5 Best health books like More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us by Steve Leder

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More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

By: Steve Leder

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Every one of us sooner or later walks through hell. The hell of being hurt, the hell of hurting ano…

"Pain diminishes us, and it is so important to remember, in the midst of pain and everything that pain takes from you, that still ... you are enough. You are enough just as you are. You are worthy of love and kindness. You are enough. And you have enough."

-Steve Leder, More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

"Pain diminishes us, and it is so important to remember, in the midst of pain and everything that pain takes from you, that still ... you are enough. You are enough just as you are. You are worthy of love and kindness. You are enough. And you have enough."

-Steve Leder, More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

"Pain diminishes us, and it is so important to remember, in the midst of pain and everything that pain takes from you, that still ... you are enough. You are enough just as you are. You are worthy of love and kindness. You are enough. And you have enough."

-Steve Leder, More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

"There is nothing I can say to make this easier. Death is an awful part of life. This is one of those times when you just put one foot in front of the other until it's over. Just keep going. That is all you can do and that is all you must do put one foot in front of the other until today is over."

-Steve Leder, More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

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1. Boundaries & Protection

By: Pixie Lighthorse

4.30

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

  For more information, see the author's website:   https://www.pixielighthorse.com/boundaries-p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"To claim that we can feel other people's feelings is to entitle ourselves to their experiences in a way most of us do not appreciate."

-Pixie Lighthorse, Boundaries & Protection

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2. Nobody Knows My Name

By: James Baldwin

4.33

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Told with Baldwin's characteristically unflinching honesty, this collection of illuminating, deeply… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

3. My Italian Bulldozer

By: Alexander McCall Smith

2.00

Format: 88 pages,

When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late… read more

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4. Life Lessons

By: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , David Kessler

3.73

Format: 32 pages,

After experiencing a paralyzing stroke in 1995 and facing her own mortality, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross … read more

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5. Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life

By: Harold S. Kushner

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, deeply moving and illuminating re… read more

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6. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

By: Anne Lamott

4.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow comes her long-awaited collection of … read more

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7. Odd Girl Out: Being Autistic in a Neurotypical World

By: Laura James

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From early childhood, Laura James knew she was different, but it wasn't until her mid-forties that … read more

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8. The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully

By: None

3.20

Format: 192 pages,

Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of ev… read more

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9. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

Similar categories in Anne Lamott's Somehow: Thoughts on Love book and Steve Leder's More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

  • memoir
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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10. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

By: Savannah Guthrie

4.36

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different w… read more

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  • memoir
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every i…"

-Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

Cover of Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully by Julie McFadden

11. Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully

By: Julie McFadden

4.50

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What if we didn’t consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embr… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
Cover of Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

12. Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life

By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is as good a data storyteller as I have ever met.” — Steven Levitt, co-aut… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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13. Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens

By: Kate Bowler

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the … read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
Cover of Grief Is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee

14. Grief Is Love: Living with Loss

By: Marisa Renee Lee

4.17

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Author Marisa Renee Lee reveals that healing does not mean moving on after losing a loved one heali… read more

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  • memoir
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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15. Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany

By: James Wyllie

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nazi Wives is a fascinating look at the personal lives, psychological profiles, and marriages of th… read more

Similar categories in James Wyllie's Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany book and Steve Leder's More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

  • nonfiction
Cover of Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Gabrielle Lyon

16. Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well

By: Gabrielle Lyon

3.75

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting by Anna Quindlen

17. Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

By: Anna Quindlen

4.08

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

Mother, mother-in-law, grandmother--the Pulitzer-winning columnist and #1 bestselling author reflec… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"It's a complicated relationship, being a good grandparent, because it hinges on a series of other relationships... Because being a grandparent is determined by the relationship your child has with yo…"

-Anna Quindlen, Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

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18. Whose Waves These Are

By: Amanda Dykes

4.36

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman submits a poem to a local newspaper: a rallying cry for h… read more

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"And Bob knows too well, when you've been without air so long you can't remember another way of life, even a single breath of fresh air is a lifeline."

-Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

"He slides his palm over the gentle strength of those rocks and remembers the faces from the photos tucked into boxes with those rocks, the stories penned with care on tear-splotched pages, arriving f…"

-Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

"He would never forget the impression of that voice on his heart. It was the voice of the man, who, king of the universe, stooped to wash his own disciples' earth crusted feet. Who rubbed spit into di…"

-Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

Cover of The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love by Vienna Pharaon

19. The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love

By: Vienna Pharaon

4.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From licensed therapist and popular Instagram relationship expert Vienna Phara… read more

Similar categories in Vienna Pharaon's The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love book and Steve Leder's More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
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20. Apparently There Were Complaints: A Memoir

By: Sharon Gless

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Emmy Award–winning actress Sharon Gless tells all in this laugh-out-loud, juicy, “unforgettably mem… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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21. Fireworks Every Night

By: Beth Raymer

3.49

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A young woman trapped in a deeply dysfunctional family in the seedy wilds of 1990s South Florida ha… read more

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  • adult
Cover of The Eloquence of Silence: Surprising Wisdom in Tales of Emptiness by Thomas  Moore

22. The Eloquence of Silence: Surprising Wisdom in Tales of Emptiness

By: Thomas Moore

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

EMBRACING EMPTINESS, STAYING OPEN, FINDING CALM With compassion and insight, Thomas Moore offers… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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23. The Woman Next Door

By: Yewande Omotoso

3.61

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful wo… read more

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  • adult
"Night was the real measure of love, Hortensia thought. Anything can sparkle in the daylight. But night – that was when humanity got tested. It was always at night that she saw things between them wer…"

-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door

"Marion had avoided history. Or she'd invented her own. After all, what was history but a record of what gets noticed? Noticed, it seemed to Marion, was what life was really about. Noticing and not no…"

-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door

"She’s going to die.’ ‘We all do eventually, Marion.’ ‘I’m worried she’ll die and come to haunt me, you know?’ ‘Ah, I see. Trust you to find a way to be the star of someone else’s death-scene. She’s t…"

-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door

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24. Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future

By: Pope Francis

4.24

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

In this uplifting and practical book, written in collaboration with his biographer, Austen Ivereigh… read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"For me it's clear: we must redesign the economy so that it can offer every person access to a dignified existence while protecting and regenerating the natural world."

-Pope Francis, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future

"When a weak person receives a lot of praise, said (Saint) Gregory (the Great) he "does not so much delight to Become as to be Called blessed," and gradually, in seeking after applause, he "is severed…"

-Pope Francis, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future

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25. Here After

By: Amy Lin

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir fro… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Edith Eger

26. The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life

By: Edith Eger

4.44

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the award-winning, New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • self help
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27. Harmony

By: Whitney Hanson

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From TikTok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a brand-new collection of poems exploring the cadences of lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"it is impossible to unlace my heartstrings from yours how do I untangle a connection authored by the stars?"

-Whitney Hanson, Harmony

Cover of Before and After Loss: A Neurologist's Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Our Brain (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book) by Lisa M. Shulman

28. Before and After Loss: A Neurologist's Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Our Brain (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

By: Lisa M. Shulman

3.59

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

An expert neurologist explores how the mind, brain, and body respond and heal after her personal ex… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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29. More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

By: Steve Leder

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Every one of us sooner or later walks through hell. The hell of being hurt, the hell of hurting ano… read more

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  • memoir
  • health
  • faith
  • judaism
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • adult
  • self help
"Pain diminishes us, and it is so important to remember, in the midst of pain and everything that pain takes from you, that still ... you are enough. You are enough just as you are. You are worthy of …"

-Steve Leder, More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

"There is nothing I can say to make this easier. Death is an awful part of life. This is one of those times when you just put one foot in front of the other until it's over. Just keep going. That is a…"

-Steve Leder, More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us

Cover of This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder by Alan Townsend

30. This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder

By: Alan Townsend

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A compassionate, vulnerable, and transformative exploration of the nurturing and spiritual power of… read more

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  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help

22 best-selling nonfiction books like More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us by Steve Leder

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Pixie Lighthorse

4.30

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Nobody Knows My Name

James Baldwin

4.33

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Anne Lamott

3.95

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

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Ruth Madievsky

3.52

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3.23

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