When we are in a bad mood, our energy potential is noticeably weakened, and we are sometimes unable to sensibly assess our condition and make effective decisions.
In today's dynamic world, external stimuli can be the real causes of bad mood. In this case, we resort to external "auxiliary" tools such as music, movies, books, chatting with friends, playing sports, etc.
We regularly buy various motivational literature and reread those books that we find in our home library, but we do not always think about the invaluable help that such a source of information could provide. Let's look at what benefits the book can bring if you have one.
Book therapy as a remedy for bad mood
Book therapy is in addition to psychological help, which includes relevant books and other written material, usually intended to be read outside of psychotherapy sessions. The purpose of book therapy- to expand the understanding of a particular problem of the reader, which requires treatment or in-depth study.
Written materials often help to optimally analyze and synthesize information, thanks to which a person is able to sensibly assess his mental state. The ability to "read" your problem in a similar way allows you not only to cope with a stressful situation, but also to optimally improve your mood.
Psychological or fiction - what to choose
Many studies show that most of the population primarily turns to books as psychological help, namely to psychological and fiction literature. But what is the difference between them and how to choose the right book that would best suit your mood?
The influence of psychological literature on mood
If you do not see a way out of a predicament life situation, do not know how to cope with stress or depressive disorders, need the advice of a professional psychologist or doctor, in this case it is better to choose a book on practical psychology.
A book on practical psychology should provide you with advice on the issues and aspects that this moment interest you the most. Also, these manuals show real examples from the lives of people who coped with a similar situation.
pay attention to author's qualifications, his experience of working with real people, look for feedback on his research in this area. It should be borne in mind that authors with academic knowledge in the field of psychology have often done real research in the field of human relationships and have real, not factual, experience.
Authors specializing in NLP, Feng Shui and esotericism are also unconditionally popular. Their books carry a lot of positive and motivating information.
Here are some psychology publications to help you cheer up and overcome difficulties of any kind:
- .A guide for those who wish to improve family relationships. The author is a specialist in anthropology.
- . The manual belongs to a qualified educator, researcher in the field of cognitive psychology. Written for those who want to learn how to make decisions quickly.
- . The authors of the book are certified psychologists. The book is based on many years of experience working with clients who suffered from codependency and codependent relationships, who are unable to express their feelings and who suffer from shyness, fear of communication.
- . The author is a renowned master in Feng Shui and Positive Psychology. The book is addressed to those who strive to believe in themselves, their strengths, to learn how to fulfill their desires.
- . The author is an NLP master, trainer. The book teaches how to meet every day with a positive mood, how to reach career heights, how to find happiness in your personal life.
Influence of fiction on human mood
To date, experts in the field of pedagogy and psycholinguistics have proven that fiction
is able to significantly influence the consciousness of the reader, change or cultivate certain values, create guidelines for self-development. V works of art a person is depicted in different guises: in the form of an internal dialogue and in the form of a dialogue with other people, in impulsive actions and actions. Consequently, fiction is a source of self-knowledge and influence on mood.
If you want to plunge into the world of fantasy, adventure, find answers to exciting questions through the prism of literary characters and their problems, choose books from the section "fiction".
What principles should be followed when choosing a mood book?
- Focus on your preferences: consider the genre, volume of the book, and subject matter, which would help to reveal and analyze your life situation.
- Unfortunately, not every bookstore consultant is well versed in literature. In this case, online libraries and forums where you can read reviews of the selected book.
- Read a work in which your favorite movie was filmed... It will be interesting for you to keep track of what got into the script of the film, and what is left only in the book.
- If you have been hurt, try not to look for something "heartbreaking"... It is better to choose a book with a lyrical hero who is similar to you, who was able to cope with a similar problem.
"Eternal" books that have helped many generations in difficult life situations
Human is the eternal value of society, book- the eternal value of humanity. Each of us recalls the books we have read with emotional excitement. they opened before us the beauty of life, the greatness and meanness of man, gave us unforgettable meetings with our favorite literary characters, helped to overcome difficult life situations.
However, in the literature there is several works, the importance of which is difficult to overestimate... These works are eternal, because they contain an image with the characteristic features of any person.
- . The story-parable of an American writer, a story about the life of a young bird that learns to fly, overcome life's difficulties, sacrifice itself for the sake of others. Useful for those who have ceased to believe in themselves and are looking for new ways of self-improvement.
- . A philosophical novel, which, according to critics, in the 90s of the XX century. rendered big influence to American readers.
- . The story of a 16-year-old teenager, who tells in the first person about the difficulties of adolescence, does not accept the moral canons and morals of modern society. The main theme of the essay is disappointment. You can find out how a young man rebuilt his life by reading this work.
