The benefits of reading novel

Empathy: Imagining creates understanding

To put yourself in the shoes of others and grow your capacity for empathy, you can hardly do better than reading fiction. Multiple studies have shown that imagining stories helps activate the regions of your brain responsible for better understanding others and seeing the world from a new perspective. As for me, when I read about a situation or feeling, it’s very nearly as if we’re feeling it ourselves.

Pleasure: Reading makes you happier

The very biggest reason I try to read every single day? I love it. It makes me happy and forget about all the problem I have. Somehow reading for pleasure has been able to hang in there throughout even with the advent of the Internet, smart phones and so many more attention-zapping inventions.

Its Help You Grow As A Person

It is believed that reading improves our power to empathize. Reading about different characters, being exposed to their thoughts and vulnerabilities makes us more empathetic in real life as well. When we empathize with people, we become kinder and gentler and are better able to understand them. The ability to put oneself in other’s shoes makes us less likely to see people in black white, as only good or only bad. It gives us a wider perspective and hence makes us wiser. We also can learn how to let go of a bad habit or find a new perspective on life, which will eventually lead us to become a better version of ourselves.