Forget self-help, read more fiction.

While I talk about self-improvement and self-help books a bit, my bookshelf is the opposite. I love delving into imaginary worlds through reading fantasy and science fiction stories. In this video I talk about why I read fiction/fantasy more than non-fiction.

Book recommendations
Red Rising (Series)
Rage of Dragons
Way of Kings (Series)
Circe
Song of Achilles
Remains of the Day
Lies of Locke Lamora
Sword of Kaigen
Jade City (Series)
Blade Itself (Series)

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:23 Problems with Non-fiction
01:06 Start Reading Fiction
03:10 Internal Conflict and Metaphors
04:01 Hero’s Journey and You
06:48 Better Ideals and Figures
09:02 Living a thousand lives.
09:28 Fiction creates better habits
11:42 Intentional Reading and Pop-corn fiction
13:30 Book Recommendations Portion
13:48 Red Rising
14:15 Rage of Dragons
16:09 Way of Kings
16:59 Sword of Kaigen
17:59 The Martian & Project Hail Mary
18:13 Song of Achilles
18:43 Lies of Locke Lamora and Jade City