Andy in the hit TV series Ode to Joy must do reading after work every day. Only in this way can she constantly improve herself and enhance her competitiveness.

San Mao once said: Many times, I may feel that many books I read are gone and I can't remember them. In fact, they still have potential. In temperament, in speech, in boundless bosom.

Reading can broaden your horizons, purify your mind and enrich your thoughts. 30-year-old women, whether single, married or with children; Whether it's going to work, starting a business, or being a housewife; No matter whether you are busy or idle, you must study.

I recommend the following seven books, which are about external (proper dress and dining etiquette), internal (love choice and horizon mentality), making a living in the workplace and so on. I hope it works for you.

1. "Know the right body shape and wear the right clothes"

A 30-year-old woman, whether lively and lovely, elegant and unconventional, must want to know what kind of clothes to wear to look good. The author Wang Jing is an expert who specializes in Asian skin color and physical characteristics, and is also the inventor of natural lighting tools. She told us the wrong professional knowledge in simple and understandable language; She shows the principles and skills of clothing collocation of different body shapes through hand-drawn clothing renderings.

This book teaches women how to magically lose weight and grow taller or look fleshy without losing weight in daily wear. I especially like the hand-drawn illustrations in the book. Every time I read them, it's like reading a fashion magazine.

You don't need to buy fashion magazines every month. This book is enough. It is a good dressing guide and a professional image consultant.

2. Elegant and decent Chinese and Western etiquette

For a 30-year-old woman, I think "gifts" are very important no matter what kind of eating and drinking occasions, family dinners, contact with friends or meeting strange customers for the first time. Eating is not only to enjoy delicious food, but also an opportunity to show personal cultivation, taste and quality. Elegance is the pursuit of every 30-year-old woman.

This book uses a large number of pictures to demonstrate, explaining in detail the Chinese and western food culture, banquet etiquette, dining etiquette, tea drinking etiquette and drinking etiquette. It can be said that this is a very practical reference book for catering. You don't have to follow the script every time, but you must read the etiquette knowledge.

A 30-year-old woman, attending a banquet, should even make a vase with temperament; A 30-year-old woman should be elegant and decent even when socializing.

3.green snake

Li Bihua wrote about men and women; Write about vagrancy and choice; Write about love and humanity; Write persistence and awakening. The protagonist Green Snake understands human love from consciousness, learns and imitates human love, and finally loses and recognizes human love.

The eyes are the seedlings of love, and the heart is a desire. But if you have feelings, you can forget the past and not mention the future; Can withstand the mysterious and glamorous suffering of fate. A man and two women; One woman, two men, four people's lingering feelings.

I believe that every woman who wants love, or is experiencing love, or has been tortured by love, will be inspired by reading this book.

4. "Xibao"

If you like I want a lot of love. If there is no love, then there is a lot of money. If there is neither, it is good to have health. "Then you must read this book. Because in addition to this sentence, there are many beautiful and beneficial sentences for women.

Xibao is a hot beauty. She is alone, in her prime and extremely beautiful. However, she did the opposite and became the mistress of a wealthy businessman.

I am not loyal to the story of my work, but immersed in something that is not a story. I think this work is a bitter warning to all women in this society of material surplus and people looking for money.

5. Make a living before having sex.

When I first read this book, I didn't like it because it made me feel the pain of being slapped. But now, I really want to recommend this book. This is a bowl of fierce chicken soup. The language in the book is almost aggressive, but it hits the nail on the head. As the article says, there are few good reasons. In my opinion, every 30-year-old woman should cherish the truth that doesn't sound good.

Making a living and courtship are topics that every woman has to face. The author tells us with facts and experience that only by living a wonderful life can these ordinary women avoid being swayed by considerations of gain and loss, not pleasing anyone, being timid and hesitant.

After reading this book, you will know how to be an independent woman who is respected and heartless.

6. Lin Chuan

Lin is my favorite goddess of the Republic of China.

This book records Lin's life as a poet, architect and talented woman. When she was young, Lin traveled all over Europe and America and became the first generation of female architects in China. She is one of the main designers of the national emblem and the monument to the people's heroes. She left many beautiful poems, essays, novels and plays in her life, and she is a unique talent in the history of modern literature. This is a beautiful and moving literary biography, which describes Ms. Lin's faithful life with delicate brushwork.

Her talent, her feelings, her career, her marriage and her life all have positive reference significance for us.

7. The story of Sahara

Finally, I recommend another book that has a far-reaching influence on me-The Story of the Sahara. In the library computer, there are many versions of this book, but each one is in the state of borrowing. I read the electronic version and bought the paper version. I like this book very much.

Every time I finish reading it, I always see a picture: a little girl wearing a white cotton coat and dark blue trousers rolled up, barefoot stepping on pebbles in a shallow stream, making a loud noise. For an instant, I felt a clear spring flowing in my heart, and my whole person suddenly brightened up.

Cao Xueqin said that women are all made of water. The sound of water flowing through pebbles is like a guzheng, which is the sound in Sanmao's novels; The sound of water dripping on the wooden floor is like tango, which is the sound in Zhang Ailing's novels.

A 30-year-old woman must know what kind of voice she likes, choose a book she likes and read it often. There are many ways to read books now. If you have no time to read, listening to books is also a good choice. No matter how you read, you must remember to live with books.

I hope these books can help you at the age of 30.

I want to share a few more points with you about reading.

Reading begins with interest. If you like a writer or celebrity, you can read TA's books or biographies. If you like a movie, you can read the original.

For example, because I like Lin, I watch Biography of Lin. Because I like the movie The Shawshank Redemption, I went to see the original.

Secondly, start with the classics. However, many friends find the classics difficult to read. According to personal practice, the following three methods are more practical: starting with short stories, using audio books and reading vernacular translation.

For example, the vernacular version of the novels of the Tang Dynasty, Simplified Chinese Characters, and the audio books Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Eight Dragons. For example, short classics: Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, and Zhang Ailing's The Golden Lock.

Besides classics, popular books are also needed to read. Although the general popular things are also quickly lost, some popular things will become classics after time filtering. Such as "Nirvana in Fire" by Haiyan and Wu's.

If classics and fashion are distributed in proportion, 80% study classics and 10% study fashion. The following is a personal book list, you can choose it yourself.

About life: scott parker's The Road Few People Walk, and Jin Yong's Eight Dragons.

About opinions: Wang Xiaobo's Silent Majority, Chai Jing's Seeing, Benjamin? Poor Richard's book of wisdom written by Franklin.

About love: Love in a Fallen City by Zhang Ailing, Green Snake by Li Bihua, Xibao by Yi Shu and Four Seasons Red by Jiang Xiaoyun.

About Marriage: How to Practice in Love by Barbara Angelis.

About making money: rich dad and poor dad, Qian Qian Dog.

About work: 48 working habits of McKinsey elite, understanding business.

About life: I understand the story of life, skin and Sahara, and there are always some ways to go alone.

Everyone has different feelings when reading the same book at different times. For example, when I watched Skin a year ago, the first half was very loud. Now I watched it again, and the second half made me think more about my life and work. Everyone has different feelings about each book. For example, Pi is particularly useful to me, because I have similar life experiences with the characters in the book, so I can make a * * * sound. Another example is the road that few people take, because I seldom find problems from myself before, so this book can make me change my attitude towards life.

What kind of books are suitable for you, or you need to choose according to yourself.

Text/Xu Xinyu