The English Girl, Night, and A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy were the three best books on Amazon that I read in October.
Of these best books on Amazon, I enjoyed A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy the most. This book took a while to get started but once the book cranked up, the book delivered. It’s funny that I nearly put down this book after ~50 pages. Looking back, I’m glad I decided to continue trudging forward to finish this book.
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Best Books on Amazon
The English Girl
Author Daniel Silva crushes it yet again with The English Girl. The plot starts with the disappearance of Madeline Hart, an up-and-coming member of Parliament, in Corsica. With the woman’s disappearance, Prime Minister Jonathan Lancaster’s career is threatened. So, Israeli spy Gabriel Allon is invited by the deputy director of M5 Graham Seymour to find the kidnappers before they can blackmail Lancaster. Allon goes to Corsica to visit with crime boss Don Orsati to ask for guidance. Orsati lets Allon use Christopher Keller, a former SAS officer to help him find Paul, the man we learn kidnapped Hart. Along the way, Allon and Keller find their way to Marseilles, Aix, Paris, and London. Allon learns the Russians are behind the plot and are using Lancaster’s chief of staff to pull the strings behind the scenes. Allon eventually gets to the bottom of the case but not before blood is shed.
Night
Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiographical account of his life as a teenager in the Nazi concentration camps. While reading this book, I couldn’t help but wonder how I would respond if I were taken to Auschwitz or Buchenwald to see death all around me every day. How do you think you would react? Would you be mentally tough like Wiesel? Who knows. This book is a sad, but powerful reminder of the atrocities committed during World War II.
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
In A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, author William B. Irvine uses the ancient stoics to teach us lessons that we can use to live a better life. The end goal of this book is to help us attain tranquility. We can do this by learning how to minimize worry, letting go of the past, focusing on what we can control, dealing with insults, and appreciating fame and fortune. This is a book I’m likely to re-read as the lessons are timeliness.
Which books on Amazon did you read last month? What books do you recommend? Please let me know in the comments or by emailing me on my contact page.
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