Sometimes a book comes into your life for a purpose and a book read at the right time can change your life!
Women like different types of books. From romantic, inspirational, adventure, crime stories. Not all stories are about love, but let's be honest - love is actually the theme of almost every book. And what are the top books all women should read?
1. Heaven Has No Favorites
Erich Maria Remarque
It is the story of a woman who had nothing left to lose as she was dying of tuberculosis. She didn't let the dreams she wanted to achieve be taken away from her. She fell in love with a young racing driver in a red sports car, he takes her sick to death from a tuberculosis sanatorium, because he wants to enjoy his last moments. Despite the fact that it is an imminent approach to the end of life, the story is imbued with optimism. Teach us the value of life.
2. Chocolate
Joanne Harris
An extraordinary novel, saturated with the flavors of chocolate, thick caramel, freshly baked cookies and mystery. Two wonderful characters - mother and daughter - take you to Lansquenet-sous-Tannes. There they open a chocolate shop and the lives of the townspeople change forever. One by one, the townspeople come to the chocolate shop and succumb to the chocolate. Joanne Harris has added secrets, problems, love, passion and politics to the story. This charming book shows that every woman has a touch of witchcraft in her. Based on the book, the film Chocolate was made, starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche.
3. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
The novel depicts a world in which women are not entitled to work, love, read, write or own property. They are forbidden to run in the morning, they are not allowed to remarry, etc. They are left with only one option: they must remain in the position of a servant and give birth to a child on behalf of the barren mistress. This is a moving novel that teaches you to appreciate the value of freedom.
4. The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks
This novel is so natural and realistic that you want to believe every word it says, and the air of mystery only makes it better. High school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fall madly in love. Although they were completely different, they believed that their love would survive anything. Then, at the end of the summer, unexpected events drive them apart and send them on different paths. This story has everything you'd enjoy reading on a quiet evening: a country town, divorce, and noble love that stretches into eternity.
5. The Diary of Anne Frank (The Diary of a Young Girl)
Anne Frank
Anne Frank was born in 1929. She died in a concentration camp at the age of 15. Anne kept a diary while in hiding with her family for two years during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. This diary received wide attention throughout the world. Reading such books is indispensable because they remind us of the terrible times in our history and teach us to never give up.
6. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
Louisa is a woman who lives a pleasant and boring life. Will is a successful and skilled businessman. But one day everything changes. Will has a car accident and ends up in a wheelchair, with no will to live. Louisa becomes his nurse. Their touching story teaches the reader that love overcomes all obstacles.
7. Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita is a scandalous, revealing book that has captivated readers all over the world. It evokes conflicting emotions. Some say it is a shocking tale of sin with unnecessary anatomical details, others fall in love with this novel from the first page. For many, this novel will remain an anthem "love at first sight, at last sight and forever."
8. The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles
Every day, a young woman in black stands on the seashore and stares at the sea. One day a young man notices her. He will soon marry another woman. Will he marry her or resist his passion? You choose. Fowles wrote two versions of the final scene to show how personal the feeling of conscience is.
9. Dear Life
Alice Munro
The characteristic of the short stories written by the Nobel laureate Alice Munro is that you may find in them a story similar to moments from your own life. These are the stories of people we see on the streets and wonder about their lives. In the book, we meet a young teacher who goes to teach at a hospital in the country, a policeman who has a sick wife at home, and jealous elderly spouses.
10. Eat, Pray, Love
Liz Gilbert
This is the autobiographical story of a modern successful woman who made a difficult decision and left behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house, career) to find what she always wanted. Life is shown from three different perspectives. The pleasures of Italy, the devotion of India and the balance of the two in Bali. The book reminds every woman to go after what she really wants.
