For centuries books have been the greatest reservoir of information, knowledge, and entertainment. It has been the source that enables us to gather some facts, myths, etc. The world has numerous genres of books available that are unique.
It is considered that reading books can help us to develop a strong emotional intelligence and increase our intellect.
Books are known to be the individual’s best friend as whatever we get from books is a lifetime lesson and it stays constantly with us at all times.
One of the most amazing ways to keep your brain engaged in something imaginative, interpretive, calculative, and rational can be the idea of reading books.
A quick read of your favorite book can take away all your stress, help you think creatively, make your sleep cycle better, and help you to keep the brain active as books act as brain food.
It has been observed for years that people who have a habit of reading are the most successful ones in the world. The good habit of reading can help you expand your horizons and can develop a new perspective of understanding things.
Books help you nurture your personality. It can be a bit of a hard task for the newbies to read to choose a suitable book for them. So, to keep you at ease we have picked the best novels to read for beginners.
Best Books to Read For Beginners
1. White Tiger
The author of the book “The White Tiger“ is Aravind Adiga. The plot of the book narrates the story of a self-made and self-declared entrepreneur, Balram Halwai.
It is the tale of the son of a rickshaw driver who with his skills climbs the social ladder of India to come up as a Chauffeur and an accomplished businessman later on.
The life story of Balram is recounted by him in a letter that gives an idea of paying a visit to Wen Jiabao who is a Chinese Official Premier.
The aim of the visit was to Educate Women about Indian entrepreneurship.
The lavish office of Balram is situated in Bangalore city from where he writes the letter but it all started in Laxmangarh, his ancestral rural village.
The family of Balram was very poor and led their lives in the pity of four exploitative landholders who were like animals. Balram’s entire childhood was filled with difficulties but he still manages to perform extremely well in his school.
Because of his distinguishable qualities, he was named “the white tiger” by the visiting school examiner. The nickname means that Balram is intelligent and rare.
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2. The Great Gatsby
The narrator of the story The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway. But actually, the story focuses on a rich and secretive man called Jay Gatsby.
A very strange thing about this mysterious tycoon is that he organizes lavish get-togethers and parties, but he never attends them and his parties are popular.
Nick discovered this when he met Daisy, who is his cousin-sister, and Tom, her husband.
In the latter part, the story shows the unfolded side in which we got to know that Gatsby was familiar with Daisy beforehand.
But at the time when he met her, he was not financially stable, while Daisy was a sophisticated, rich young girl. On his first meeting, he fell for Daisy, and gaining affluence became his plan so that he could become a part of Daisy’s life.
The main reason for conducting grand parties was an effort to fit himself in her world. Gatsby tries his best to make Daisy fall in love and she has become an obsession with him rather than love.
Even after doing all this, it becomes questionable whether Gatsby succeeds and gets back love from Daisy. The author of this book is F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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3. The Palace of Illusions
All new readers must give this book a read. The plot of this book spins around India’s great epic Mahabharata. It is written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
The entire story is narrated by the daughter of Draupad who is known as Draupadi.
It has been a long time since we have heard a female narrator, so this one would hit you differently.
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The tale is retold beautifully by her and lights up the story distinctively that nobody has ever tried to discover. Draupadi had taken birth from fire and had married the five brothers who were the sons of Pandu, called the Pandavas, while concealing a secret love.
Panchali, who is better known as Draupadi, is often blamed for beginning warfare between Pandavas and Kauravas. This war took the lives of many.
It is her story and you must go through it so that you can be aware of the fact why Draupadi is not responsible for all the incidents that resulted in a war.
This plot can surely ignite the spark of reading in you because this new take on a medieval story can build your interest.
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4. The Diary of a Young Girl
The book “The Diary of a Young Girl'' is written by the narrator and the lead of the story is Anne Frank.
We all must be aware of who she is. But still, for people who are unfamiliar with her, she is the girl whose family hid her for a period of two years at the time of the reign of the Nazis in Germany.
Later during their hideout, she was taken away eventually to a concentration camp. The fact will shatter you that Anne took her last breath in the camp and left the world as a teenager.
She used to keep a diary with herself in which she pens down everything whatever she has gone through in a very expressive way.
