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Here are 30 self-improvement books for college students must read during the holidays.
Do you have any plans to spend the winter vacation? The winter vacation is coming, what books should college students read during the winter vacation to improve and precipitate themselves?
Here, the editor has compiled inspirational books for college students to read during the winter vacation, hoping to help you.
After graduation, you will find that you are exhausted by work every day, and you have less and less time to meditate and read a good book seriously.
Even if I have time, I want to sweep away the haze and unhappiness in my heart by swiping short videos on my mobile phone.
The winter vacation is a good time to study. Usually, you are busy with exams and various activities at school and have no time. Then the winter vacation is the best time for you to read.
While you have time, read some useless books, do some useless things, and along the way, you will find that it is these seemingly useless things that can fill the gaps in your life.
Here are 30 books suitable for college students to improve themselves, recommended to you, after reading these books, you can also become an interesting soul.
30 Books that College Students Must Read During the Winter Holidays
The winter vacation of 2023 is coming, and some college students will choose to read books in their spare time during the winter vacation. So do you know what books are suitable for sharing with college students during the winter vacation?
The following is a list of recommended books for the winter vacation of 2023 compiled by the editor. You are welcome to read and share.
Every winter vacation, many friends say: "I must make a big change this holiday!", "I want to lose weight! Lose the vest line!", "I want to make up all the courses that I missed this semester!"· ··
Recommend 30 good books for college students to read at home during the winter vacation to improve cognition and improve thinking.
I first made a collection of books suitable for college students to read during the winter vacation and found more than 200 related books.
Based on the principle of not being too expensive, I screened and classified these books again. 30 books with some problems and good readability. They are literature and history, thinking, communication, skills, science fiction, business, and mind.
Today, I’m tired to save your vacation. I recommend 30 books that are very suitable for college students, and also very suitable for friends who don’t like reading but want to improve, because these books are very interesting, as long as they look If you can’t stop, friends with severe procrastination can be saved.
The following is a list of the must-read books for college students during the winter vacation. I hope you like it.
How did you all spend the winter break at home? Are you bored? Today, I recommend 30 books to everyone, so let's recharge them during the holidays!
1. Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frank
Frank was a famous psychologist of the 20th century. During the Nazi period, as a Jew, his entire family was imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp. His parents, wife, and brother all died in the gas chambers, only he and his sister survived.
The first part of the book recounts Frank's concentration camp experience, and the second part elaborates on his "sympathetic therapy." This book is not only for psychology enthusiasts but also for those who are challenged to find meaning in life!
2. Analysis of Dreams by Freud
Known as the first book of psychoanalysis. It breaks through thousands of years of human ignorance, superstition, and mystery about dreams through scientific exploration and interpretation of dreams, and at the same time reveals the subconscious that controls people's thoughts and behaviors.
3. How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler / Charles Van Doren
People who don't know how to read, and those who are new to reading, can avoid wrongful journeys by reading this book. For those who have some experience in reading, reading this book can have a deeper confirmation and understanding.
This book introduces the three levels of reading and provides detailed guidance for each level. It is a very practical reading manual.
4. Influence by Robert Cialdini
Politicians use their influence to win elections, businessmen use their influence to sell goods, and salesmen use their influence to entice you to put your money on the line.
Even your friends and family, unknowingly, are using their influence over you. But why, exactly, does your response change from negative resistance to positive cooperation when a request is made in a different way?
5. The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
This book is a must-read for students interested in product design. Dr. Norman's book emphasizes the user-centered design philosophy, reminding consumers that the items they choose must be convenient and easy to use, and easy to understand.
I hope that designers should not ignore some necessary factors of design while paying attention to the beauty of the design. because for product design, safety and ease of use are always the keys to competition.
6. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Saint-Exupéry is a legendary aviator, and his book uses the pilot as a storyteller, telling the various adventures the little prince experienced during his journey from his own planet to Earth.
The little prince's childlike vision saw the emptiness, blindness, and ignorance of adults, and recorded the loneliness and loneliness of human beings, the fate of wandering with the wind without a foundation.
7. The Art of Strategy by Avinash K. Dixit / Barry J. Nerboff
This book by Yale University professor Nelbouf and Princeton University professor Dixit uses many live examples to demonstrate the truth of game theory strategic thinking to readers without a foundation in economics.
Life is a never-ending decision-making process. This book is not only suitable for students interested in game theory, but also for all students who want to make life decisions more organized.
8. Priceless by William Poundstone
Why is free chocolate driving us crazy? Why do more expensive spots in Broadway theaters sell more? Why $4 million double the pleasure of $1 million? Why do you have to be the first to quote when negotiating a price, and you have to open your mouth?
