8 must-read self help books like Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down by Mary Katherine Backstrom

Cover of Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down by Mary Katherine Backstrom

Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

By: Mary Katherine Backstrom

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER* A bestselling author helps readers find radical joy in a world full of con…

If you liked the self help plot in Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down by Mary Katherine Backstrom , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life by Melissa Joan Hart

1. Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

By: Melissa Joan Hart

3.43

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

Melissa Joan Hart explained it all-from dating to bullies-in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Da… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Joan Hart's Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I remember asking my friend. . .for tips and her best one was: When watching football with your man, just look up once in awhile and ask, Now who did he used to play for?' He'll talk for at least fif…"

-Melissa Joan Hart, Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

"Senses impaired, I knew I was there for a cover shoot but felt unfazed when I saw the wardrobe rack full of bras, panties, and nothing else... after having just come from a party full of naked people…"

-Melissa Joan Hart, Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

2. One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

By: Ann Voskamp

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us … read more

Similar categories in Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

3. To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of a Machine

By: Judith Newman

3.90

Format: 15 pages,

Writer Judith Newman never had any illusions that her family was 'normal'. She and her husband keep… read more

Similar categories in Judith Newman's To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of a Machine book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

4. Raising Emotionally and Socially Healthy Kids

By: Eileen Kennedy-Moore

4.09

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Publisher's Summary As a parent, you can't make friends for your children, nor can you prevent them… read more

Similar categories in Eileen Kennedy-Moore's Raising Emotionally and Socially Healthy Kids book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

Cover of Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again by Lysa TerKeurst

5. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again

By: Lysa TerKeurst

4.16

Format: 288 pages, ebook

*#1 New York Times Bestseller* You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have do… read more

Similar categories in Lysa TerKeurst's Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • audiobook
  • christian
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Odder by Katherine Applegate

6. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • audiobook
Cover of It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life by Kathie Lee Gifford

7. It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life

By: Kathie Lee Gifford

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! It’s never too late to unearth your hidden passions, rewrite your stor… read more

Similar categories in Kathie Lee Gifford's It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • audiobook
  • christian
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby

8. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

By: Jemar Tisby

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In August of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, calling on… read more

Similar categories in Jemar Tisby's The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • christian
  • nonfiction
"Throughout the course of US history, when Christians had the opportunity to decisively oppose the racism in their midst, all too often, they chose silence. They chose passivity. The refusal to act…"

-Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

Cover of Hold On, But Don't Hold Still by Kristina Kuzmic

9. Hold On, But Don't Hold Still

By: Kristina Kuzmic

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Delivering inspiration and "parenting comedy at its finest,"* here is one woman's story of ditching… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Kuzmic's Hold On, But Don't Hold Still book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • self help
  • personal development
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Parenting is about raising myself as much as it is about raising my kids."

-Kristina Kuzmic, Hold On, But Don't Hold Still

"Childhood is not a rehearsal for life; childhood is life and children are already whole people."

-Kristina Kuzmic, Hold On, But Don't Hold Still

"Getting married doesn't mean that the search for love is over. The search for the person to love is over; the search for how to love that person is just beginning."

-Kristina Kuzmic, Hold On, But Don't Hold Still

"I love humor. I need humor. Tackling life without it is like trying to eat soup with a fork. Sure, you'll still get a tiny bit of nourishment from eating that way, but you'll miss out on so much good…"

-Kristina Kuzmic, Hold On, But Don't Hold Still

Cover of Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment by Niki Brantmark

10. Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment

By: Niki Brantmark

3.57

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you aspire to live a more peaceful, intentional life of mindfulness, positivity, and gratitude? … read more

Similar categories in Niki Brantmark's Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Sonja Cherry-Paul

11. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

By: Sonja Cherry-Paul

4.39

Format: None pages, Audiobook

This chapter book edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller by luminaries Ibram X. Kendi and Jaso… read more

Similar categories in Sonja Cherry-Paul's Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Look out, also, for the many powerful stories that depict us all as we truly are- human."

-Sonja Cherry-Paul, Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

Cover of Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer O'Toole

12. Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

By: Jennifer O'Toole

3.87

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. A… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer O'Toole's Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Sincerely, Your Autistic Child by Sharon daVanport

13. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child

By: Sharon daVanport

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A rare and diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights to parents the unique needs of gir… read more

Similar categories in Sharon daVanport's Sincerely, Your Autistic Child book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser

14. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Overcoming Every Problem: 40 Promises from God’s Word to Strengthen You Through Life’s Greatest Challenges by Joyce Meyer

15. Overcoming Every Problem: 40 Promises from God’s Word to Strengthen You Through Life’s Greatest Challenges

By: Joyce Meyer

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer guides you through 40 promises in the Bible so that n… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Meyer's Overcoming Every Problem: 40 Promises from God’s Word to Strengthen You Through Life’s Greatest Challenges book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • self help
  • christian
  • audiobook
Cover of I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope by Valerie Gilpeer

16. I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

By: Valerie Gilpeer

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable memoir by a mother and her autistic daughter who’d long been unable to communicate—unt… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Gilpeer's I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of After Oz by Gordon McAlpine

17. After Oz

By: Gordon McAlpine

3.68

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Gripping and emotionally riveting, this whimsical tale is an empowering and timely retelling of The… read more

Similar categories in Gordon McAlpine's After Oz book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • audiobook
Cover of Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy by Cait West

18. Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy

By: Cait West

4.14

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece … read more

Similar categories in Cait West's Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding A True Faith by April Ajoy

19. Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding A True Faith

By: April Ajoy

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and eye-opening account of leaving Christian Nationalism behind to follow Jesus better.… read more

Similar categories in April Ajoy's Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding A True Faith book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down by Mary Katherine Backstrom

20. Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

By: Mary Katherine Backstrom

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER* A bestselling author helps readers find radical joy in a world full of con… read more

Similar categories in Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • self help
  • christian
  • personal development
  • memoir
  • humor
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion by Allie Beth Stuckey

21. Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion

By: Allie Beth Stuckey

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A sharp Christian voice makes a bold when politics are driven by empathy rather than truth, innoce… read more

Similar categories in Allie Beth Stuckey's Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion book and Mary Katherine Backstrom's Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down

  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

15 best-selling audiobook books like Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down by Mary Katherine Backstrom

Transform Your Habits

Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

Melissa Joan Hart

3.43

Transform Your Habits

Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again

Lysa TerKeurst

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Odder

Katherine Applegate

4.25

Transform Your Habits

It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life

Kathie Lee Gifford

4.06

View all the books

13 Best autobiography books like It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life by Kathie Lee Gifford

Transform Your Habits

I Still Believe

Jeremy Camp , Phil Newman

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters

Joanna Gaines

3.48

Transform Your Habits

I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us

Kristin Chenoweth

3.52

Transform Your Habits

If You Would Have Told Me

John Stamos

3.81

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.