Read Because of Curiosity

Iqra or the translation is 'read' quoted from Verse 96 of Al-Quran: Surah al-'Alaq which told human to read for knowledge as only knowledge can guide you to the right path. As my last post, I described US' reading culture and the importance to read books. Since then, i try at least for every week to read multiple books for knowledge which it is guided by my curiosity.

I was given a chance by Allah to study in United States which i believed is one of the heavens for readers. This is because for only a few dollars i could subscribe any book that i want for a year. In addition, with the boom of e-readers technology in US i could get any books for low price. This in turn, i'm able to buy any books that i want for only few dollars.

I started to nurture my readings habit by start to read any light material such as magazines. As for now i subscribed multiple magazines such as Times, Economics and Popular science. When there is any free time i will try to read all of the magazines. I subscribed the magazines that discussed the things that i like most so that it will help to nurture my reading habits. In return, it helps me to improve my knowledge and fill up my my free time and my curiosity. So for now i determine to further nurture my reading habit by read more heavy materials. So i made up a list of books that i need to read by 2013. So below are my list of books that i decided to read.

Philosopher

Incoherence of philosopher by al-Ghazali

On the soul by Aristotle

History

Disrupted destiny by Tamim Ansary

Hasan al-Banna (Makers Of The Muslim World) by Gudrun Kraemer

Economy

The wealth of nations by adam smith

An Introduction to Islamic Finance by Usmani, M. Taqi

Biography

Einstein: His life and universe by Walter Isaacton

Steve jobs by Walter Isaacton

Politics

The arts of war by sun tzu

The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, The West, and The Future of the Holy City by Dore Gold

As you noticed i divided the types of book into five categories. all of this categories is based on my own curiosity. Most of the books mentioned above are the must read book for all human. dont believe me? try google it and you may find out which one is the must read book. I'll try to complete read all of these book before 2013. As for 2013, maybe you guys could recommend me any book that may become one of my interest in the future.

Just for information, the reading habit for Malaysian is still low compare to any developed country. I believed in order Malaysia to achieve status of developed country by 2020, we at least, need to improve our reading habit because knowledge is the most powerful tool in the world and only with knowledge we can achieve anything we want.

i share that list of books because i would like to encourage you guys to read this kind of book and i want you guys to share with me your list of must read books. So PLEASE SHARE and RECOMMEND me any book that may be interesting.