- . The story of a man who was on the verge of death, but managed to save his life thanks to courage, perseverance and love of life. The hero goes through severe torment on the way to salvation.
- Lauren Oliver "Before I Fall." The story of the life of a young girl who, after death, will again live the last day of her life, trying to realize her mistakes and the value of everything that she has lost. She has another attempt at living her life.
Book- one of the oldest tools for understanding the world. Using literature as an experienced assistant in various psychological problems is the subject of book therapy, because in books we look for other ways to comprehend our problems and doubts.
Literature expands our perception, provides us with new emotional forces, illuminates our individual circumstances and confirms the basic common features of humanity, thanks to which we have a broader perspective in overcoming any problems. Therefore, by reading books that match your mood, you are using an invaluable gift to find inner balance and happiness.
Read books and have a good mood!
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A small list of books for positive and Have a good mood.
Each of us has had a book in our life that, throughout the entire reading, made us smile, giggle into a fist, choke on laughter, or, disregarding decency, loudly burst out loud in public places!
Narine Abgaryan "Manyunya"
Anna, 23, bookstore salesman:
"Actually, I warmly recommend the whole trilogy about the girl Manyun! And I'm just going to reread it myself. This is a pure, unclouded adult nonsense like politics, psychology and some expectations from life, a rich childhood! Such as it should be for everyone, and from which such wonderful adults as the author - Narine Abgaryan grow later. This book is an excellent inoculation from everything superficial and a reminder that life is nothing like that, if you treat it correctly! "
Favorite quotes:
"Who would dare to refuse to help Ba? Nobody! Everyone wanted to live."
"How to explain to you what they give stewed vegetables? Take a school apron, cut it into strips, fill it with chalk and a treble clef. Add deuces in algebra and geometry. Simmer a day in milk with froth. This is how stewed vegetables smell and look like."
"To heighten the scent, Manka sprinkled us with air freshener" wild berry". The ambre that we exuded could have accumulated a completely combat-ready company of infantrymen."
Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov "The Golden Calf"
Tatiana, 29 years old, teacher:
"A wonderful book: sparkling, radiant and all-embracing! In many ways surpasses the first part of the stories about the" great combinator. "I read it with great pleasure and laughed to tears! repeatedly and advise everyone around! "
Favorite quotes:
"Do not knock your bald head on the parquet!"
"In Rio de Janeiro, for example, stolen cars are repainted in a different color. This is done out of purely humane motives so that the former owner would not be upset when he sees that a stranger is driving his car."
"You are an interesting person! Everything is all right with you. Surprisingly, with such happiness - and free."
Douglas Adams "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Ekaterina, 24 years old, engineer:
"This is my personal No. 1 in humorous literature. An absolutely brilliant work, quotes from which I often talk with friends. The content is impossible to retell, because these are not just cosmic adventures of reckless heroes - in his book Douglas Adams reflects on the Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything Else ! A thin and clever book, pretending to be an entertaining humorous bestseller, but having many deeper layers. An example of that very legendary English humor (and one of its best incarnations, in my opinion). "
Favorite quotes:
"A man who has traveled the entire galaxy far and wide, has gone through hunger, need and hardship, and still has a towel with him - this is a person with whom you can deal."
"The main difference between an item that can go bad and an item that cannot go bad is that an item that cannot go bad cannot be repaired if it does go bad."
"The technology that makes something invisible is so infinitely complex that in 999,999,999 cases out of a billion it is much easier and more efficient to just take it and hide with it in an unknown direction."
And, of course, the crown quotes (for those who are in the subject): "Don" t Panic !!! "and" 42 ".
Helen Fielding "Diary of Bridget Jones"
Alexandra, 26, technical writer:
"In general, I rarely read books that make me smile and lift my spirits, I like all sorts of adventures and gothic fantasy more, and there is no time for smiles ... But at one time I was sooo amused by the book" Diary of Bridget Jones ": in some places I just grumbled and read it is already twice. Including in English. What this book, probably, the whole world knows about: about a not too lucky girl in her thirties, lonely, whose head and life are full of problems and awkward situations with men, parents, overweight and etc., which one fine day decides to start a diary in order to somehow put her life in order. Well, it does! "
Favorite quotes:
"I got it: the secret to losing weight is not weighing yourself."
"Being a woman is even worse than being a farmer. So many things need to be fertilized and cleaned: wax off the vegetation on the legs; shave off the hair under the armpits; pluck out eyebrows; wipe the heels with a pumice stone; tint the regrown hair roots; cleanse the skin with a scrub and moisturize with a cream; acne disinfect with lotion; file nails; paint eyelashes; massage cellulite; strengthen abdominal muscles with exercises. labor process should be perfectly fine-tuned - if you take a break from it for just a few days, and all efforts will be nullified. "
"The need to open your mouth while applying mascara is a great and inexplicable mystery of nature."
