In the face of a life full of pressure and fatigue, sometimes, what you need is just a quiet afternoon by the window, sipping a cup of hot tea and enjoying good books.
1. Looking for happiness – Frédéric Lenoir
As a philosopher, sociologist and also a writer, Frédéric Lenoir has an extremely common approach to philosophy.
Finding happiness is a journey revolving around happiness or subjective satisfaction. From there, the author views these concepts from many angles: from rationality such as brain science to sensory and many thoughts.
Book Finding Happiness
REFERENCE
2. Looking back at how beautiful life is – Mr. Chan Jae Lee and Ms. Kyong Ja An
A combination of paintings and inscriptions that Mr. Chan and Ms. Marina dedicated to their grandchildren, Looking back on how beautiful life is full of moments of love, of intimate exchanges and
Interspersed with fond memories, the book also shows hope for the future, with the joy, faith and affection of generational transitions.
Book Looking back on how beautiful life is
REFERENCE
3. Lion mother – Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh
As one of the most important voices of our time, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, with an extremely short and concise parable, evokes goodness in every person’s soul.
The work revolves around the story of a lion cub that lost its mother. From there, the Zen Master shows us that, in the end, Buddha nature, the seed of compassion, joy and renunciation, of happiness, of faith, of wisdom
Book – Mother Lion – Thich Nhat Hanh
REFERENCE
Cultural world
Learn to live slowly with 10 good books to read
4. Are you happy today, mom?
Mom, are you happy today?
Mentioning diseases of modern people such as depression, autism… but Mom, are you happy today?
Book – Mom, are you happy today?
REFERENCE
5. Long night of a lifetime – Le Tat Dieu
As a famous writer and poet in Saigon before 1975, with extremely delicate observations and sharp senses, Le Tat Dieu showed that, even in the darkest moments, there will still be
The book revolves around a young boy, Thuong, who is blind and lost his parents when a train ran over a mine. Since then, lacking love, he has gone to live at a blind school with other children.
Book – The Long Night of a Lifetime – Le Tat Dieu
REFERENCE
6. Britt-Marie was here – Fredrik Backman
As a sequel to My Grandmother’s Apologies, Fredrik Backman once again does not focus too much on the big things, but the story itself – the simplest things – that make this novel powerful.
Written about Britt-Marie and her journey of letting go of things that do not belong to her, the work emphasizes that it is never too late to find joy and maturity.
Books _Britt-Marie Was Here (Fredrik Backman)
REFERENCE
7. Thank you all – Kim Jung-Mi
Following the story of Yu Jung – a middle school senior girl with an unhappy life, Kim Jung-Mi, with a perspective filled with many thoughts, has left many emotions for readers with love.
With this book, through similarities in their situations and problems of adolescence, Kim Jung-Mi’s characters gradually grow up, protect each other, and grow up side by side.
Books – Thank You All
REFERENCE
STYLE OF LIFE
The 10 most outstanding books that inspire happy living
8. The most beautiful thing for you – Mason Deaver
As the first work by a non-binary person to be introduced and translated in Vietnam, The Most Beautiful Thing for You revolves around Ben De Backer – a 17-year-old young man, reeling from the challenges posed to him.
Bitter, angry, sad but also not lacking in joy, happiness and hope, The Most Beautiful Thing for You is a good work for teenagers, bringing a lot of hope and challenges to young people.
Book The Most Beautiful Thing For You
REFERENCE
9. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Adapted into a movie and won many Oscar nominations last year, Little Women revolves around the March sisters but is also a semi-autobiography of the author himself.
Classic and poetic, the growth process of the four girls from childhood to adulthood is portrayed extremely delicately and emotionally.
Little Women Book
REFERENCE
10. Flowers still bloom every day – Valérie Perrin
One of the best-rated French novels of the past year, becoming the best-selling book in Italy and the 6th best-selling book in France in 2020, Flowers Still Bloom Every Day opens with death and despair.
With every detail and thread, as the story gradually brings us to the core truth, we finally realize the light at the end of the tunnel.
Books Flowers still bloom every day
REFERENCE