21 Fiction Novels That Give You Better Life Lessons Than Non-Fiction

Fiction vs Non-fiction.

A seemingly eternal battles. Readers are mostly divided into fiction loyalists and non-fiction. Not that they think one is upping the other, but is, in general, a better preference for them. Nonfiction lovers think that fiction is lofty and doesn’t have a real connect with reality and is a world of illusions. The non-fiction lovers sometimes think real life experiences of other real people teach us is all we need to learn. But fiction is not what they think. There is so much to learn if you pay more attention, stripping it away from the entertainment factor.

Here are a few examples of fiction novels which impart valuable life lessons through their intricate stories.

1. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

This book is a revelation of love. Love is a macabre yet beautiful thing that is extremely difficult to explain as portrayed by the leads of this story. It makes you and breaks you constantly and you learn to love is nothing like what you thought it’d be.

 

2. The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho

The quest for being a greater person, achieving the best that is possible through reaching the heights of human potential is a lesson this book provides to every reader and it’s one of those books which stay with you forever.

 

3. Atlas Shrugged By Ayn Rand

This book is Bible to those who are goal oriented and it eggs on every reader to be the best they can be. Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism is intriguing and described at it’s best in this book through the female lead of the plot. After all, Who Is John Galt?

 

4. A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy By Douglas Adams

This book inspires us to expand the reaches of our imagination as far as they could go and a comedy in the backdrop of science fiction eggs us to enjoy life as much as possible.

 

5. A Series Of Unfortunate Events By Lemony Snickets

This series teaches us that perseverance and presence of mind are the key to sailing through anything imaginable and sometimes unimaginable circumstances.

 

6. The Guide By R. K. Narayan

It’s a book that has too much to give. It breaks all sorts of barriers and tells everyone that barriers are meant to be broken and are due for an expiration date for the flow to take its course. Exactly like love, which transcends everything.

 

7. The Inheritance Of Loss By Kiran Desai

This book shows us the complicacy of relationships and how delicately we need to handle them according to the situations in front of us.

 

8. To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

This book is a stark example of showing how racism transcends the evil and get’s to the simple minded people as well and how it shapes the society we live in and how wrong it all is.

 

9. A Short History Of Nearly Everything By Bill Bryson

The author compensated his own lack of knowledge through this book and in turn giving us a big treasure to be cherished forever.

 

10. The Sisterhood Of Travelling Pants By Ann Brashares

This book teaches that distances don’t matter when hearts are connected deeply. And they don’t need to be romantically connected. This book is a celebration of female friendships and friendship in general.

 

11. Harry Potter ( entire series) By J K Rowling

A universe of its own, the books have enriched the lives of millions of kids. It’s a treasure on its own of life lessons.

 

12. Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen

This book is exactly what the concept of feminism embodies.

 

13. Mother By Maxim Gorky

In the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, the love of a mother for her son is something that pulls you in like a magnet.

 

14. Never Let Me Go By Kazuo Ishiguro

It’s a thriller which imparts a vast amount of knowledge in the complications of human relationships.

 

15. Cell By Stephen King

A zombie fiction is worth a read that puts in the position where you actually think how the world would be and the effect technology actually has on you.

 

16. Summertime By J. M. Coetzee

A complex story of a simple plot, this book tells us how far from reality we in general are.

 

17. The Count Of Monte Cristo By Alexander Dumas

The story revolves around a man who goes through innumerable hardships and never gives up. What more valuable lesson is there to learn?

 

18. The Night Train At Deoli Station And Other Stories By Ruskin Bond

A delightful journey through various stories which fill your heart with joy, intrigue you, scare you, punch your heart with the knife of words but yet leave you feeling elated and in a beautiful universe of the past.

 

19.Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte

It shows that loving others and yourself without inhibition is what the concept of love is. Loving not in spite of, but because of the flaws is what love is.

 

20. Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte

Love is ever powerful. That’s what this novel, a beautiful, hurting, but liberating feeling which takes you where you belong.

 

21. The Picture Of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde

It tells you not to dwell on the past too much that you lose yourself completely.

These beautiful will last you a lifetime and stay in your heart as long you live. 🙂

If you have read them, re-read them and if you haven’t put them on your reading list now!

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