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My All Time Favorite Reads
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items I love reading books that really make me think and be mindful about the world around me. If you also enjoy reading books that will alter your brain chemistry, check out my all time favorite reads!
Sections
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Psychology
Philosophy
Non-Fiction/(Auto)Biographical
Psychology
This book changed the way I thought about how to communicate. It has less to do with the message you are getting across, but more to do with the vocabulary you use, your tone of voice, even the way you start your sentences when addressing another per...
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools ...
I really love this book! Incredibly educational on the ways that trauma affects the brain by examining the relationship between the mind and the body.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
This book was like a whole psychology class on psychological phenomenons! It was packed with anecdotes, well researched, and even came with scientific citations. I thoroughly enjoyed this book very much and even took very serious notes as if it was a...
You Are Not So Smart
Philosophy
A thought-provoking series of stories centered around a magic cafe that allows its customers to travel through time. However, their trip can only last as long as it takes for their coffee to get cold. If you had this opportunity, what would you do wi...
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
One of my absolute favorites! Two Latino teenagers meet at a swimming pool during their summer break and spark a special friendship that teaches them "important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be."
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
A story of a seemingly successful man who harbors a profound sense of isolation that, as his story goes, destroyed his best friend, the woman he loved, and himself.
Kokoro: Natsume Soseki, Edwin McClellan - Amazon.com
A poignant exploration of an outcast's attempt to fit in to a society that he feels he is not capable of understanding.
No Longer Human: 9780811204811: Dazai, Osamu, Keene, Donald: Books
This book revealed to me unforgettable lessons about life, love, and the complex relationships children have with the adults around them and in the world.
The Little Prince: 9780156012195: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ...
Non-Fiction/(Auto)Biographical
An autobiography in the form of a letter written from the author to his mother who cannot read. The author writes about his experience growing up in the US as a young boy with his Vietnamese immigrant mother, comparing and contrasting it with his mot...
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Written as an imagined conversation exploring the relationship between mother and son in a timeless world, the author composed this novel as a way to grieve the loss of her own son through suicide. This book portrays love, loss, complex relationships...
Where Reasons End: A Novel: Li, Yiyun - Books