William Poundstone tells us the answer: the price is just a collective hallucination. If you want to know the secrets of price, read this book!
9. Shallow by Nicholas Carr
"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr asked the question in his famous cover article in The Atlantic, he opened up a source of eagerly-desired anticipation, making people anxious to Figure out how the internet is changing us. This book will let you see another side of the Internet's impact on us.
10. Positioning by Al Rees / Jack Trout
More than 20 years ago, American "Advertising Age" magazine invited young marketing experts Reese and Trout to write a series of articles on new thinking in marketing and advertising, the general title being "The Age of Positioning".
After the series of articles was published, it caused a sensation in the whole industry, and positioning became a lively topic talked about by everyone in the marketing circle. This book is suitable for all students who are interested in business.
11. Social Contract Theory by Rousseau
The idea of sovereignty in the people in this book is the cornerstone of modern democracy and has profoundly influenced the movement to gradually abolish the absolute power of European monarchs, as well as the struggle for the North American colonies to get rid of the British Empire and establish a democratic system at the end of the 18th century.
The American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of Human Rights both embody the democratic ideas of this book.
12. The Joy of Freedom by David Henderson
This is a book that popularizes economic thinking and conveys the idea of liberty to readers through a lively and interesting analysis of the author's personal experience.
13. 1984 by George Orwell
1984 is an outstanding political allegory as well as a fantasy novel. The work depicts the living state of human beings in a totalitarian society, with a warning label that never fades, alerting the world to beware of the expected darkness becoming a reality.
After decades, its vitality has become stronger and stronger, and it is known as one of the most far-reaching literary classics of the 20th century.
14. Sun Tzu's Art of War by Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu's Art of War is a splendid treasure in China's classical military cultural heritage, an important part of China's excellent cultural tradition, and one of the three major military books in the world.
15. Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick
The author of this book has interviewed closely Facebook-related people, including Facebook's founders, employees, investors, prospective investors, and partners, adding up to more than 130 people.
This is a really detailed interview, and it is a super exciting story. This book deserves an in-depth understanding for all students who want to understand the Internet and new media.
16. Das Kapital by Marx
This book is a splendid scientific masterpiece written by Marx with his life's efforts. For the first time, the scientific masterpiece deeply analyzes the entire development process of capitalism and proves with mathematical accuracy that the direction of this development will inevitably lead to society.
Socialist revolution and the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Intellectuals of all disciplines should read this masterpiece.
17. The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway
One of Hemingway's most famous works, it revolves around the story of an elderly fisherman battling a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream far offshore.
The concise and powerful writing style of Hemingway's telegraph style and the soul-stirring description guided by the "iceberg" principle are all vividly displayed in this article.
The hard work, perseverance, and unyielding of the old man who fished at sea made everyone feel turbulent.
18. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Adam Smith was not the earliest pioneer of economic theory, and many of his most famous ideas were not novel, but he was the first to put forward a comprehensive and systematic economic theory, which laid a good foundation for the development of this field.
Therefore, it can be said that The Wealth of Nations is the starting point of modern political economy research.
19. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Márquez
A masterpiece of magical realism literature, it depicts the legendary story of seven generations of the Buendía family, as well as the rise and fall of Macondo, a small town on the Caribbean coast, reflecting the changing history of Latin America over a century.
The works incorporate mysterious factors such as myths and legends, folk stories, religious allusions, etc., and skillfully combine reality and illusion, showing a magnificent imaginary world.
20. Doll's House by Ibsen
Nora is a rebellious woman with a bourgeois personality and an emancipated mind. Along with a series of events, the conflict between her and her husband Helmer gradually intensified until the two broke up.
Her betrayal of society and her runaway from her family was hailed as the "Declaration of Independence" for women's liberation. Ibsen's superb drama creation techniques are also reflected in this work.
21. Red and Black by Stendhal
The novel revolves around the protagonist Julian's personal struggle experience and final failure, especially the description of his two loves, which widely shows "the social atmosphere brought about by the successive governments that pressed down on the French people during the 30 years of the early 19th century".
Strongly attacked the reactionary aristocracy during the Restoration Dynasty, the darkness of the church, and the despicable vulgarity of the bourgeois upstarts and their greed for profit.
22. Les Miserables by Hugo
The main line of the story revolves around the journey of the protagonist, the released criminal Jean Valjean, trying to atone for his sins, and integrates into French history, architecture, politics, moral philosophy, law, justice, and religious beliefs.
