Books are one of the major parts of human life. Books are also considered as the third eye of humans. Every year 2.2 Million books are published all over the world. Some of the books become popular due to their content and knowledge. These books give knowledge and change the ways of people thinking from different perspectives. Some books also change society and communities through knowledge and wisdom inside them. Everyday many people search on google to look for the best books to read. After many research, we found the best books to read in 2020.
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Here are the top 10 best books to read in 2020:
10. The Kite Runner
The Kite runner is one of the best and first novels written by Afgan-American author and Physician Khaled Hosseini. This novel was published by Riverhead Books on May 29, 2003. The novel was published in the English language. The total pages in this novel are 372. The story of this novel is set under the tumultuous events when Afghanistan’s Monarchy is fallen down and the rise of the Taliban Regime.
This novel tells the story of Amir and who lives in Wazir Akbar Khan District of Afganistan and his closest friend is Hassan. Basically, this novel shows the Father-Son relationship story and gives some importance to familial aspects of the narrative that he continue as an element later in his works.
This novel became the bestseller after being published and become very popular in the book Clubs. It became the number one book in the New York Times for two years with seven billion copies sold in the United States. This novel gains many positive reviews somehow its drew some significant Controversy in Afghanistan but this novel is placed as one of the best Novel books in the world.
9. Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs is a famous biography book written by a famous American analyst, author, journalist, historian and professor Walter Isaacson at the request of Steve Jobs. This biography is totally based on Steve jobs. This book is published by Simon & Schuster on October 24, 2011. There are 656 total pages in this book. This book is written after more than forty interviews with Jobs. More than one hundred family members, friends and competitors interviews are taken to access the Jobs life.
Steve Jobs’s movie is also released on October 9, 2015, about Jobs’s life. Steve Jobs is one of the top inventors of the ’90s. He became the most successful CEO of Apple and also the founder of Apple company. He makes the Apple Corporation one of the top Technological company in the world. This biography book is published to motivate people by Steve Jobs’s life.
8. How to win friends and influence People
How to win friends and influence people is also the best motivational book written by the famous American writer and lecturer Dale Carnegie. The book is about how can we win friends and influence people by many rules and principles mention by authors. This book is published by Simon and Schuster in October 1936. You can learn the Twelve important lessons from this book. You can make friends and influence people quickly and easily with the help of this book.
This book also helps you to increase your confidence in speaking, way of your thinking, popularity and many other things. This book also gives lessons about how to be a great leader, speaker, influencer and also described the seven rules to making your home life happier. The ideas given by the authors through this book are practical in life and every rule and principle described in this book are by real sets of example and there are 291 total pages in this book.
This book sells more than 30 million copies all over the world and becomes one of the best selling books of all time. Time Magazine’s place this book in the list of 100 most influential books. This book is written by all the experiences in the Authors life. In our view, this is the best book to change our way of thinking and life in magical ways.
7. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A brief history of humankind is the best book about the evolution and history of humanity from the Stone Age to the Twenty-first Century. This book is written by an Israeli historian and public intellectual Yuval Noah Harari. This non-fiction book is published in 2011 on the Hebrew language and later in 2014, this book is also published in the English language. The author of this book is a professor in the Department of history at the Hebrew University at Jerusalem.
This book based on the survey of the history of humankind. In this book, the author has divided the history of sapiens into four major parts. Harari’s explain all the aspects of human evolution. The Authors also described all the imagination by humans such as gods, nation, money, and human rights and said that these things help to raise discrimination in our society.
This book was translated into 45 languages and this book made the place to The New York Times best-seller list. This book also won the National Library of China’s Wenjin Book Award for the best book in 2014 and this non-fiction book also gains many positive reviews from the readers and becomes one of the best books in the world.
6. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad is one of the best powerful motivational book written by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter in 1997. This book gives knowledge about financial independence. The book was published by Warner Books Ed on April 1, 2000. It also helps you to increase your personal finance, entrepreneurship, business, investing skills and economic status. This book also highlights the importance of financial independence, financial education, investing in assets, real estate, own business as well as financial intelligence. The total pages in this book are 207.
This book is written in sets of parables style based on the author’s life. The tittle Rich Dad is not his actual father. He is his friend’s father who is very good at his financial status. His actual father is very poor at his financial status. Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the book gives many examples of this both fathers and helps us to know about the importance of financial independence.
