Work Hard, Not Smart: How to Make a Messy Literary Life
By: Alexis Paige
4.37
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
At the ripe age of forty, when Alexis Paige was finally diagnosed with ADHD—Inattentive Type, she r…
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1. Before I Go to Sleep
By: S.J. Watson
4.47
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Welcome to Christine's … read more
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2. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.94
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more
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3. You Could Make This Place Beautiful
By: Maggie Smith
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more
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"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
4. True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
By: Tara Brach
4.21
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
How do you cope when facing life-threatening illness, family conflict, faltering relationships, old… read more
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"Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path."-Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
"Stepping out of the busyness, stopping our endless pursuit of getting somewhere else, is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit."-Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
"You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating all situations and all states of mind. Only by listening inwardly in a fresh…"-Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
"The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first ste…"-Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
5. The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)
By: Alka Joshi
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
It’s the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in S… read more
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"There's more power in keeping a secret than in betraying it."-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)
"I turn the pages carefully. Our tribal elders may not know how to read, but they revere those who can. "Books contain magic," they say."-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)
"I never knew there was a place where you could go look at books, much less borrow them, then return them when you are through looking. Imagine! Something that precious!"-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)
6. Acceptance: A Memoir
By: Emi Nietfeld
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, generation-defining memoir of foster care and homelessness, Harvard and Big Tech, exami… read more
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"Any exclusive system is a system of exclusion."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
"Everyone who dealt with disadvantaged kids, from therapists to college admissions officers, treated us as if we could overcome any abuse or neglect with sheer force of will."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
"Adults viewed suicidal ideation as a pathology. But for me it was logic. Weighing the bad against the good, projecting forward to decide if life was worth sticking around for."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
7. Negative Space (SFWP Literary Awards)
By: Lilly Dancyger
4.23
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
"Dancyger crafts a striking composition out of found objects, a poignant portrait of the identities… read more
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- memoir
8. Places We Left Behind: a memoir-in-miniature
By: Jennifer Lang
4.64
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
★★★★★ “For anyone who has ever loved deeply and been willing to take risks for the sake of love.” R… read more
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9. Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book
By: Allison K. Williams
4.76
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book divides writing and revision into distin… read more
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- writing
10. Craving Spring: A Mother’s Quest, a Daughter’s Depression, and the Greek Myth That Brought Them Together
By: Ann Batchelder
4.92
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
ANN IS CONVINCED SHE IS A GOOD MOTHER until her teenage daughter admits to suicidal thoughts. In a … read more
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11. Bliss Road: A memoir about living a lie and coming to terms with the truth
By: Martha Engber
4.38
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
★★★★★ “Illuminates the complicated path of a neurodiverse family.” Liane Holliday Willey, author of… read more
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- memoir
12. Love in the Archives: a patchwork of true stories about suicide loss
By: Eileen Vorbach Collins
4.96
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
When her fifteen-year-old daughter Lydia ends her life, Eileen finds support in a community of bere… read more
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- memoir
13. Growth: A Mother, Her Son, and the Brain Tumor They Survived
By: Karen DeBonis
4.74
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
Can a woman who never learned to stand up for herself find the courage to speak up for her son? … read more
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- memoir
14. When She Comes Back : A Memoir
By: Ronit Plank
4.40
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
Ronit was six years old when her mother left her and her four-year-old sister for India to follow a… read more
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- memoir
15. Two for the Money
By: Steve Zettler
4.71
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
★★★★★ “Tough rat-a-tat-tat prose speeds the reader through a wild search for missing millions.” Jon… read more
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16. Work Hard, Not Smart: How to Make a Messy Literary Life
By: Alexis Paige
4.37
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
At the ripe age of forty, when Alexis Paige was finally diagnosed with ADHD—Inattentive Type, she r… read more
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- memoir
- writing
17. The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared
By: Casey Mulligan Walsh
4.98
Format: 323 pages, ebook
Casey needs a family: the joys and sorrows, people who love her, and a place she belongs—what Zorba… read more
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18. Tap Dancing on Everest
By: Mimi Zieman
4.61
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
The plan was outrageous: A small team of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face o… read more
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19. Blood Up North
By: Fredrick Soukup
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
What if your survival depended on the villainy you long despised? Sister and brother. A loyalty … read more
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20. Death and Other Survival Strategies
By: Carolyn R. Russell
4.41
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
★★★★★ “You will emerge on the other side of this book laughing, crying, and braver.” Lorette C. Luz… read more
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21. For You I Would Make an Exception
By: Steven Belletto
4.38
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
★★★★★ “Intelligent and laden with surprises... Marvelous.” Lorrie Moore, author of I Am Homeless If… read more
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22. A Hard Silence: One Daughter Remaps Family, Grief, and Faith When HIV/AIDS Changes It All
By: Melanie Brooks
4.59
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
★★★★★ “A profound and riveting journey through shame and grief, A Hard Silence is, quite simply, un… read more
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23. Goodbye Again
By: Candace Cahill
4.71
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
CANDACE LOST HER SON. TWICE. The first time to adoption and the second not long after reuniting w… read more
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24. The Shape of Normal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability and Embracing a Different Kind of Perfect
By: Catherine Shields
4.75
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
★★★★★ “Brave and heartbreaking... will resonate with all parents.” Jen Pastiloff, author of On Bein… read more
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25. Home is a Made-Up Place
By: Ronit Plank
4.57
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
Home is a Made-Up Place invites readers into the lives of people grappling with emotional injuries … read more
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26. The Secret Practice: Eighteen Years on the Dark Side of Yoga
By: Joelle Tamraz
4.33
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
His yoga focused on control and manipulation. Until she broke the sequence. For fans of Netflix’… read more
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27. Girl Woman Wife Mother
By: Talya Jankovits
4.89
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
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28. Wanderland: Living the Traveling Life
By: Kate Evans
4.82
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
From a Malaysian penthouse overlooking the turquoise Strait of Malacca, to a miniscule, under-furni… read more
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29. Idiot Men
By: Scott Gould
4.58
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
★★★★★ “Like the best country song you have ever heard.” Jane Stern, author of Ambulance Girl Wit… read more
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30. Landed: A yogi’s memoir in pieces & poses
By: Jennifer Lang
4.77
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
★★★★★ “Lyrical. Poignant. Funny. Captures the essence of living as a perpetual outsider in Israel.”… read more
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31. The Year of the Monster
By: Tara Stillions Whitehead
4.75
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
The Year of the Monster begins with a case-study look at the Hollywood dream—proxy for the American… read more
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