The true stories in the text, the rich characters' hearts, and the profound meanings contained in the stories make readers realize that the work has a profound weight, and it also deeply moved generations.
23. The Lessons of History by Will Durant & Ariel Durant
The book "Lessons of History" is the representative work of the famous American scholar and "Pulitzer Prize" winner Will Durant and his wife Ariel Durant. It condenses the 11 volumes of "World Civilization History".
Essence, through the outline and leading lines, outlines the relationship between history and all aspects of human life, and details geographical conditions, economic conditions, racial pros and cons, human nature, religious activities, socialism, government, war, morals, laws of prosperity and decline, biology The role of evolution and so on in history,
and summed up the huge spiritual legacy that history has left for people. These spiritual heritages provide enlightenment and warning to the reforming us so that they can face the present and the future more wisely.
24. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Kiyosaki, Reichter
I guess there is no fat friend who doesn't want to make money, let's be rich man. If you want to make money, you must first understand the operation of money. This book is not a boring capital operation method. At first glance, the name is related to Dad.
This book is about two fathers teaching a child to understand and use money from different perspectives.
The reason why rich dad is rich and the reason why poor dad is poor, you will know after reading it [After reading, I finally understand why I am not the second generation of rich]
This book is the first step for me to understand money, the concept of people being poor and poor, and the first book for the enlightenment of the financial quotient. [The key point is that it is not boring at all, like a storybook, watching two fathers compete, more Interesting] Highly recommended!!
25. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
I think Wilder's Pont du Saint-Louis is a novel about "love", which leads to the questioning of the meaning of "life" from the theme of "love". The novel deals with mother-daughter love, brotherly love, and teacher-student love, and just doesn't discuss what we now call "love" in broad terms.
Wilder's portrayal of these "loves" has a heart-wrenching power, no less than the impact of a "lost love". Maybe, in this world, everyone has been "lost in love" or has always been in a state of "lost in love".
An expression of love, if it doesn't get the corresponding return, isn't it a kind of "lost love"? It's not just limited to love between men and women. Everyone is in the folly of "loving", loving others and begging to be loved, defining one's place and identity by "loving others".
This projection of love is often seen as selfish and therefore rejected. Those who have not been loved to fall to the bottom of the bridge, and those who have rejected them suddenly realize the pain of loss. By dying, their love was repaid. This broken bridge is actually the bridge of love.
"Soon we will all die, and all the memory of these five people will go with the wind. We will be loved briefly and then forgotten. But this love is enough; all impulses to love will Back to the love that produced this impulse. Even for love, memory is not indispensable.
Between the kingdom of the living and the kingdom of the dead, there is a bridge, and that bridge is love. It is the only survivor thing, it is the only meaning."
26. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
"The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position." The book begins with a quote from Kuawen's philosophy.
The story tells the story of two black half-sisters as a branch of a big family. The story runs through more than 300 years and tells about two branches: the African branch and the American branch, showing their respective historical backgrounds and the then people.
In a fiction novel, each character is described in flesh and blood, and the pain and stubbornness are vividly displayed, and the integration with the background of the times is so meticulous and wonderful.
My favorite in the whole book is Willie's story, including her husband's choices under the watchful eye of a colleague, and her dream of wanting to sing, all unleashed at the end of her chapter, smiling across the street He forgave her husband and sang softly.
At the beginning of the story, the two black stone necklaces given to them by Esi and Effia's mother also returned to their descendants at the end of the story. A piece of blood and memory that has been passed down for more than two hundred years is still as bright as new.
The sturdy tree trunk is at the end, and it is also stretched together by Marjorie and Marcus across the long river of time and the ocean.
The last paragraph of the full text is extremely beautiful:
“He closed his eyes and walked in until the water met his calves, and then he held his breath, and started to run. Run underwater. Soon, waves crashed over his head and all around him. Water moved into his nose and stung his eyes.
When he finally lifted his head up from the sea to cough, then breathe, he looked out at all the water before him, at the vast expanse of time and space. He could hear Marjorie laughing, and soon, he laughed too.
When he finally reached her, she was moving just enough to keep her head above water. The black stone necklace rested just below her collarbone and Marcus watched the glints of gold come off it, shining in the sun.
“Here,” Marjorie said. “ Have it.” She lifted the stone from her neck and placed it around Marcus's. “Welcome home.”
He felt the stone hit his chest, hard and hot, before finding its way up to the surface again. He touched it, surprised by its weight."
Marjorie splashed him suddenly, laughing loudly before swimming away, toward the shore.