Sergey Dovlatov "Compromise"
Tatiana, 28 years old, sound engineer:
“From my rather extensive reading experience, almost all the works of Sergei Dovlatov have been and remain the most“ smiling ”. he himself said that there are no good or bad among his characters, each has a little bit of everything mixed in. And with each of them, as with each of us, such ordinary, everyday funny and sad joys happen. "Compromise" (a series of short stories from different times), I can say without exaggeration, I know almost by heart and reread every time I feel a lack of such immediacy with which the heroes of these books look at life. "
Favorite quotes:
"A decent person is one who does nasty things without pleasure."
"A boxing match was shown on Leningrad television. A black man, black as a polka, fought a blond Pole. The announcer explained:" You can tell a black boxer by the light blue border on his shorts.
“At least you wouldn't be lying! Who is this redhead, fidgety bigot? I saw you from the bus in the morning ...
- This is not a red, fidgety bigot. This is the poet-metaphysician Vladimir Erl. He has such a hairstyle ...
Irina and Leonid Tyukhtyaevs "Zoki and Bada: a manual for children on raising parents"
Tatiana, 35 years old, medical worker:
I first read this wonderful book "for all who ever were children" in electronic form about 10 years ago, and recently I bought a paper one with beautiful illustrations. It is very funny (based on a play on words), kind, easy to read and like not only to me, but also to my husband and my 12-year-old daughter, who actually does not like to read at all. The idea of the book is for adults to learn to better understand children, and children - adults. This book always cheers me up, so I will reread her more than once! "
Favorite quotes:
- How tired of you, - the bud moaned, - it would be better if you weren't there.
- And there is no better than us, - objected Mu-ods.
- So we have, bad, have been, are and will eat, - confirmed Mu-ods.
"Good zoks are not lying on the road, they are lying on the couch."
- These are the ones, - said the bad, - he treated, healed ... What, the head has not gone through?
- It seems not, - mu-ods hesitated, - in fact, I wanted to know: here
the head did not pass?
Glory Se "Plumber, his cat, wife and other details"
Elena, 27 years old, journalist:
"Very, well, just very funny reading! Moreover, the words" very funny "should be understood not as" hee-hee "and" ha-ha ", but a wild cackle that breaks out completely uncontrollably! Therefore, at work, like me, read all the same not worth it ... Slava Se - like Dovlatov (I'm not afraid of this surname), only closer, not so ingeniously unattainable, and also a little sad, but very lively and understandable. Besides, I don't even remember my father's notes in our literature, moreover, about daughters , oh little ones, and even so warmly and with such love written. Seriously, a universal remedy for blues! And you can read from any place. "
Favorite quotes:
"Whoever throws out the tree in January is paranoid. And a miserable slave to order. The determined owner dries the tree until it is crispy."
“It's easy to bring up two girls. I can bark“ Well, eat! ”And“ Well, sleep! ”I'm good at it. Lyalya is already asleep on the thirteenth chapter. Masha - I don’t know, after the hundredth I fall asleep myself.
I know how to cook sausages, I know where the tights are (I don't know - where whose). Here are just hair ... In the morning, you have to whip up the princess-like compositions of them and rubber bands. I only know how to "a woman from Mars".
"Found a kitten. Color - metallic leopard. Affectionate, behind small velvet eggs of a child's size. Responds to the names Kuzya, Tobik, Lena, Petya and Where did the remote control. Funny, bites everyone's toes at night. Eats well, went to the pot three times , out of need and just like that, out of interest. Smart as Feuchtwanger.
If this is your kitten and you are not indifferent to its fate, add a comment here, and I will post it once a week interesting stories about his personal growth. "
Tibor Fischer "Philosophers from the Highway"
Olga, 26 years old, editor:
"A witty, kind and very funny story about a fat and lazy loser philosopher and his disabled partner, robbing banks. And it comes out quite by accident, and often - unexpectedly for themselves. Luxurious storytelling style - in the spirit of a philosophical treatise with subtitles like "A number of common places" and "The train as a way to cover your tracks." About love, friendship, sex, philosophy, logic and bandits: "This is a robbery! Read everyone! "
Favorite quotes:
"Themistocles riding through the agora in a chariot drawn by prostitutes ... This picture has nothing to do with philosophy. But what a thought!"
"Other details of the orphanage upbringing are omitted: a priori it was assumed that if it was not hell itself, then one of its branches."
"And then the morning always comes when you have to get up disgustingly early and go rob five banks in Montpellier."
