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Books That Changed My Made-Up Mind
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items If you think you’re right about something, these books are ready to spit facts and lovingly wreck your certainty— in good ways.
This one is controversial for a few reasons, and I got so mad reading it that I threw it at least once--but I've never been the same since reading it. I thought I was anti-racist until this showed me I had a long way to go. Absolutely worth the read.
White Fragility: Why It's Hard to Talk About Racism
If you've ever gone into a rant about how much your city sucks, this is a surprisingly spellbinding read that will help! I fell in love with my city after reading it, and found so many cool overlooked things to do. It's also GREAT if you struggle to ...
This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home... book by Melody Warnick
It's a book about death that's the most encouraging thing I've read in my life. It's funny, endearing, and so, so helpful.
Pre-Owned When Breath Becomes Air (Hardcover) 1410487857 9781410487858
A beginner's guide to the Enneagram and how to use it to understand why you act the way you do--and ways you can grow. Absolutely changed my life.
The Path Between Us Study Guide used book by Suzanne Stabile: 9780830846436
It’s just universally good and a fast read. More than that, it opened my heart to the human stories behind the word “refugee.”
Kristin Hannah: The Nightingale: A Novel (Paperback)
My life was never the same after reading this book. If your bravery about chasing your passions is down to a flicker, this pours on the gasoline like nothing else.
It’s simple, powerful, and easy to finish--and it's no exaggeration to say I made re...
Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape... book by Jon Acuff
For artistic people who just can't seem to get it together-- this is a thoroughly helpful foulmouthed butt-kicking that brings out an uncomfortable truth:
To make good art, you have to start with art that sucks and make it better. It's fantastic.
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks... book by Steven Pressfield
This is a perfect, non-boring hand guide that makes healthy food actually sound good. It made me suspicious of frankenfare with 37 ingredients I can’t pronounce without causing disordered eating.
In Defense of Food: An Eater's... book by Michael Pollan
A highly entertaining, clever sort-of-memoir on how to savor loveliness in ordinary things. It's funny and endearing without cheesiness, but also has doodles, quizzes, and text‑message prompts. I didn't want it to end.
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Hardcover) 1101984546 9781101984543
This woman was raised in a cult that masqueraded as a church (Westboro Baptist), and ultimately had to wreck her life to leave. It's part memoir and part moral compass, and it trained me to examine all kinds of belief systems for hurtful dogma.
Unfollow: Memoir of Loving & Leaving Westboro
You'll never look at librarians or libraries the same way! The book is the author's love letters and breakup notes to the iconic (and obscure) books she's encountered over the years.
It's a page turner too, with book lists, and hilarious and sweet...
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in ...
You will NEVER hate Nellie Oleson again.
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch : How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated used book by Alison Arngrim: 9780061962158