'Tis the season to be jolly, and also that of book recommendations. And so I thought I would recommend 7 books that I believe could genuinely change your life in 2025. As a bonus, I have deliberately excluded any self-help books. Not because I have anything against them, but just because they tend to dominate lists like these, and I wanted to do something a little different.
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Links:
Deceit, Desire, and the Novel: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deceit-Desire-Novel-Literary-Structure/dp/0801818303
The Plague: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plague-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141185139
Dostoevsky: a Writer in His Time: https://shorturl.at/ydGtW
Nicomachean ethics: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8438/8438-h/8438-h.htm
The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dangerous-Life-Ideas-Diogenes-Cynic/dp/0197666353
On Love: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/53720/53720-h/53720-h.htm
The Burnout Society: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Burnout-Society-Byung-Chul-Han/dp/0804795096
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