It has not been found on a lot of particular accounts of the carnages that people suffered under the rule of the Nazis. The most heart-breaking part of this book is that whatever the readers are imbibing is the words of an innocent and guiltless child.
We can just try to feel the pain of that child as we can never experience that in real life.
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5. The God of Small Things
The famous writer Arundhati Roy debuted with the novel “The God of Small Things”. This novel is easy to understand and classic.
The narration of the plot is simple but still remarkable. The plot of the story is set in Kerala and shows the phase of life from childhood and adulthood of the two fraternal twins Esthappen and Rahel.
The story well describes the sophistication of the society of Keralites and the cultural matters faced by them.
The people of Keralite society suffer a lot of barriers like the caste system, communism, and the adoption of living life as a Syrian Christian.
In the mid-way of all of this, we see a lady who is the mother of Rahel and Esthappen. She explains that she is fascinated by the servant of the household.
The name of the house help was Velutha, and he comes from a low-caste background. The plot is an eye-opener for all the people out there who blindly believe in the caste system and think it to be a big thing in the context of India.
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6. Ikigai
We all always wonder about the objective of doing something that takes a lot of time. As we are investing in it, it is important to know the reason behind doing anything.
The same goes for our lives. Just living purposelessly doesn’t land us on a satisfactory and successful note.
Therefore, it becomes significant to gain the idea before getting your hands into something.
Ikigai Consider as one of the best novels for beginners who want to find and follow their passion.
And to explain this the author Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles came up with a self-help and inspirational book called Ikigai.
The story truly questions our purpose in life and the reason behind living it. It also arises the curiosity to know what is there that forces us to wake up daily and the simple answer to this question is your Ikigai.
It is basically a century-old ideology of the Japanese that is associated with the nation’s expectancy of living a long life. The book is the one that can change your life and very well explains the logical solutions to many problems that we face every day.
It helps us to adopt a healthy and good lifestyle and find the purpose of life or Ikigai. Beginners find this book to be easy and comprehensible because of its readability.
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7. Rich Dad Poor Dad
This book is typically for those who want to be an entrepreneur. The writer of Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter quotes the story of Kiyosaki and his life.
This boy has grown up with two dads. One is his father who is a Ph.D. scholar and who gave his all the efforts for his entire life and still failed to achieve financial security.
The other dad who has been talked about in the plot is the dad of Kiyosaki’s friend and he is a rich businessman who has immense wealth and is financially strong.
This book advocates the significance of money and financial education as well as investment. The book shares the thoughts of Kiyosaki on the matter of finances and revolves around the way of managing the assets by both the Rich men and the poor dad.
The book will give you a piece of in-depth knowledge and will help you learn about many life experiences and incidents.
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8. Malgudi Days
This book is surely a masterpiece for all the children coming from Indian families. It will be a moment of nostalgia while reading this book.
The famous author R.K. Narayan has composed this narration in a very simplified way. The book is a perfect treasure box for typical Indian children.
It is a set of 32 short tales that talk about an imaginary place in the Southern part of India called Malgudi.
The best thing about this book is that all the stories are so realistic and will make you dive deep into the ocean of the memories linked with your childhood.
It seems like the stories are not fictional and narrate an actual incident.
It focuses on all the issues in the society that caused trouble to the grown-up generation as well as the matters of consideration that are close to the younger generation.
The book is an amazing compilation that will make you read it till the end and after that, you will wish to read it more and more even after finishing it.
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9. The Kite Runner
The plot talks about two young boys Amir and Hasan who play together and spend their entire day doing this but they are divided by something.
And the reason that divides them is the difference in class and status. Amir is a wealthy Pashtun child while Hasan is the son of the servant.
There is one boy who is a bully and his name is Assef. He taunts Amir very often as he holds a friendship with the servant’s boy.
But Hasan always protects Amir from being bullied. The author Khaled Hosseini, later on, writes about a local kite flying competition in which Amir wins while Hasan runs before the last cut kite and he manages to catch it.
But Hasan is caught by Assef and his evil gang, they all beat and raped Hasan and all of this has been seen by Amir but he doesn’t save Hasan as he is scared.
Amir just can’t forgive himself for this incident and later when he gets the opportunity to raise his voice against the atrocities happening around him. This novel will touch your heart with its emotional connection.
