2020: Books That Kept Me Sane Through This Very Strange Year

It has been an incredible year. I will not recap all of the negatives that happened this year. Experiencing and surviving a pandemic is enough. I don't think it would be possible for anyone to possibly forget this year so i will simply celebrate the good.  To have achieved nothing other than staying alive this year, in itself is an accomplishment. Along the way (i mean while locked at home with my thoughts), i found companionship in books which i have listed below that kept me going. 

 

I planned to read a lot more books this year unfortunately life happened, other things took priority (working two full time engineering jobs is not a joke) but i was still able to get a few good books in during the lock-down. I hope someone finds any of the books useful, as i did. There is a little something in here for everyone. 

It would be impossible to select which books were my favorite but i tried to categorise them by genre below. If you have read any of the books listed above, please leave a comment and share. 

Self-Help/Sociology Titles

1. Remote - Jason Fried 
2. Outliers: The Story Of Success - Malcolm Gladwell

 

Fiction Titles

1. City Of Thieves - David Benioff
2. Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
3. White Teeth - Zadie Smith
4. Free Food For Millionaires - Min Jin Lee
5. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevski

 

Islamic Theology/Islamic-Feminist Theory 

1. Believing Women In Islam: Un-reading Patriarchal Interpretations Of The Qur'an - Asmaa Barlas
2. Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective - Amina Wadud

 

Non-Fiction Titles

1. Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram - Isha Sesay
2. Hallucinations or Reality - Micheal C Richards
3. History Of Humankind: Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
4. Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century - Catherine Coles, Beverly Blow Mack

 

Health Title

1. Green For Life - Victoria Boutenko