The Best Books I’ve Read So Far This Year
Fiction and nonfiction titles to make you think
It’s the end of March, which means one quarter of the year is gone already. They weren’t kidding when they said time seems to move faster as you get older. I never feel like I have enough time in my day to do everything I need and want to do.
I do, however, make time for reading every day. I’ve read 15 books so far this year, although many of them were actually finishing a Buddhist course I started in 2022, so it’s a bit off. Although they were amazing, I’m not including any of them here since they aren’t going to be especially interesting to a lay reader.
These are the ones that make the list as the best so far in nonfiction and fiction:
Nonfiction
The 5 Second Rule — Mel Robbins. Mel is my new jam. I came across the 5-second concept a while ago, but only now have gotten around to reading the book. The premise is simple: that when our mind thinks of doing something, we have 5 seconds before that thought gets hijacked by an emotion. Not a problem, except when that emotion is fear, or simply “not feeling like” doing the thing, leading to a barrage of very rational-sounding excuses that prevent us from moving forward. Mel’s rule is, as soon as you think the thought, to count backwards…
