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These Books Made Me Feel Things

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A list of reads that made me think of life and living as soon as I put it down. From stories of debauchery, grief, ambitions, solitude - all the things that make you feel alive. Basically, these books made me feel like something was gripping my insid...
 
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When you want to give your heart a little squeeze at the thought of life and living.
Stoner by John Williams, Paperback
 
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An emotional roadtrip story told through the point of view of a feisty cat. Grab tissues.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
 
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A healing fiction book about starting over and the love of reading. Who wouldn't want to have their own bookstore, yeah?
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
 
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A story of forks in the road that were left untravelled and about starting over. PS: Isn't that book cover amazing?
The Midnight Library
 
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An office comedy about letting go of things that are making you miserable and making the leap into doing something worthwhile... and about how you shouldn't read your coworkers' private correspondence.
I Hope This Finds You Well
 
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A book on regrets, missed oppurtunities and blind loyalty. People are flawed, guys.
The Remains of the Day
 
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A book that explores the stories and emotions behind even the simplest of objects and learning to let go or create something new out of them.
The Memory Collectors
 
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Cynical, crude, colorful, and all that jazz. A story about two friends who meet up at a nightclub in a war-torn African city.
Tram 83
 
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Three boys dealing with losing one of their best friends by bringing his ashes to a roadtrip where they soon face hard truths.
Ostrich Boys
 
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A story of promises, both broken and kept, and the human connections that come from even the tiniest, most mundane things.
The Keeper of Lost Things
 
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Musicians making Faustian deals to escape damnation, a runaway with great talent, a mother and former starship captain running a donut shop. One of these things don't quite sound like the others, but what you get is a heartwarming story about how a l...
Light From Uncommon Stars
 
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A day in the life of the astronauts and cosmonauts in a space station orbiting earth. It's an ode to Earth, to humanity, to life itself. I mean, if you want a bit of an existential crisis over the vastness of the universe and how small but also not t...
Orbital
 
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A story about the power of a friendship that you could say is generational. It's a simple, beautiful story about people trying to live their lives to the fullest and overcoming the burdens of the past and unlearning prejudice.
Sweet Bean Paste