Reading for classes can be tedious, repetitive and overwhelming. Because of that, you may not want to read in your spare time during the school year.
However, reading can be a way of traveling on magical adventures through fantasy, experiencing or understanding love through a romance novel, bettering ourselves with motivational and inspirational words or improving financial situations.
The following novels are all of different genres to pique the interests of different readers. These novels are meant to be fun, interesting and experimental reads. Through these, there will be enlightenment, excitement and, for the romantics, a little heartbreak.
- “Six of Crows” by Leigh Bardugo. This is a stand-alone young adult novel for fantasy lovers and fanatics featuring a heist that will change your life. This book is set in the Grishaverse, where Kaz Brekker and his band of misfits, Jesper, Inej, Wylan, Nina and Matthias follow greed down a slippery slope. I hope you enjoy following these six members as they embark on their thrilling journey. Along the way, try to appreciate and understand world-building as this universe expands into other novels by Bardugo.
- “Love In The Time of Serial Killers” by Alicia Thompson. This is a novel for the hopeless romantics on campus. This story follows Phoebe Walsh as she struggles to juggle her dissertation topic for her PhD, familial ties related to her brother and her late father, and her obsession with true crime that leads her to her neighbor Sam Dennings, a suspected serial killer. This is a novel where you’ll fall criminally in love with its witty banter and the personality of the characters.
- “The Mountain Is You” by Brianna Wiest. Sometimes our biggest enemy is ourselves, and Brianna Wiest recognizes and writes about the ways that we can take self-sabotaging behaviors such as procrastination (hope you can relate) and turn them into self-mastery. As Wiest writes, one of the first steps of growth is realizing why our roots are no longer growing, and acknowledging that we can be the cause of the damage to our roots.
- “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki. Finance majors: this one’s especially for you, it may add value to your net worth. This book is great if you’re looking to learn more about financial management or financial literacy. Throughout this novel, you’ll learn about finances alongside the author as he explains how his “rich dad” taught him and his friends how to be more financially responsible and how to build and accumulate wealth. As a college student, this book can help you with saving for future trips, studying abroad or even just adding more to savings accounts.
I hope these books take you somewhere far away from the confines, stresses and hassles of this semester. Have fun with these books, and explore more books within these genres if you like them. Happy reading!
Commentary Writer Tazha Mattingly can be reached at [email protected].
