Dr APJ Abdul Kalam inspired people in a myriad of ways, and one of them was by encouraging people to read more.
He said that books were a chance to “view the past, use experience for the present, and dream for the future”.
Here are 10 books recommended by “The People’s President”.
One of the greatest literary and philosophical masterpieces, the couplets in this book by Thiruvalluvar, a profound thinker, act as useful guides to overcoming life’s obstacles.
The book is a collection of inspiring stories, essays and anecdotes from people around the world. Dr Kalam called this book his “guiding light”.
This self-help book contains “personal strategies for self-leadership critical to getting ahead and staying ahead in a world accelerating in fast forward, where knowledge is the ultimate power”.
This book asks you, the reader, to make three important choices every day — where to expend your energy, your destination, and your principles.
This story about a parrot urges you to break the shackles of comfort and embrace life’s adventures.
Frequently quoted by Dr Kalam, this book talks about the importance of the mind and body working together. Its main aim is to encourage self-awareness before “mastering the material world”.
Through his journey from a small town in Bengal to Bel Air and India’s freedom struggle, the author, a physicist, tries to answer questions about spirituality and science.
This self-help book speaks about how one can achieve success by believing in themself. The author speaks about the importance of emotions in a person’s life and shares methods to attract positivity.
A collection of 103 poems by one of India’s greatest poets, it brought the author a Nobel Prize for Literature. “To read one line of Rabindranath everyday is to forget all the troubles of the world.”
This is a collection of 23 poetic essays and is the authors best known book, which took over 11 years to complete.