Start reading Ana Frank's diary When we go through an episode of depression it may not be the most appropriate, nor may Wuthering Heights the day after the couple leaves us or starting Steppenwolf after working ten hours in one day.
And it is that, as for many other things, in life there are moments when you have to know how to choose what book to read according to our mood.
Here we go.
Nostalgic
We have just seen a photograph of childhood that moves us, we look around us and we see that everything has changed too much. We look for children's readings that, at the same time, touch the fiber of the adult, and what better way to recover The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and travel through the pages of the hand of that blond boy who fled from a planet invaded by baobabs?
Stressed
Do overtime sometime, ok. Prioritize your work over family, not at all. Read The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma in times of stress and emptiness, TOTALLY. Considered one of the most famous new age books of the millennium, this novel is composed of various advice provided by a man whose overwork led him to take refuge in the most mystical peaks of the Himalayas. A clear inspiration for troubled times in which our spirits do not improve.
Sensual
This may not be your most sexually active time for many reasons. ¿50 shades of gray?, you think. But no, there are much more stimulating books, and one of them is The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire, which brings together poems in which the author tries to flee from the evils of the world thanks to beauty, love, death and also eroticism. More than 150 free poems that mock the censorship that the French author suffered in 1857 after being accused of violating the morality of the time.
Traveler
If you can't buy a plane ticket, read books, the cheapest and most effective option to travel in times of tight pockets. The options are many, although we stand out Into the wild, by John Krakauer, the famous book inspired by the real experiences of a young man from a good family named Chris McCandless who, in 1992, decided to abandon himself to a nomadic life in northern Alaska.
Disorientated
In a time when work abroad is something more common than we think, books like Unusual Land of Jhumpa Lahiri, help us to find a certain empathy between those pages in which various characters from India must face a new life, alter their customs and maintain their identity after their arrival in the United States. Ideal for reading in times when the brain drain is more pronounced than ever.
Romantic
If you feel butterflies in your stomach, check your mobile every five seconds and bump into people on the street while looking at the sky, then any of these romantic books that we propose will serve to further accentuate this state.
These books to read according to your mood They will help you see things differently, reflect and distract yourself. Let's start the year with good attitudes and better reading.
What book would you recommend for any of these moods?