2015. That is one of the best adaptions I have ever watched but still, I'll recommend that first read this book.

My Ratings: A-

#1 Life of Pi by Yann Mantle

Life of Pi is a fantasy novel written by Yarn Mantle. This novel is about the conversation of the writer and Piscine Molitor Patel or Pi Patel. In this conversation, Pi tells him about some awful events of his life. Patel was born in Pondicherry, India. He lived with his parents and his brother Ravi. Also, his father owns a zoo in Pondicherry. When Pi was 16 years old he and his family sailed to Canada by a ship. However the ship sank and the only survivors were Pi himself, a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal Tiger. This book was also adapted as a movie in 2010 directed by Ang Lee.

My Ratings: A-

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