Books are the best friends of humans. If you are a book lover, you are never really alone! You can always have a friend in the form of a book.  You will be amazed to know how instrumental the importance of reading is not lean. We can ameliorate our learning expertise by reading books. People who read books are chic. Sometimes there are some events in our life which makes us gloomy, we feel down and dispirit. Reading a good inspirational book during such a period gives us hope and motivation and change our way of thinking.

By reading books, we can redo our lives positively. By reading books, we can also train our minds to improve our memory. Reading books not only escalates us with knowledge, but it also helps us to gain knowledge about the world. Through reading, we can improve our vocabulary. The analysis in the books helps us to strengthen our command of the language.

We can shape our lives for good by reading books. One basic reason for reading books is that books bring joy and happiness to our life. Each book teaches us a new lesson. By reading books, we can sharpen our minds and enhance our critical and analytical thinking skills. We can release our sorrow and grief by reading books.

1. A Long Walk to Water

A long walk to water is based on a true story. This novel is all about adventures and full of suspense. This novel starts as two stories, described in alternating segments; this novel is about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water two times a day from a pond, which is two hours’ walk from her home. The boy, Salva, is the “lost boy” of Sudan. There are some refugees, travelled the African continent on foot to search for a safe place to stay and to find their families. They faced different hardships during their journey. They faced killer lions and crocodiles during their travelling. Salva is the only survivor among them, and his story intersects with Nya in a moving way.

Pros:

       .    Never lose hope.

.    Base on a true story.

Cons:

       .     None.

2. The Finest Hours

Here is the interesting story of two oil tanks of England, named Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. In the winter of 1952, in the early hours of Monday, February 18, both the tanks start their journey as the weather wreaked havoc on the land. The weather in the Atlantic Ocean is stormy and freezing wind is blowing. Both tanks are made of dirty steel and found themselves in a horrifying plight. Both tanks split into two halves, leaving the dozens of souls on the Atlantic’s mercy. The finest hours are the true story of the valiant attempt to save the life of people trapped in the tank.

Coast guard cutters raced towards the Fort Mercer for aid and then came to know that Pendleton also split into two halves. Coast guard sends out two-thirty- six-foot wooden lifeboats, manned by only four seamen. They all know they were on a suicide mission. They tried their best to save their souls. Boat crash into one another. Not all of the eighty-four men survived the brutal storm. It’s a testament to their bravery that anyone came home to tell their story to all.

Pros:

       .  Adventurous story.

       .  They faced hardship with bravery.

Cons:

.  Loss of lives.

3. Hatchet

Hatchet is the story of a 13-year old boy named Brian Robeson. At the beginning of the story, Brian’s parents have recently divorced because of his mother’s infidelity. Brian Robeson was bored on a plane to meet his father in Canada, where his father works and lives after the divorce to his mother. During his journey, the plane crashed in the jungle of Canada.

Brian Robeson is alone in the Canadian wilderness. He never loses hope and fights with the hardships of the jungle bravely. Brian learns survival skills, how to make shelter, how to hunt a fish for food, how to make fire. He finally rescued after almost fifty-four days. Brian Robeson emerges from his test with a new maturity.

Pros:

       .  Gives a lesson of bravery.

Cons:

       .  Parents divorced.

4. Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)

Here is an amazing story of Louis Zamperini. He was a lieutenant of an American Airforce. When Louis was a boy, he was a clever criminal, broke into the houses, stealing and brawling. When he was a teenager, he channelled his defiance into running. He worked hard and discovered a supreme talent for running. His talent carried him to the Berlin Olympics. He became an athlete. During his carrier, World War 2 was started; the athlete became an airman in the US Army. An American Military plane was crashed on a May evening in 1943 into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. After some time, a face appeared on the surface of the ocean. He was the lieutenant Louis. He was struggling to reach the bank of the ocean to save his life. Louis became a famous story of the World War.

Pros:

.  Gives a lesson of hard work.

.  Motivated story.

Cons:

.  Some people upset by his childhood.

5. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

This novel is about an 8-year-old boy, Bruno. During World War 2, in 1942, when Bruno comes home from school on the day, he finds that his belongings were packed, and he has to leave Berlin and move to the new house, where his father David Thewlis just become a commandant. Bruno was not happy to leave his house. There is a tall fence stretches as far as can eye see. Bruno was unhappy and lonely. He decided to explore his new environment. While exploring the new environment, he finds Jack Scanlon, a Jewish boy whose life is completed different from Bruno. Their meeting changes into a forbidden friendship that has devastating consequences

Pros:

.  The amazing writing style of the story.

Cons:

 .  None.