New Books Readers&Authors discussion

What should we read, to keep our motivations up and navigate through the international health crisis?

To break the ice, I'm suggesting some non-fiction that may be applied by everyone, at home, and that is directed at improving our overall wellbeing.
Most of the authors below have written some other books, I'm only indicating a book that suits the purpose of encouraging realistic positive thinking, good luck with exploring other titles they've written.

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In this period, I think it is useful to keep an open mind, be thankful for what we have and have in mind a brighter future. Changes may occur and books are agents of change.

I recommend the following books in order to navigate the international health crisis:

I believe that in these times we should exercise and enhance our critical thinking skills. We are bombarded every day with sensational news, long articles, big numbers and exaggerated cases about the current global crisis. But how many of them present actual facts and how many of them relate to the fiction spectrum in order to attract clicks and views?

In order to go through an honest analysis of our critical thinking skills I recommend this book:

Another book that I find captivating and I think it's subject somehow applies to the current global crisis is The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb .

With a thorough approach and analysis of the improbable events that shook the world in history, the author offers a compelling image of the randomness of such events.

It is a great book that describes the level of control people think they have over global or local events. It gives us a deeper understanding of how that control actually unfolds, using probabilities.

I have a more unconventional suggestion. It is a series of 3 books (the MaddAddam series) by Margaret Atwood, the authro of The Handmaid's Tale.

It presents a dystopian future where plagues are a regular sight, spirituality plays an important role,and manis his own archenemy. Pretty hard to swallow at the beginning, but the universe created can be quite compelling and put some perspective into the present events. I especially liked the second book (The Year of the Flood), but they are best read in sequence :