Georgy Danelia "The toasted one drinks to the bottom"
Irina, 36 years old, economist:
"These are the director's memories - about childhood, about his films (in particular," Afonya "," Mimino ", etc.), about actors, about curiosities on the set, the history of creating scenarios of our favorite comedies. The book cannot be called funny in the literal sense of this the words are rather ironic. But it definitely raises the mood! "
Favorite quotes:
"This is not music, this is gonorrhea." - "Why gonorrhea?" - "Because it clings quickly and is difficult to get rid of."
“Once in Tashkent I watched on TV the film by Tatyana Lioznova“ Seventeen Moments of Spring ”, dubbed into Uzbek. There Borman, when he entered the Fuehrer’s office, threw out his hand and exclaimed:“ Salam Aleikum, Hitler-aha! ”
"Meet, this is my mom, - I told my new friends. I got up and offered to drink to her health. Mom said that if I drank less for her health, it would be more."
Igor Guberman "Gariki for every day"
Inna, 29 years old, dentist:
"A collection of short, very well-aimed and vital quatrains. Humor, of course, is more masculine, and this is confirmed by the common profanity, but most of the" gariks "are so truthful that, noticing the imperfection of being, ourselves and the world around us, they make us smile invariably - they say, yes, everything is exactly like that! The book is as funny as it is sad - but I highly recommend reading it! "
Favorite quotes:
Yesterday I ran to fill a tooth
and laughter took me on the run:
all my life I've been dragging my future corpse
and zealously shore.
There is an era in the yard,
and there is a bed in the corner
and when I feel bad with a woman,
I don't care about the era.
It happens - you wake up like a bird
a winged spring on the platoon,
and I want to live and work;
but it goes away by breakfast.
What books will you add to this list?
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22 fascinating books that will keep you awake
If you are suffering from insomnia, or you just do not know what to do in the evening before bed, then start reading! But be careful, because some of the books are so interesting that you will not notice when the morning comes!
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So, here is a list of fascinating books that will interest both "avid readers" and novice "book lovers":
"Come in large numbers", Narine Abgaryan
This is a tragicomedy about a young and ambitious girl who, at the beginning of the difficult 90s, decided to leave her native small mountainous republic and conquer the capital. And she immediately understood that every visitor whom the author calls "come in large numbers" has his own Moscow. Someone sees her in millions of people scurrying through the streets, and someone gets the opportunity to get closer to such people. And some of them protect, protect, care, help, support and just love. The author of the book tells about his small piece of that very "come in large numbers" of a visitor's life, which many indigenous people of large cities do not know about. And in it there is a place for exploits, the most important of which is to decide to emigrate and accept a new place as it is, and sincerely love it. And then Moscow will certainly reciprocate.
The Collector by John Fowles
This is the author's debut story, and many of them practically freeze their blood, because this is a real psychological thriller that excites the mind. The plot is the fate of two people connected with each other. He is a butterfly collector. There is a void in his soul, which he seeks to fill with beauty. And one day Ferdinand finds himself a wonderful victim - the girl Miranda. It is as if she was created in order to create and enjoy freedom. And he understands that he will give everything to possess her. And so, Miranda becomes a prisoner of Ferdinand. But will he be able to keep within the walls of the castle real Life, Beauty, Freedom and all the most beautiful that can be in the human soul?
The story is built on the delicate relationship of the victim and the villain and allows you to rethink many of the plots of the world classics that seemed to have long been worn out.
Forrest Gump, Winston Groom
This is the story of a mentally retarded guy, which he himself told in the pages of the legendary book that formed the basis of the film of the same name. The plot can be called practically the embodiment of the myth about the very "American dream" that disturbed the minds of millions of young people who lived in the second half of the last century. But at the same time, this is a sharp and even a bit cruel satirical parody of the society of that time, which was not ready to accept people who were somehow different from the mainstream. Forrest Gump was different and therefore was the object of ridicule. But this boy is not mad at all. He is different, and he has access to what others cannot see and feel. He's special.
Amsterdam, Ian McEwan
The author of the book is one of the representatives of the "elite" of modern British prose. And for the work, which became a real world bestseller, he received the Booker Prize. Viktor Golyshev, who translated this creation into Russian, also found an award. It would seem that the story is simple and very relevant. But how many nuances, how many thoughts, how many doubts there are! The main characters are two friends. One of them is a successful editor of a popular newspaper. The second is the genius composer of our time, who is writing the Millennium Symphony. And they conclude an agreement on euthanasia, according to the terms of which, if one falls into a state of unconsciousness and ceases to understand what he is doing, then the other will take his life.
Amendment 22 by Joseph Heller
Although more than half a century has passed since the release of the first book, this work still remains legendary and one of the most popular, and many publications have included it in the list of the best novels.
This is an unusual story about US Air Force pilots who took part in World War II. All of them find themselves in absurd situations, encounter absurd people and rash actions, they themselves commit incomprehensible acts. And all this is connected with a certain amendment number 22, which does not actually exist on paper, but states that every military man who does not want to carry out a combat mission is completely normal and therefore fit for service. But in fact, in this story one can see not so much an anti-war novel as a deep and global mockery of modern everyday life, of society and the laws in force.
