i wanna read books that help me grow intelectually, emotionally so how should i choose my authors?

Answer 1

Well, this is a good start. The most important thing to do is spend time talking to other people who like good books. Eventually you can find people whose tastes run in the same vein as yours who will recommend books to you.

Another good source is book reviews. The New York Times Review of Books or even just the snapshot reviews from TIME magazine are great places to get summaries of books that you might like. There's a library journal called Choice that provides short reviews of books.

As far as specifics go, that depends a lot on your age, gender and overall inclinations. For emotionally intelligent books that are interested in relationships, for instance, I'd recommend any Jane Austen novel. For intellectually interesting books, I'm into Neal Stephenson right now (Cryptonomicon is a great book--funny and smart).

Answer 2

When in doubt, stick with the classics! Have you read Catch-22? How about A Tale of Two Cities or Don Quixote? It really depends on what kind of books you like. I don't read a lot of contemporary literature unless it's been highly recommended by a friend. Even then, I'm wary. For example, it seemed like the whole world, including some of my friends, just loved the book 'The DaVinci Code', but I thought that was the most pathetic piece of trash I've read in years, and not because I was offended by the premise (I'm not really religious). I am, however, offended by bad writing, and that was just plain bad writing.

Answer 3

The classics, the classics. There's a reason why they're still read today.

As already mentioned Dickens and Cervantes; plus Proust, Dostoevsky, Kazantzakas, Mark Twain, Kipling, and all the ancient Greek plays which parse the human character so beautifully and insightfully. Among current works, read "The Bookseller of Kabul" and "Reading Lolita in Tehran," do NOT bother with "The Kite Runner," which is badly written and pointless. Read "The Iliad" and marvel at how skillfully it presents the meaningless horrors and heroism of war, and the pathos of Priam's plea to Achilles which is still one of the most moving scenes ever written, despite being almost 3,000 years old.

Answer 4

Go to the local bookstore and read books that intrigue you. They can be either fiction or nonfiction. If you get to the point in your reading life that lets you understand the differences in writing styles you will be able to discern these differences. This will help you even more later on in life as by then you can tell others what these differences actually mean without sounding like an idiot. If of course, they don't understand, it is probably because they are total idiots.

Answer 5

Classicsclassicsclassics! Also, try some books that make you think, Anne Rice is a great author. P.S. The Bible won't help you.

Answer 6

Charles Dickens, he attempted to show how bad the situation was for women and children in england during his life time, and to get the slave labor of children stopped, back then an orphanage was just another name for a workhouse. children were nearly starved and worked until they dropped and often they died of lung diseases before they could grow up.

Answer 7

in no way quite had a everyday author. because of the fact not all of their books are as the two thrilling as their first or final e book. they often use a similar innovations and factors. prominent e book possibly The distant Hours.

Answer 8

self improvement books help a lot..books by Stephen R.Covey(The 7 habits..) & books by Robin Sharma( The ferrari series of books..)..these books are amazingly good.