Books can be said to be a man’s true companion through life and there are so many Books and So little time to read them all. There are over millions of books that have been published in the history of humanity, and more are still be published each year. Books help to simplify our lives and also allow us to learn and gain more knowledge and experience. Books are the main part of man’s existence and are needed in the continuous growth and development of our world. Some books are needed for careers and professional part of one’s life and there are some books which are read for recreational purposes, for fun and to learn from.

Why Books are Important

Books are important to our lives in various ways, they enable us to travel to different parts of the world and learn a new culture or way of life without even leaving the comfort of our house. It gives our imagination wings, it also gives us knowledge, happiness, wisdom and so much more which can be earned from reading.

Books are more than been read for fun, it transforms lives and they contain so much wisdom about the world, its struggles, and all other things. They proffer solutions for you when the need arises and also give you a new way and a new perspective to look at things in life and situations.

Good books have the ability to make our minds healthier and fit, another great importance of reading books is that it has been known to be great medicine for Alzheimer’s disease. Books increases not only one’s knowledge about things but also help to improve your vocabulary. That is why, allowing a child to get used to reading books as they grow up is very important, as reading plays a crucial role in the development of the child.  A child who forms a habit of reading books are always better in almost all aspects of their lives, their total development as they begin to grow is better than the children who are not exposed to the reading of books. It is as well very important for adults too.

Although television and the internet have all come in place now, nothing can replace good books.  It inspires us, motivates, and always encourages us. It helps us to always see the right path, it makes us understand that nothing is impossible in this world and everyone can become wiser if only they read books. Reading good books allows us to take action and help us to know our true potential, the books illuminates our life, books show us our passion and make us understand that all limits are self-imposed. Limits are usually in our mind, reading good books has the potential to upgrade our conviction to match our destiny.

15 Books You Should Read Before You Die

Here are the top 15 books you should read before you die and it will help you to choose your next book.

1. Pride and Prejudice: the book by Jane Austen, is one that beckons you to read it over and over again. This book is a exposes you to the marriage market of Georgian, England. The book can be said to be a satire on the rigid and shallow class structures. The book tells the story of the travails of marriage and most of these things haven’t changed much in recent times.
2.  Things Fall Apart: by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. The book allows you to get a clear picture of the African culture and literature. This book deals with the shifting power dynamics in a colonized Africa country, it talks on civilization and community and adequately explains what it means too.
3. The Last Girl: by Nadia Murad, is a real-life experience as she narrates the Islamic State’s brutality. She writes as a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi and has forced the world to pay attention to an ongoing genocide. The book is a call to action, a testament to the human will and struggles to survive. It is also a great book which is a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war.
4. The God of Small Things: by Arundhati Roy. It tells a beautiful tale of caste taboos and what breaking or violating those taboos means in a rigid and orthodox society. She won the Booker prize in 1997 with this book.
5. To Kill a Mocking Bird: by Harper Lee, is a timeless American classic book which is very educational.  The book explains the oppressive power structure in America. Although it was written in the 20th century, American society will still seem similar to you even in these days.
6. The Great Gatsby: by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It tells of the time when the American society was steeped in decadence and indulgence. When you read this book, you will learn all about the fragility of the American dream and the lengths at which people can go to achieve it.
7. Lord of the Flies: by William Golding in his book tells the story of a bunch of school boys on an island and how their decent behaviour falls away through the trails of their journey.
8. Americanah: by Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her book tells the story of a young charismatic Nigerian woman who leaves her the comfort of her home in Lagos and faces a world of struggles in the United States. The book captures the hard life of US immigrants and the divisions of a rising Nigeria. This books has changed the life of so many and because of this Americanah makes the our list of books you must read before you die.
9. Middlemarch: by George Eliot, is a book that follows the lives and loves of the inhabitants of a small town in England. The acerbic wit and timeless truth of its observations mark this out as a work of a genius and a must-read before you die.
10. 100 Years of Solitude: by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, tells the story of seven generations of the Buendia family in a small town in Colombia. The books have a lot of detail and the author is very poetic in the book. This is a must read book for anyone before they die.
11. Born a Crime: by Trevor Noah, it talks of the apartheid in South Africa. It is the story of a young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. The book also tells of the young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and religious mother, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humour and a mother’s unconditional love.
12. Looking for Alaska: by John Green is a story of Miles Halter, who is tired of his safe life at home and he then leaves for a boarding school in order to experience life more and be safely exposed. Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, a young girl who will pull Miles into her labyrinth.
13. Before We Were Yours: by Lisa Wingate encompass the notorious real-life scandals in America.  With children kidnapped and sold to wealthy families. It tells the story of a twelve-year-old girl named Rill Foss and her four younger siblings who lived with their parents but, when their father had to rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge of her siblings until strangers came in and kidnapped them with force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents, but they quickly realize the dark truth. Rill then fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
14. The Kite Runner: by Khaled Hosseini, is an unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner allows it’s readers to travel to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. It is a very powerful story of friendship, it is also about the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and an exploration of the power of fathers over their sons. The book tells of their fight to keep their love, their sacrifices and then the betrayals and their lies.
    
15. We Should All Be Feminists: by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It gives it’s readers a very unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. She spoke extensively from her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics. It is a great book which takes about who a woman is and all it entails to be one. A great book for all feminists.

Books are lifesavers, they help to ease your stress, increase your knowledge about the world and also increase your life span. It’s been known medically, that reading to a patient in a coma helps to keep the person alive and reading of books also protects one against Almezhier disease. Here are our 15 successful books you read before you die. There are several millions of books to choose from and read, create a habit to start reading today and you would feel better and know better.