The Conspiracy of Dunce by John F. Kennedy Toole
The author of this book, who, by the way, lived to be awarded Pulitzer Prize for this creation, he was able to create a literary hero, unlike any described in satirical literature. Ignatius J. Riley is a creative, creative and eccentric personality. He fancies himself an intellectual, but in reality he is a glutton, a bum and a bum. He is like the modern Don Quixote or Gargantua, who despises society for the lack of geometry and theology. He resembles Thomas Aquinas, who started his own hopeless war against everything and everyone: representatives of non-traditional sexual orientation, the excesses of the century, and even long-distance buses. And this image is so interesting, unusual and, unfortunately, relevant that everyone can see a part of themselves in it.
"Monday starts on Saturday", Strugatsky Brothers
This book is a real masterpiece of Russian fiction, a kind of embodiment of the utopia of the Soviet era, a kind of artistic fulfillment of the dream of opportunities modern man learn, create, learn and solve the mysteries of the Universe.
The main characters of the book are employees of NIICHAVO (Scientific Research Institute of Witchcraft and Wizardry). They are masters and magicians, real discoverers. And they will face many amazing events and phenomena: a time machine, a hut on chicken legs, a genie, and even an artificially grown man!
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
This book has become a real bestseller. This is a mysterious and fascinating story of a girl Rachel, who, from the window of the train, watches, as it seems to her, ideal spouses. She even gave them names: Jason and Jess. Every day she sees the cottage of a man and a woman and realizes that they probably have everything: prosperity, happiness, wealth and love. And Rachel had it all, but not so long ago she lost it all. But one day, driving up to the already well-known cottage, the girl realizes that something is going wrong. She sees frightening, mysterious and disturbing events in her mind. And after that, the ideal wife Jess disappears. And Rachel realizes that it is she who must reveal this secret and find a woman. But will the police take her seriously? And, in general, is it worth interfering in someone else's life? This is for the readers to find out.
The Book of Life: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
V last months of his life, the old professor managed to make several important discoveries.
He realized that death is not the end at all. This is the beginning. And, therefore, dying is the same as preparing for something unknown and new. And it's not scary at all, but even interesting.
Before leaving for another world, the old man passed on such knowledge to everyone who was with him in the last minutes of his earthly life. What's next? Will we know this?
The Trial, Franz Kafka
The author is one of the most beloved, mysterious, read and popular writers of the last century. He managed to create a unique artistic Universe, in which everything is not at all the same as in real life... She is sad, dreary and almost absurd, but incredible and mesmerizingly beautiful. Its heroes constantly become participants in strange adventures, they are looking for the meaning of life and trying to get answers to questions that have long tormented them. The novel "The Trial" is the work that will allow you to most clearly understand the mysterious nature of the work of Franz Kafka.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
This book can be called strange, scary, and incredibly addictive.
In the story, boys brought up in the best traditions find themselves on a desert island. The author told the readers a philosophical parable about how fragile the world is and what can happen to people who have forgotten about kindness, love and mercy. This is a dystopia with a certain symbolic connotation, in which the features of the behavior of children who find themselves in war time on a desert island. Will they be able to preserve humanity or obey natural instincts?
Rita Hayworth, or the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
The plot of this book is the story of a man whose nightmare suddenly became a reality. He, innocent of anything, was thrown into prison, in a real hell, in which he will spend the rest of his life. And from this terrible place no one has yet been able to get out. But the main character does not intend to give up and put up with what was destined for him by fate. He took a desperate step. But can he not only escape, but also get used to freedom and the new world, survive in it? By the way, this work of the real king of fantasy Stephen King served as the basis for the film of the same name, in which Morgan Freeman and Tim Robinson starred.
Events take place in England in 1960. Jennifer Sterling wakes up after a terrible car accident and realizes that she cannot remember who she is, what happened to her. She does not remember her husband either. She would have continued to live in ignorance if she had not accidentally found letters addressed to her and signed with the letter "B". Their author confessed his love to Jennifer and persuaded her to leave her husband. Further, the author takes readers into the 21st century. Young reporter Ellie finds one of the letters written by the mysterious "B" in the archives of the newspaper. She hopes that by taking up the investigation, she will be able to unravel the mystery of the author and recipient of the messages, restore her reputation and even sort out her own personal life.
"Lady with glasses with a gun in the car", Sebastien Japrizo
The main character of the book is a blonde. She is beautiful, sentimental, sincere, deceitful, restless, stubborn and stupid. This lady, who has never seen the sea, gets into a car and tries to escape from the police. At the same time, she constantly repeats to herself that she is not crazy.
