12 must-read nonfiction books like ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD by Penn Holderness

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ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

By: Penn Holderness

4.32

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Hi, friend! Welcome to the ADHD club. You're here because, like me, you've been diagnosed with a…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD by Penn Holderness , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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2. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • adult
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

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3. 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

Similar categories in Holly Gramazio's The Husbands book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more

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  • mental health
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

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5. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

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6. 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

Similar categories in Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • self help
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

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7. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

Similar categories in Patric Gagne's Sociopath: A Memoir book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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8. The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

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9. Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better at It?

By: Kim Holderness

4.33

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

A USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller Learn how to fight better and end arguments feel… read more

Similar categories in Kim Holderness's Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better at It? book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
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10. ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

By: Penn Holderness

4.32

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Hi, friend! Welcome to the ADHD club. You're here because, like me, you've been diagnosed with a… read more

Similar categories in Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • self help
  • personal development
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • adhd
  • audiobook
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11. 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

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • 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

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12. Rebel Rising

By: Rebel Wilson

3.91

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more

Similar categories in Rebel Wilson's Rebel Rising book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

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13. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Small Talk: 10 ADHD lies and how to stop believing them

By: Richard Pink

4.62

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A (self) love letter to those whose brains are beautifully and uniquely different’ Riyadh Khalaf |… read more

Similar categories in Richard Pink's Small Talk: 10 ADHD lies and how to stop believing them book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • self help
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
  • audiobook
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15. ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain

By: Tracy Otsuka

4.13

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

An unprecedented guide for any woman with ADHD looking to celebrate her unique brilliance and to em… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Otsuka's ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • adhd
  • audiobook
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16. How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

By: Jessica McCabe

4.52

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this honest, friendly, and shame-free guide, the creator of the award-winning YouTube channel Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jessica McCabe's How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
  • audiobook
"Sure, I have limits, but as fellow YouTuber and ADHDer Hannah Hart told me, creativity loves limits."

-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

"We are acceptable humans as is, not once we stop having ADHD. You do not need to be fixed because you are not a broken version of normal."

-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

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17. The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her horm… read more

Similar categories in Mary Claire Haver's The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • audiobook
  • health
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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18. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky

19. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

Similar categories in Katie Ledecky's Just Add Water: My Swimming Life book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

By: Tia Levings

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more

Similar categories in Tia Levings's A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. I Can Fix This: And Other Lies I Told Myself While Parenting My Struggling Child

By: Kristina Kuzmic

4.70

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still, the emotionally charged and eye-opening account o… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Kuzmic's I Can Fix This: And Other Lies I Told Myself While Parenting My Struggling Child book and Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

  • parenting
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

14 best-selling adult books like ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD by Penn Holderness

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Husbands

Holly Gramazio

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

Abby Jimenez

4.40

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21 Best fiction books like Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

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