27. The Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco
I suspect that the professor didn't read the book himself, what was he talking about in class? But the first chapter is really good, like seeing my cheap childhood, the happiest thing is dragging my mother to the supermarket for a "walk" after dinner (for me, pushing a cart and sliding).
You don’t have to buy anything, but you will definitely turn around in a row, even if you don’t need to think about what products are on which shelves.
The supermarket was later closed for political reasons, and now there is only a humiliating Carrefour and green space beside the house.
If this autobiography is made into a movie, I hope Jake Gyllenhaal will play the leading role (old age?).
28. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
The 2011 National Book Award-winning work, in twelve chapters, revolves around a poor black family (an alcoholic father, the largest 17 in the countdown to the 12-day countdown to the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina) in American history. , four children as young as 8 years old) unfolded the story.
It is not the kind of book that is "pleasant" to read, but at the same time, its admirable part lies in the author's very restrained writing style. As readers who know history, they have already experienced the urgency of the approaching hurricane in advance.
The depiction, like a zoom lens zooming in, slowly and authentically brings out themes such as poverty, class, race, and family loyalty (especially in the context of the pre-disaster, especially prominent and contrasting).
This contrast of urgency and slowness better highlights the theme of the book, which is a great reflection of the author's talent. I am a little bit concerned about the author's too many metaphors, but it is also a personal preference.
After reading two books by Ward, from the content to the structure and writing, I want to continue reading her other works.
29. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
This little book is not long. There are three letters, one is shorter than the other, and there is only one core. In fact, it is nothing to read as one.
Back to this book. Recently I read "Underground Railroad", which is about the history of black slaves in the United States, and "Strange Times" also contains chapters or plots about racial discrimination, and in recent years, especially the works about racial issues in the United States during the Obama administration constantly appearing or receiving attention.
"12 Years a Slave" "Moonlight" and other films that reflect black people have also become the darling of the Oscars.
It goes without saying that the author is a black man. Although the content is a long letter to his son, the content is still tracing the history of slavery of black slaves in the United States and various social realities of racial discrimination in modern America through personal experience or personal experience.
The contempt and rejection of the American dream is a highlight of the text. The author constantly encourages his son to have a sense of struggle, to know the past to understand the future better, to have a clear understanding of his own body to better protect himself, and to have a clear understanding of the so-called white world.
The gentle halo has clear awareness and vigilance, and all of this stems from the overall atmosphere of society, discrimination against race, and injustice against blacks. The author does not deny the street violence, insecurity, and order in the peculiar chaos of the black community,
but he is also looking for the deep reason why black people in American history and reality have never been the real Master, citizens, or members.
The book reveals the author's unease and tension for the entire white world, the intertwining of hopes and disappointments in the black world, and the contempt and contempt for those who feel they are "white".
This is the true feeling of the author's growth experience, and it is the most intuitive expression of personal consciousness.
What makes this book special, in my opinion, is a sense of resistance, a sense of being awake at all times, a sense of being afraid but able to move forward.
At the same time, we can also see the importance of different voices in a pluralistic society. It always reminds people that this society is diverse and there is resistance. There must be a crisis in the stability, and this crisis can be transformed into power or destruction.
30. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
This is not an easy book to read, the author uses a lot of long sentences in a row, and his thoughts are unrestrained, interspersed and jumped, and suddenly jumped from one thing to another.
The author’s entry point is very interesting. The protagonist is a mixed-race child of a Vietnamese mother and a white father in South Vietnam. He not only faces a sense of identity crisis but also political hesitation.
As a South Vietnamese government security official, he actually worked secretly for the North Vietnamese Communist Party.
Although the author spends a lot of space on his reasons, I feel that it is a bit far-fetched. But this does not prevent the author from telling a very interesting story, the theme revolves around loyalty.
Personal loyalty to the country, loyalty to friends, loyalty to beliefs, loyalty to fellow man...a lot of passages that resonated with me.
The author's control over the text is still immature and needs time and practice. Check out the book by the author of "Remains of the Day," which tells complex, profound emotions in simple, clear words.
Another point is the author's values. I think the author has not thought clearly about some issues, such as what basis should one's loyalty to the country be built on. His own contradictions are reflected in the actions of the protagonist.
Conclusion: Must-read books for college students during winter vacation
Each of the above books can help us grow and give us a different mindset.
Our cognition is largely limited by the original family and the environment in which we live. If we want to break our cognition and improve our thinking, we must go to higher circles.
But it's hard to do this!
However, reading makes this step very easy.
Books are a summary of the accumulated experience of the sages. When we read, we stand on the shoulders of giants. Only when we stand high can we see far.
Reading more books and reading good books can make your thinking and vision a qualitative improvement.
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