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I think there are more nuggets of wisdom in great fiction than these self help books. Maybe if someone put together a list of fiction books that correlate stro
by sharadov 3mo ago
I think there are more nuggets of wisdom in great fiction than these self help books.
Maybe if someone put together a list of fiction books that correlate strongly with self-help categories, it would be immensely useful.
A great fiction book helps you vicariously experience a character's life while self-help is an instruction manual which sadly does not provide the same form of connection.
- olooney 3mo agoHaruki Murakami's entire body of work is basically self-therapy[1] and personally I feel it's been very therapeutic. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is an excellent place to start. [1]: https://bloomsburyliterarystudiesblog.com/2022/02/i-always-suspected-that-he-was-more-influenced-by-jungian-psychology-than-he-likes-to-let-on-jonathan-dil-on-haruki-murakami.html https://bloomsburyliterarystudiesblog.com/2022/02/i-always-s...