On Being 40(ish)
By: Lindsey Mead
3.48
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Like a pep talk from your big sister, favorite cousin and wise best friend. These 15 smart, funny …
Want to Read $ 13.99"Given the correlation between aging and death, declaring that you can’t stand today’s music might actually mark the first stage of the dying process."-Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
"Given the correlation between aging and death, declaring that you can’t stand today’s music might actually mark the first stage of the dying process."-Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
"But if they've helped form you into who you are, then they never really leave you; they're always with you in whatever you do, and maybe that's the point."-Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
"But if they've helped form you into who you are, then they never really leave you; they're always with you in whatever you do, and maybe that's the point."-Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
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1. The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
By: Nina Riggs
3.90
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An exquisite memoir about how to live--and love--every day with "death in the room," from poet Nina… read more
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2. Dear Mr. You
By: Mary-Louise Parker
4.04
Format: 156 pages, Hardcover
A wonderfully unconventional literary debut from the award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker. An e… read more
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3. The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
By: Sarah Silverman
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne Sarah Silverman comes a memoir--her firs… read more
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4. The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
By: Jessica Lahey
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Paul Tough's How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned K… read more
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5. Splinters
By: Leslie Jamison
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more
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- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
6. The Husbands
By: Holly Gramazio
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more
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- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
7. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- self help
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
8. One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
By: Kate Kennedy
3.78
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millenni… read more
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- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
"Why would I ever let someone who drafts make-believe football teams make me believe I should be embarrassed by my interests?"-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
"Pregnancy loss...is an open wound with the most vulnerable scab, forced to constantly replenish its surface-level protection as it's picked at daily, not by you, but inadvertently by other people's j…"-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
"I'm a weird contradiction of someone who pursues and values traditions but tries to reject the parts that are oppressive, unfair or unnecessary, because we can adapt things to who we are, not to who …"-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
"That's the thing about girlhood. You and your friends have to take yourselves seriously, because no one else will. We had to keep our emotional behavior to diary pages and fangirl in private, perform…"-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
9. Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood
By: Ruby Warrington
3.86
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
What is “woman” if not “mother”? Anything she wants to be. Foregoing motherhood has traditional… read more
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- self help
- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
By: Maggie Smith
3.89
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Marie Claire’s The 2020 Books You Should Pre-Order Now The Washington Post’s What to Read in 2020 B… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- self help
"Do not be ashamed of the intensity of your emotion. That's your humanity. Grief can be feral, wild, frightening. Give it a safe place to live."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
"Everything is temporary. You can't keep a white-knuckled hold on what you love or on what has hurt you. Loosen your grip on your grief today, if only a bit."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
"Stop calling your heart broken; your heart works just fine. If you are feeling--love, anger, gratitude, grief--it is because your heart is doing its work. Let it."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
"It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are. Be wary of those who don't want you to change or grow. Grow anyway--there is no alternative."-Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
11. You Are a Badass Every Day: How to Keep Your Motivation Strong, Your Vibe High, and Your Quest for Transformation Unstoppable
By: Jen Sincero
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, reach your goals with this pocket-size inspiration a… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- nonfiction
- self help
"You are an artist and the masterpiece is your life."-Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass Every Day: How to Keep Your Motivation Strong, Your Vibe High, and Your Quest for Transformation Unstoppable
12. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
13. The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
By: Kate Bowler
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Warm and witty blessings found within the struggles of our shared humanity, from the New York Times… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- self help
"Blessed are we who choose not to look away from systems that dehumanize, deceive, defame, and distort. We who recognize that thoughts and prayers are NOT enough. We who stand with truth over expedien…"-Kate Bowler, The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
14. Rental Person Who Does Nothing
By: Shoji Morimoto
3.34
Format: 160 pages, ebook
Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing
"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing
15. I'll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain
By: Emily Farris
3.67
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A hilariously honest, heartwarming essay collection about life, love, and discovering you have ADHD… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
- audiobook
16. Take Two, Birdie Maxwell
By: Allison Winn Scotch
3.36
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Hollywood’s biggest rom-com star tries to recover from her damaged reputation by staging her own ro… read more
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- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
17. Victim
By: Andrew Boryga
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
18. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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- short stories
- adult
- audiobook
19. My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption
By: Ian Manuel
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
My story has been told many times and by highly regarded experts in their fields [judges, prosecuto… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
20. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
By: Liza Mundy
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers: Quiet the Critical Voice in Your Head, Heal Self-Doubt, and Live the Life You Deserve
By: Stephanie M. Kriesberg
3.98
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Were you raised by a narcissist? This essential guide will show you how to stop feeling invisible, … read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol
By: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay , a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- memoir
- self help
23. Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
By: Anna Mehler Paperny
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A vibrant, compelling memoir that bravely reveals the real-life havoc the depression wreaks and an … read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- memoir
- self help
"Depression affects everyone on the planet, directly or indirectly, in every possible sphere. its very ubiquity robs it of sexiness but not urgency."-Anna Mehler Paperny, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
"Suicidality and curiosity are anathema to each other: You can’t want to know things if you want to die. As long as I had questions I had reason to live, and when I was overwhelmed by a desire for dea…"-Anna Mehler Paperny, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
24. Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t
By: Messie Condo
3.94
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
Even you can get your sh*t together!Tidy the F*ck Up is a funny, down-to-earth parody of Marie Kond… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- nonfiction
- self help
"Contrary to popular belief and Pinterest, not everything is made better by being sorted into containers. Socks don’t need their own little cubbies. They’re socks—they’re not going to wander off or ge…"-Messie Condo, Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t
25. Long After We Are Gone
By: Terah Shelton Harris
3.88
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
An explosive and emotional story of four siblings—each fighting their own personal battle—who retur… read more
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- audiobook
26. Ask Me What's For Dinner One More Time: Inappropriate Thoughts on Motherhood
By: Meredith Masony
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From the founder of That’s Inappropriate—one of the most popular parenting blogs on the web—comes a… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- self help
27. Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing
By: Laura Mae Martin
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the new way of work work for… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. The Art of Small Talk
By: Casey Wilson
3.80
Format: 5 pages, Audiobook
Hilarious and practical advice for how to up your small talk game from comedians, actors and self-a… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- self help
29. Exposing The Groom
By: Rachel Van Dyken
3.95
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
Killian swept in like a knight in shining leather pants to save Scarlett once she exposed the groom… read more
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- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
30. If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry: How Death, Debt, and Comedy Led to a Life of Faith, Farming, and Forgetting What I Came into This Room For
By: Molly Stillman
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In this laugh-out-loud and heartfelt memoir, writer, speaker, and podcaster Molly Stillman shares h… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
31. On Being 40(ish)
By: Lindsey Mead
3.48
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Like a pep talk from your big sister, favorite cousin and wise best friend. These 15 smart, funny … read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- feminism
- anthologies
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- chick lit
- adult
- self help
"Given the correlation between aging and death, declaring that you can’t stand today’s music might actually mark the first stage of the dying process."-Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
"But if they've helped form you into who you are, then they never really leave you; they're always with you in whatever you do, and maybe that's the point."-Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
"I savor these moments. They sit tart and bright and sweet on my tongue like the taste of hibiscus tea with honey. From these moments I can cultivate gratitude and from gratitude I distill grace."-Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
"I don't easily give up these moments of grace and joy. At fifty-one, I've experienced enough to know that when tragedy strikes, these moments evaporate with breathtaking speed in the bitter cold of l…"-Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
