So as apart form the non-fiction books I read for my career and side hustles. I am a fiction lover, and there is a reason.
Why I read “leisure book” as an ambitious marketer?
In a recent book I read about having your result recognized by management levels, it has a section about reading for career development.
And it talks about not only read for “profession skills”, “interpersonal skills” and whatever self help books. But to read for leisure also, just pick the book you like because work is hard. And also because those who are success and can provide you support on career will read fiction and other kind of non-fictions like history or science.
So to really communicate and bond with them, read something other than “working skills” book or “workspace strategy” book.
Fiction type enjoyed by a Digital Marketing Specialist
So apart from non-fiction books like history, economy, science, psychology and philosophy, you name it. It also love to read fictions.
Heart warming fictions
The first type is those heartwarming fiction, about lovely slow-paced daily life. The lifestyle I like but still working for it. These are the type of books I read for stress release.
Book suggestions in this type
- 《Days at the Morisaki Bookshop》by Satoshi Yagisawa
- Books by Ito Ogawa
- Books by Kitagawa Yasushi
- Books by Mure Yoko
- Books by Natori Sawako, especially Friday Bookstore
- The Full Moon Coffee Shop Series
Detective Fiction
I love detective fictions since a kid, reading sherlock Holmes, Geronimo Stilton and The Three Investigators Kids. And as I grow up, I also start to read books from Japanese writers. And keep reading ever since, it also become my main focus in this genre.
For me this is a great way to flex my brain muscles, while entertaining myself. The intense feeling when reading detective stories never fail to make me feel alive after a hard day at work.
Author suggestions in this type
- Keigo Higashino
- Haruki Murakami
- Shinzō Mitsuda
- Edogawa Ranpo
- Agatha Christie
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