It is the new year and Covid has definitely given us lots of opportunities to stay home and indulge ourselves in hobbies such as reading.
Here is my list of books that I intend to read in 2022.
1. Atomic Habits
This is a New York Times #1 Bestseller by James Clear. Packed with different self-improvement strategies, the book is meant to bring about changes in your life through tiny changes that you can make. Lessons from the book can be found.
Amazon is having an offer right now and you can get the book through this link: Atomic Habits: The life-changing million copy bestseller2. Genghis Khan: And the Making of the Modern World
Highly recommended by various people, this book is an epic tale of how Genghis Khan rises from a small tribe to become ruler of a vast empire, conquering more lands than the Romans did in a much shorter time. This revisionist history depicts Genghis Khan as a progressive, tolerant leader who abolished torture, and provided almost universal religious freedom. In fact, many of the Mongols were either Christian, Muslims or Buddhists.
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Genghis Khan: And the Making of the Modern World 3. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro is probably one of my favorite authors and have read almost every single book of his. Unfortunately, have yet to read this book of his.
4. Has China Won?
The title of this book is intriguing enough. And it is written by Kishore Mahbubani who wrote Can Asians Think? Having read his earlier books, I think this will make for an interesting read given his previous experience in Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He actually rose to the rank of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is actually the highest ranking civil servant just below the minister. So his knowledge of the issues at hand are definitely worth a read.
5. The Audacity of Hope
Well, it has been quite a few years since Barack Obama has stepped down as President of the United States of America. And this book which became the best seller in 2006 has been on my reading list. But this year, I intend to complete it. I am currently at Chapter 2 of the book.
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