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10. A Thousand Splendid Suns
The book A thousand Splendid Suns is the work of the writer Khaled Hosseini. This book narrates the story of the volatile incidents that happened in Afghanistan in the last 30 years.
It all started with the Soviet incursion to the Taliban rule and then the post-rebuilding of the Taliban.
The plot clearly explains the feelings of fear, faith, hope, and violence in the country.
It is the story of the characters of two generations that were brought together harshly by the tragic arc of the war. The people suffered a lot of struggles to survive, feed their families, and look for happiness.
The story of this book remarkably depicts the tale of Afghanistan in a chronological manner in the last three decades. Like the kite runner, it is also the most loved classic of all time.
The novel shows the true color of the feelings of love, sacrifice, friendship, and family. It is a blend of emotions and endless suffering that the people of Afghanistan have gone through.
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11. To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee has written this novel. The plot deals with unignorable and thoughtful issues like racial inequality and rape cases.
But both such issues will be seen from the perspective of two little kids, Jean Finch and her elder brother Jeremy.
They both live with their father, who is widowed and is a lawyer by professionIn the story, Atticus, the father of kids is supposed to guard a black man who has been accused of raping a white lady..
The entire township is against the black man, but still, Atticus has decided to defend the accused man to serve justice. The tale narrated the harsh truth, intense courage, and melancholic reality of inequality based on race.
This book teaches us that instead of looking at people as the representative of different communities, we must observe them as humans first. To know what happens in the end, readers should read this book at least once.
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12. Norwegian Wood
The book Norwegian Wood is composed by Haruki Murakami, who is a Japanese author. It is one of the best works and is really commendable.
The book can be seen as the journey of healing and therapy. It talks about the story of the first love of a young gentleman.
The people who have just started reading must give this book some time. The tale is based on hopeless and gallant love.
It will bring back your days of young age with its narrative power. It is the plot that moves around Toru Watanabe’s story.
He is a young male who feels shattered after Kizuki, his high school friend, commits suicide. Later, Toru falls for Kizuki’s girlfriend and her name is Naoko.
This girl has isolated herself and stays in her own world. When Naoko is sent to the mental asylum, later feels guilty for Naoko’s death.
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13. Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
This book is the composition of famous Indian author Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik.
His book Sita: An illustrated retelling of the Ramayana catches the attention of the readers with the significant twists that will let them think broadly.
We all know the story of the epic Ramayana and are wholeheartedly aware of the major incidents that happened in that.
But to amaze the readers the writer Dr. Devdutt narrated the story from the point of view of Sita.
It told the entire plot of the Ramayana from the eye view of Sita and her understanding of the events that occurred.
We all have read or watched the Ramayana from an angle that is simple and understandable. But in this book, the story has been framed in such a way that it defines all the logic behind every event.
The story of Sita is portrayed in the book, by playing the role of a loyal and loving wife who followed her husband to the character of a mother who raised her sons as a single parent. Your respect for Sita will be enhanced after reading this book.
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14. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Who doesn’t know the story of Alice? We all are acquainted with it and had read that in the children's literature book.
But this book by Lewis Carroll will help you in gaining a whole new perspective of the story when you read it as an adult.
As a child, our point of view is entirely different compared to that of a grown-up person.
The tale starts when Alice gazes at a rabbit who is white in color and has put on a waistcoat. And when she follows the rabbit, she falls into the hole.
Eventually, on her adventure, she meets many creatures and acquires a lot of experience, and collects a bundle of quests.
While reading this book as an adult you feel it is more like a metaphor and something that will boost the power of imagination. It will make you understand in the end that we are all somewhat mad up to an extent.
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15. Train to Pakistan
The plot of the book begins in a fictional village called Mano Majra which is located at the borderline of India and Pakistan.
The writer Khushwant Singh dynamically covers all the occurrences that have taken place when the thought of partition was given consideration.
It narrated the destructive and heart-wrenching scenes that happened because of the division. India and Pakistan Partition brought major devastation to both the countries and caused extreme havoc.
In the book, a line is mentioned in which it is quoted that Muslims said that all of this was the planning of Hindus and they have started the slaughter. But on the other hand, Hindus claimed that Muslims were solely responsible for all the ruin.