But those around him do not agree with this. The heroine behaves more than strange and constantly finds herself in ridiculous situations. She believes that wherever she finds herself, she can be harmed. But if she escapes, she will be able to remain alone with herself and free herself from what she hides, from what worries her so much.
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
The author has been writing this book for ten years, but it has become a real masterpiece. It tells that art has strength and power, and sometimes it can radically change and literally turn our lives around, and quite suddenly.
The hero of the work, the 13-year-old boy Theo Decker, miraculously survived the explosion that killed his mother. His father abandoned him, and he is forced to wander through foster families and completely alien homes. He's been to Las Vegas and New York and is almost desperate. But his only consolation, which, by the way, almost led him to death, is the masterpiece of the Dutch old master, which he stole from the museum.
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
This book looks like a complex mirror maze, in which surprisingly overlap, intersect and overlap each other, it would seem, are completely different and in no way related stories.
There are six main characters in the work: a young composer who is forced to trade in soul and body; 19th century notary; a journalist working in California in the 70s of the last century who uncovers a conspiracy of a large company; a clone servant working in a modern fast food business; modern small publisher and simple goat herder living at the end of civilization.
1984 by George Orwell
This work can be attributed to the genre of dystopia, it describes a society in which a tough totalitarian regime.
There is nothing more terrible than imprisoning free and living minds in the shackles of social foundations.
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Gio
Events unfold in 1933 in Seattle. Vera Ray kisses her young son before bed and goes to work at the hotel at night. In the morning, a single mother discovers that the whole city is covered with snow, and her son has disappeared. In a snowdrift near the house, Vera finds the boy's favorite toy, but there are no traces nearby. A desperate mother is ready to do anything to find her child.
The author then transports readers to modern Seattle. Reporter Claire Aldridge writes an article about a blizzard that literally paralyzed the city. By chance, she learns that similar events have already taken place 80 years ago. Starting to study the mysterious story of Vera Ray, Claire realizes that she is somehow mysteriously intertwined with her own life.
"Blindness" by Jose Saramago
The inhabitants of an unnamed country and an unnamed city face a strange epidemic. All of them are rapidly beginning to go blind. And the authorities, in order to stop this incomprehensible disease, decide to introduce strict quarantine and relocate all sick people to the old hospital, taking them into custody.
The main characters of the work are an infected ophthalmologist and his pretending blind wife. They are trying to piece together the world bit by bit and find order in this gradually enveloping chaos.
"Three apples fell from the sky", Narine Abgaryan
This book is the story of a small village located somewhere high in the mountains.
Its inhabitants are all a little bit grumpy, a little bit eccentric, but at the same time, real treasures of the spirit are hidden in each of them.
This is a witty, sublime and unusual dystopia about the modern consumer society, which is programmed at the genetic level. And in this world the sad story of the Savage unfolds, whom the author regards as the Hamlet of our time. He still retains the remnants of humanity, but people, divided into castes of social consumption, do not want to recognize him or simply cannot do it.
If we list noteworthy books by modern authors, then we cannot fail to mention the work "The social network" Kovcheg "by Evgeny Vesel, which consists of three parts.
The main character falls from the roof, but is reborn again. Having lived a little in the XI century, he finds himself in the distant future - in the XXXVI century in Moscow. The author touches upon many interesting devices, psychology and sales techniques, modern thinking about life and reasons to seriously think about rhetorical questions. The second book describes life in America and the theory of one of the variants of the worldwide conspiracy. And the third part tells about the hero's adventures on another planet where white angels live.
These were the most interesting books that are worth reading even for those who believe that they do not like to read. They will turn your views and even ideas about the world.
P.S. What books do you remember the most?
On gloomy winter evenings, when there is a terrible frost outside and it gets dark early, there is nothing better than getting warm under a blanket, with a cup of hot cocoa and a good book in hand. And there is no more wonderful cure for blues and boredom than a funny, insanely positive, sometimes funny to tears, book. For everyone, humor is defined differently, and there are countless ratings of funny books. I present mine of 8 books that will make you smile and ultimately definitely cheer you up.
Helen Fielding "Diary of Bridget Jones"
This is a novel that has probably become a textbook in the life of all women in the world who are over 30. Who has not watched a wonderful British film, I advise you to read the book first.
The main character is Bridget Jones. She is 32 years old, she has excess weight, a terrible habit of smoking, there is no permanent man, but there are girlfriends, with all the typical female problems, and an oppressive mother to boot. And, oh, horror, she falls in love with a notorious bastard and womanizer, pathologically losing sight of the most wonderful man on the planet. The novel is written in the form of a diary of the main character, in which she, with humor, sometimes with sadness, tells about real life. The book not only personifies the life of most women on the planet, it is the best cure for depression, a kind of way to look at yourself from the outside and laugh heartily.
