The Alchemist : Book You Should Read

Which Book Is The Best To Start Reading

If you are thinking to start reading novel and want to know which book you should read first and why? The answer is Alchemist. This is the best book i have ever read in my in life. That's why I suggest you. It's because the language ( vocabulary ) is so simple to read. You can understand it easily.

This book is not for you if you are looking for a way to escape reality by immersing into a juicy plot during the week end. This book is about you, me and anyone and everyone .It is about our life, our troubles and tribulations, our goals and the purpose of our existence. To determine our goal ( or Personal Legend as Coelho terms) and to pursue and achieve it is not difficult if we are focused because in the words of Coelho,"..... when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

The story is that of a shepard boy named, Santiago ,from Andulasia. The boy embarks upon a journey in search of a treasure that he had dreamt of. Each one of us are, infact, Santiago, unable to realise when and where we spilt 'the spoon of oil '. As you go through the book you learn that all is not lost and there is hope.

Narrated in a simple lucid manner,the story is interspersed with metaphors ,fables and allegories. Compelling, interesting and full of hope and positivity, The Alchemist is a bedrock of inspiration that instills a strong sense of faith in yourself.

Such is the power of this book that you will want to read it again and again. Paulo Coelho has an uncanny knack to soothe your soul and boost your morale. This book, in my opinion, should be read by everyone, young and old, atleast once.

This is probably the most intresting book I've read so far, the writing so the book is amazing and can be easily understand. If you are first time reader then I would definitely recommend this book. It is was originally written in Portuguese and later translated in English.

The story is about a boy from Andalsuia and his adventures through African desert to find treasure in Pyramids of Egypt. One can easily relate with the story because we all have our own goals and this book will teach you that no matter how many obstacles come in your way you should never give up

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is the book which I always go back to. I have a different take away whenever I read it and it has helped me to become wiser with time. Basically it is a fable about following your dreams and is a story of a shepherd named Santiago who dares to follow his dream. He faces obstacles, failures and hardship throughout but he decides to hold on to his dream.

You'll know, after reading why this book is the 7th most read book in the world. The story is a bit spiritually oriented, but even if you are new this, you would have no trouble following the story.
The story has interesting elements. It has humor, amazement, motivation and most importantly a hard hitting ridiculous suspense at the end. It may have a higher level of vocabulary, but you would be fine if you have Google handy. A must read. The author has greatly planned the plot.

This book gives you a picture of how cruel or difficult life can be but one can only see success if he believes truly in himself. When the belief is so strong, you get help from everything in any form. You only get stronger when life throws a unsolvable problem at you and you face it with belief in yourself. Alchemist makes one realise true power is within oneself and they can use help from a living or non living thing. World will join to help you in one or the other way when you decide to achieve your Personal Legend no matter what.
This is the first book I ever read. A million thanks to a friend of mine who inspired me to read it.

There are too many things one can learn from “The Alchemist”. Its all about following your dream and about taking the risk of following your dreams, which is actually so difficult to do and there are very few people in this world who actually do, I mean risk it all, just to follow your heart and your dream. Beauty is, the author is so right in saying that when u decide to follow your dreams the entire universe conspires in your favour which he called as the “beginners luck” and we all have been witness to this beginners luck at one or other point in our lives.Also, he talks about a stage in our journey towards realizing our dreams, where everything just goes haywire and there is everything working against us and it almost takes us to the brink of abandoning everything and just getting back to what was so familiar and comfortable.

The philosophy was good ,the hurdles which everybody encounter in the way of pursuing their own dream is to test them which is a fact.
This book made me disappointed as I expected more from it because of the fame it has.
The story sucks but the lessons are to be learned from it which are
-> follow your heart, heed the voice of it.
-> everything in life has it's price
-> Life is the moment we are living now
-> It's not what enter's men's mouths that's evil, it's what comes out of their mouths that is.
-> No project is completed until it's objective has been achieved.
This are the some of the lessons which everyone should learn, although I don't believe in conspiring of whole world for your dream it's just the thought of whole universe having your back will make your strength and you just tends to push yourself towards your goal.