This book is printed in more than 51 languages all around the world and sold over more than 32 million copies in more than 109 countries. This book is in the best seller’s books for over six years in the New York Times and becomes the best and popular book all over the world.
5. The Green Mile
The Green Mile is a famous serial novel, written by American writer Stephen King. Stephen King is a famous horror, suspense, science-fiction, supernatural fiction and fantasy novel writer in an America. This Novel was published by Signet Books on March 28, 1996. The Novel was released in Six volumes and there are six major characters in this novel and many minor characters.
Basically it tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe’s meets john Coffey and an unusual inmate which shows inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The Green Mile book is awarded by the Bram Stoker award for the best novel in the year 1996. This novel was also nominated for the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award for the best novels. This is the best-loved novel in the UK and was listed on the BBC’s The Big Read Poll in 2003. This Novel Book is also the best book to read.
4. Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich is one of the best books in the fields of personal development and self-development which is written by famous American self-help author Napoleon Hill in 1937. The publisher of this book is the Ralston society. This book teaches us 14 principles of getting success in life. This book is written by the 25 years of research among more than 500 most successful people in America. This book tells every lesson to be successful in life.
In this book, there are some laws and habits of successful people that are described in detail. The total pages in this book are 238. Every lesson in this book has a different real story and example which really touch our heart and motivates us from the deep of our heart. Some of the major topics of this book are desire, faith, thoughts are things, specialized knowledge, imagination, organized planning, decision, power of the mastermind and many more. These powerful topics and lessons in this book really help the learner and reader to be a success in their life. This is the best book and We should read this book at least once in our life.
3. Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel which is written by English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic George Orwell. This novel is published by Secker & Warburg on 8 June 1949. This novel has a story based on the government which totally follows totalitarianism, mass surveillance and restrict all the facilities and human rights of the people. This novel also expresses the role of truth and facts the communist government and politics with their manipulation.
The novel is totally based on the imagination of the year 1984 and the story shows that how people are treated by the cruel government called a big brother and all the people trekked under mass surveillance. People are restricted to love someone and have to control their emotions and energy to help the government and under these situations, the story is based on one character named Winston Smith. The story is really very interesting in this novel. The total pages in this novel are 328.
Popular magazine Time includes this novel on its best 100 English novel lists from 1923 to 2005. This novel has collected many awards from all around the countries in the world. NRP Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy is one of the major awards wins by this Novel Books and in our opinion, you must read this best book at least once in your life.
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
To kill a mockingbird is one of the best and famous novels in America written by Harper Lee. This novel was published by J.B. Lippincott & Co. on July 11, 1960. This novel becomes popular due to its warmth and humor. This novel also deals with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality in America. The characters set in this novel are based on the harper lee’s observations of her family, neighbors, and events that happened near her hometown in 1936.
This novel is probably the widely read book that really deals with race in America. After the publication of this novel becomes instantly successful and most widely read in middle schools and high schools in the US. This novel has become a classic of modern American literature. The Author of this novel is awarded by many awards and this novel is one of the best novels in America among all people.
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is a worldwide famous fantasy novel written by famous British author J.K. Rowling. This book was first published in Uk by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997. Later on 1 September 1998, Arthur A.Levine/Scholastic in the US and Raincoast in Canada. This is the first book of the entire Harry Potter book series. Harry Potter is a science fiction and fantasy novel series.
The story is about a boy named Harry Potter and he lives around the people who don’t love to live with him. When he turns to eleven, he knew that he is wizards then he is taken to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry to learn and then the story of this litter boy begins. Harry Potter makes many friends and enemies in this school. Many of his enemies want to kill Harry Potter.
The Author of this novel book writes this with an amazing imagination and fantasy stories. Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone is the fourth best selling book in the world with over more than 120 million copies sells all across the world. For amazing fantasy stories, you must read this best book of all time.
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Final words
In this article, we have listed the top 10 best books to read in 2020. We hope these books give some knowledge and help to broaden your vision. Some of the books on our list also change your life and change the ways of thinking. These books also help to develop your personality. We hope, you will love these books. Make a comment down on the comment box about your favorite book.