Everyone blamed each other but the irony was both sides were harmed and killed. Neither a Hindu nor a Muslim was spared and both were clubbed and speared. The females were brutally tortured and raped regardless of their religion.
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16. THE SECRET
It is a self-help motivational book that describes the power of thinking positively and out of the box.
The book has been written by Rhonda Byrne. The idea of like attracts like is suggested in this book and the reason for this quote is that if we radiate positive energy then all the positive things of nature will ultimately come to us and will benefit us.
It acts as a magnet to appeal to positive outcomes.
It gives the notion of the law of attraction but also enlightens the fact of visualization and gratitude.
The book The Secret lays stress on positivity and gives the readers the formula of changing themselves to become the best version of themselves. The writer argues that we can attain anything with the supremacy of thoughts.
It totally depends on the strength of our desire that it will be fulfilled or not. This book can help in achieving your goals and bring a change in yourself.
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17. Last Man in Tower
This is another ultimate creation of Aravind Adiga in which the story of two men and their rivalry is shown.
The reason behind the opposition is to own the same flat in the city of Mumbai. The plot shows how a neighbor goes against his neighbor just because he wants to purchase the flat.
Both have their own purpose and reason to participate. The story spins around the topic of greed and power that drive us to take actions that none of us had ever dreamt of.
The opening shows Dharmen Shah who is a developer and an antagonist based in Mumbai. He wants to get a double-story property for making a luxurious place instead of that building named Vishram society.
Shah is a ruthless tycoon who can do anything to achieve his ambitions. He is just money-minded and nothing matters to him except money. Later he meets Masterji or Yogesh Murthy who is an old man even more stubborn than him.
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18. The House on Mango Street
The author of this book is Sandra Cisneros. The plot covers the life of a Chicana girl who is young and living in a needy neighborhood.
The name of the girl is Esperanza Cordero and she lives with her parents and has 3 siblings. The story shows how the girl and her family started living on Mango Street.
Her family had moved from a building made of crumbling bricks and was quite small.
The family always wished for a house as they had been moving from one place to another in search of a home.
The house on Mango Street is their own house but their moving doesn’t end here. It was just a temporary one but importantly better than their previous dwellings.
Esperanza dreams of a house that is displayed on the TV, a one made of wood with many trees and a big yard. She later finds herself suffocating in the house located at Mango Street and desires to run away.
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Conclusion
Books are the source of knowledge that stays with us forever. It is found that people who are into reading have a different mental state that is entirely way above that of normal people.
Because of a continuous habit of reading books, they have acquired the intelligence level to comprehend complex situations and the circumstances that demand high intellect.
Often people are fascinated by authors and their works due to which they start reading books.
But the reason behind developing this habit is not important, the thing that matters is the quality of content that you read.
Being a newcomer to the world of books it can be difficult for you to pick and read a book. As not all books are for newbies as some books have a very difficult narration that requires a lot of time and experience to understand.
So, to avoid such a situation, we have listed the books that are especially recommended to the ones who have just started reading.
With the help of these books, you can prepare your mind and soul for the books that require high understanding power. Many books are written just for mature and advanced readers and beginners or intermediate level readers can ’t comprehend them.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do I start reading books for beginners?
The ones who are thinking of reading a book for the first time should keep in mind that they need to make a routine to read out a book.
You just can’t read 40 pages in one go and then don’t read a single page for three days. Always set a target of around 15-20 pages a day. This will build your habit of reading.
2. Which book should I start reading?
You can read any of the mentioned books from the list provided above as they all are meant for beginners.
So you can just choose one book that catches your attention and go ahead. Always start with a book that has a simple narrative storyline. As this will help you to easily link with the plot.
3. What are the top 3 most read books?
The most read books mainly include The Holy Bible, The Holy Quran, and the Harry Potter Series written by the esteemed author J. K Rowling.
All three books are popular among the people. Out of these three, two are holy books and the Harry Potter series comes in the genre of fantasy.
4. What is the easiest book to read?
Charlotte’s Web is the easiest book that can be used by beginners for reading.
The newbies to reading must choose the book wisely as it can help them build a good interest in the hobby of reading. Always start with the easy book and then move forward towards the difficult books.
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