Douglas Adams "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
This is a whole series of funny science fiction novels. Better even to tell satirical stories.
They tell about a guy Adam, whose house they want to demolish for the construction of the motorway. But at one point everything turns upside down. It turns out that Adam's best friend is an alien, and they are going to demolish not only the main character's house, but the entire planet Earth in order to pave the intergalactic path. Adam and his friend miraculously escape and begin a fun and fantastic adventure across the vastness of the universe.
Jerome K. Jerome "Three Men in a Boat, Not including a Dog"
"Three in a boat, not counting a dog" is a humorous story, quite small in volume, embodying the classics of humorous prose. It tells the story of a fox terrier dog and three men who decide to travel along the Thames. All heroes have a tolerable temperament and lack of experience in boating. So their journey is filled with funny events and various humorous situations.
Undoubtedly, this is one of the few books that you can re-read countless times and laugh over and over again.
Lauren McCrossan "Angel on the Air"
On the one hand, this is typical female romance, but on the other hand - a very funny and cheerful female novel. Like most books in this genre, its protagonist is an unmarried girl in her thirties. She works for a popular radio station. Her beloved man proposed to her. She had a chance to interview the world-famous handsome singer. Everything is going perfectly. Almost…
Her boyfriend, after a marriage proposal, leaves for America to shoot a TV show about super models. Mom reads the new groom. At work, no one except neurotics and alcoholics calls on the air, and ratings are plummeting. And yet that very popular singer begins to actively look after her. And all this is spiced with funny jokes and comical situations.
Tibor Fischer "Philosophers from the Highway"
Although the annotation may sound like a black comedy, Philosophers from the Highway is actually an insanely kind and funny book. Its main characters are a fat philosopher, a loser in life, and his friend is disabled. And they are engaged in nothing else but bank robberies, and they always do it by accident. Written very easily and accessible to any reader.
Pelam Grenville Woodhouse "Jeeves and Wooster"
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Jeeves and Worcester is a collection of stories about two English gentlemen.
Worcester is a wealthy young man of the British aristocracy who always gets into all kinds of troubles, not devoid of humor. His clever and resourceful valet Jeeves rescues his unfortunate master all the time. This is what most of the stories about this funny couple are based on.
Perhaps the cycle "Jeeves and Worcester" can be safely called a classic of British humor.
Winston Groom "Forest Gump"
The main thing is to forget about the film now and perceive the book as a separate work, just with the same title. The adaptation is undoubtedly great, but very different from the original novel. In the film, they embellished a lot, added tragedy and drama. The book is actually very light, funny and kind. It tells about the unusual life of a boy, and then a man, Forest, who is mentally a little behind in development. He perceives the world differently from others, which makes his story very unusual and funny.
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky "Monday starts on Saturday"
Legendary science fiction writers, the Strugatsky brothers, wrote a very funny and funny book. Like all their novels, this story, sometimes absurd, sometimes funny, is not devoid of its fantastic basis.
The main character is a Russian programmer who, going on vacation, meets two men, with whom all the madness of the book begins. Hut on chicken legs, Lukomorye, Institute of Magic and Marilyn. An unprecedented and fantastic world, unknown before, opens up to the ordinary programmer.
For the most part, it is the absurdity of the book that makes it funny, but it is easy to read and captures from the first page.
What books cheer you up?
Inga Mayakovskaya
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Mood - couldn't you imagine worse? And wildly you want to run away somewhere, hide, bury yourself in a warm blanket? The best way to overcome depression is with books. Of course, you will not run away from your problems, but you will raise your spirits. And maybe you will even find a solution to your problem.
To your attention - the most positive works in the opinion of readers!
Released in 1928.
"Impossible": one of the most positive and light works with sparkling humor, ridicule of our vices, deep meaning, amazing satire. The book, long scattered into quotations, is for a reader of any "status" and age!
You don’t know yet, “how much is opium for the people”? Kisa and Ostap Bender are waiting for you!
Released in 1999.
An amazingly positive and comfortable book, based on which an equally beautiful and memorable film was shot in 2000.
The tranquility of the prim French town is suddenly disturbed by the arrival of a beautiful young Vianne. Together with their daughter, they appear at the same time as a snowstorm and open a chocolate shop.
Treats from Vianne radically change the life of the townspeople - they wake up a taste for life. But a girl never lingers in one place for a long time ...
Released in 1970. Bestseller of 1972.
The book is a parable about ... an ordinary seagull, which just wanted to be different from all its bird environment.
A work imbued with a specific morality - never give up, develop, improve yourself and strive for the sky (and the sky is different for everyone).
If you are close to the fact that your hands are about to drop, and the blues turn into a real black depression - it's time to read something life-affirming.
