Making a reading list for the New Year? Here are a few must read books from 2022 that you need to look at. Also, do drop in your recommendations.
It’s that time of year again – the time to look back and retrospect and plan for the future. So, here’s a look at a few must read books from 2022 that should be on your reading list for the coming year, that is if you already haven’t read them.
Ranging from a memoir to a book on the communication system in the animal kingdom – this year saw some remarkable work. Books that can inspire clear communication on multiple fronts.
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
We have time and again heard about how Social Media can have far-reaching effects on the human psyche, especially for the younger generation. The Chaos Machine not only builds on this premise but highlights how platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and more have “preyed on psychological frailties” to create algorithms that encourage extreme opinions and actions.
The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet by Nell McShane Wulfhart
If the name isn’t intriguing enough, the summary will do the trick. It was the 60s, aviation was all the rage and women aspired to be ‘Sky Girls’. But as the number of air stewardesses increased so did restrictions on their looks, weight, and appearance. Only when a group of courageous women began fighting back against these superficial and arbitrary rules, did the labour union do something to change it. These women were crucial in determining the future of the working women’s rights movement and The Great Stewardess Rebellion captures how.
Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life by Jonathan Lear
With negative news plaguing our existence every single day, Jonathan Lear gives more than one reason to hope in his book. Imagining the End dwells on the “role of the humanities in expanding our imaginative and emotional repertoire.” In a contextual way, Lear urges the reader to look at life’s losses with a hopeful lens.
Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication by Vanessa Van Edwards
This book goes beyond the usual how-to communicate better premise by adding a layer of body language cues to it. What posture projects leadership? Which vocal cues make one sound more confident? How to communicate not just with words but also with your body language to create a deeper impact on your audience? All these questions & more are answered in this book by Vanessa Van Edwards in her book Cues.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a book about love. Spread across a few decades, the novel centers around the lives of Sam and Saddie and their immense love for gaming. Gabrielle Zevin’s book examines various humane themes such as failures, disability, and individual identity.
Each of these books belongs to a different genre and has been deemed as writing marvels. Be it the positive encouragement seen in ‘Imagining the End’, the brute courage of ‘The Great Stewardess Rebellion,’ or the extremely helpful tips in ‘Cues’ – every book has a lot to learn from.
Tell us which were your favourite books from the year and what made it to the reading list of 2023.
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