Five Books to Consider Reading in Early 2022

Jurnalis: Rifan

KABARBARU, PENDIDIKAN – Start the new year 2022; it would be better to love reading. Reading has many benefits. It will open up insight and add to the wealth of discourse within us. In addition, we will get to know many new perspectives. So, reading books trains us to be more open-minded.

There are many genres of books to choose from according to the interests and preferences of the readers. To give you an idea of ​​what books to start or read, here are five recommended books to read:

1. “Si Cantik Lonte Sore” by Fathia Rahmawati

   

The book “Si Cantik Lonte Sore” tells the story of a girl’s first experience of realizing her big dream, being able to climb a mountain. She was forced to argue with her mother to get permission to climb. She then struggled with climbing, which was quite complicated, and the night climbing, which was quite stressful. She was on the mountain, meeting the Si Cantik Lonte Sore and the trip down of the hill made her breathless.

2. “Homo Deus” by Yuval Noah Harari

   

The book “Homo Deus” discusses all the possibilities that exist in the future of Homo sapiens (Intelligent Humans). This book outlines that humanity is likely to make significant efforts to gain happiness, immortality, and powers like God or superhumans in the future.

3. “Catatan Seorang Demonstran” by Soe Hok Gi

   

The book “Catatan Seorang Demonstran” tells about the upheaval of a young man’s thoughts, namely Soe Hok Gie. The details show the breadth of Gie’s interests, ranging from socio-political issues in modern Indonesia to minor problems in the relationship between humans and their pets.

4. “Madilog” by Tan Malaka

   

The book “Madilog” is a work that moves in leftist philosophy, which discusses materialism, dialectics, and logic.

5. “Tuhan Ijinkan Aku Menjadi Pelacur” by Muhidin M Dahlan

   

The book “God Allow Me to Be a Prostitute” is a novel genre book that tells the true story of a woman named Nidah Kirani, an undergraduate student activist in an Islamic organization. She is a pious woman, who during her life, was only spent in worship such as praying and reading the Koran, even almost forgetting her worldly life. But in her journey, she found various disappointments against the god she had obeyed so far. Those are five recommended books that you can read in early 2022. Hopefully, they can be helpful.