Released in 1996.
He is young, he is going through his emotional drama, he is losing confidence in himself. But there is a way out of any crisis in life!
Light and touching, ironic book by a Norwegian writer about finding yourself and about people who need to be able to see behind cars, houses, trees, everyday life ...
Release year: 1998 (filmed in 2001).
Bridget is a lonely London girl who writes in her diary everything she lives with and what torments her. And she is tormented by the understanding that the age is far from girlish, there is no thin fragility, and the man of her dreams never called her in marriage.
In principle, he was not going to call her. This always happens: while we are waiting for our happiness on the road, it sneaks up on us from the rear. And Bridget is no exception.
Lack of faith in yourself? Open the book and rustle the pages for your pleasure! A good mood is guaranteed!
Released in 2010.
It would seem, what interesting can some blogger from LJ write? Probably nothing.
But not in this case!
The ironic notes of the former marketer, and now - the plumber and writer Slava Se, published in full-fledged books, have been circulating for a long time and are being successfully sold. How many people he made happy with the replacement of pipes - history is silent, but the readers are definitely delighted with him!
Relax with Slava and get out of depression with short and funny stories!
Released in 1964.
For several decades, this book has remained one of the brightest and most positive works in the genre of "fantastic story". Fascinating, impetuous, psychological fantasy with sparkling humor for everyone.
By the will of fate, a young programmer ends up in NIICHAVO in a remote corner of Russia. From now on, his life will not be the same!
Released in 2004.
David is a realtor. And not the most successful, besides. And he also has a black streak in his life. But one day he has a talking dog ...
Do not rush to skip the annotation and snort contemptuously, because the time behind this book will fly by unnoticed!
A very serious, despite the ease of reading, a book with English humor about a dog named Buch and its soft-bodied owner. A true masterpiece with a stunning finale.
Released in 1966.
Everything is mixed in sunny El Salvador - traditions, races, relationships. And in the light of this amazing and active South American life, the story of Dona Flor and her two husbands is being written.
And the first husband was not completely perfect, and with the second not everything is smooth ... If only a little from each - and make the perfect "mix".
A real drive from Jorge Amado: Latin American passions will bring anyone out of depression!
Released in 1972.
After all, the meeting with the aliens took place. But the aliens "sailed home", where they came from, and the mysteries did not diminish. And the clues are there, in the anomalous zones, a visit to which can bring anything.
Red is one of the curious. He is drawn to the zone again and again, and even his beautiful wife cannot keep him at home. Will the zone release him without consequences again?
Strong fiction, based on which the film "Stalker" was created, and even a computer game.
Released in 2006.
Samantha is far from the last lawyer in London. She successfully works in a successful company, knows her business and is ready to become a young partner of the company. This is her dream. And the future reward for fatigue, sleepless nights, lack of full personal life and neurasthenia. Just a couple of steps ...
But life suddenly goes downhill, and from a successful lawyer you have to retrain into an ordinary rural economy.
An excellent variant of "reading matter" for a "kick of vivacity" to a tired and sad body. Believe it or not, there really is life outside the office!
Released in 2004.
Oswald was not too stoic about the news of his diagnosis. To live, according to the doctor, there is very little left - and he escapes from cold Chicago to celebrate the last Christmas in the boondocks called Lost Creek.
He is tired, and does not intend to fight the disease ... The doctor said "to the morgue" - that means to the morgue.
Need a reason to get out of your office hibernation? Or sadness-longing finally drove you into bed? Read about the Christmas miracle! Not about some kind of fabulous invented miracle, but about the real one, created by one's own hands.
It's so easy to do miracles!
Released in 1987.
In this warm and whimsical novel, several destinies are intertwined at once - in a tiny American town in the 20s and 80s of the last century.
Extraordinary characters with difficult fates, but kind, in spite of everything, hearts, sincerity of presentation of material, good language - what else do you need for an evening with a cup of hot tea?
Released in 1957.
It is still a popular book, adored by readers, every second of whom will call it "the most positive book in the world." A soulful, partly autobiographical work, filmed and successfully sold, almost 6 decades after its first publication.
Open the book and breathe in the sweet smell of summer, which will dissolve your troubles! A book from the real wizard, Ray Bradbury (with a recipe for stress!).
Released in 2011.
This book will be interesting both to those who watched its film adaptation, and to those who encountered the author's work for the first time.
The world of post-apocalypse: zombies on the one hand, people on the other, eating brains, shots and squeals.
And, it seems, everything is clear, and the topic is hackneyed, but it turns out that not all zombies are such zombies. Some are still very good. Like this one, for example - with the name "R".
And they also know how to love ...
Lively and light narration, great style, humor and a positive ending!
Enjoy your reading and optimistic outlook on life!
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