Book Debrief: Rekindling Your Love for the Books You’ve Read—spoilers ahead!

The Little Prince is a classic children's story written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The story is about a pilot who crashes in the Sahara Desert and meets a small, mysterious boy known as the Little Prince. Through their encounters, the pilot learns about the Prince's journey from his tiny asteroid, his experiences on other planets, and his search for a friend. The story explores t...

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is a novel that tells the story of two cities, London and Paris, during the French Revolution. The story follows the lives of Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat who is wrongly accused of treason, and Sydney Carton, a cynical lawyer who secretly loves Lucie Manette, Darnay's wife. The novel explores themes of love, sacrifice, redemption, and the power of r...

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a novel by Khaled Hosseini that explores the lives of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, against the backdrop of war and societal turmoil in Afghanistan. The story follows Mariam, an illegitimate daughter who faces a harsh life, and Laila, who suffers the loss of her family and falls into an arranged marriage. The novel highlights themes of female oppression, the endur...

The book explores the concept of behavioral economics and how human behavior deviates from the assumptions of rational economic theory. It presents a range of experiments and real-life examples to illustrate the predictable irrationality of human decision-making, covering topics such as relativity, social norms, procrastination, ownership, and the impact of free offers. The text argues that unders...

"If I Stay" is a young adult novel by Gayle Forman that explores the complex emotions and experiences of Mia, a talented cellist, after a devastating car accident. The novel moves back and forth between Mia's past, present, and a possible future, as she struggles to reconcile her love for her family and boyfriend with the prospect of life and death. The novel delves into themes of family, love, lo...

Sabahattin Ali’s novel “Madonna in a Fur Coat,” written in 1943, focuses on the life of a clerk who constantly keeps himself away from the outside world and immerses himself in silence. Born and raised in Havran, Raif Efendi decides to study art after some time and leaves his hometown. Throughout his journey from Istanbul to Berlin, he maintains his silence, refrains from expressing his thoughts,...