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From Fiction to Personal Growth: My Shelf of Favorites

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Not just a bookshelf, but a mix of stories and lessons. Personal growth, page-turning fiction, and real lives that inspire.
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Personal Growth and Development

Books that sharpen your mindset, build better habits, and help you level up your relationships, without the fluff.
 
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This book really helped to reshape the way I approach my day. It was just what I needed after a major life change.
The Miracle Morning (Updated and Expanded Edition): The Not-So ...
 
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This book really helped me shift my focus in life, and ever since, I see the world in such a more positive light.
From Strength to Strength: Success & Purpose in Second Half of Life
 
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No matter how close or strong you think your connection with your spouse may be, I guarantee you'll learn something new from this book--and you'll BOTH reap the benefits. Great book to read together!
Mindful Relationship Habits: 25 Practices for Couples
 
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Gain a fresh take on your finances--and all resources in general. Change your mindset, change your life!
Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming Financial Myths
 
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This book provided practical knowledge to help ANYONE re-frame how they see the world, and build a foundation for a very successful future!
Think and Grow Rich
 
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Good or bad, our daily habits play a huge role in our ultimate happiness--this book helps you take charge of those habits. Become unstoppable!
Atomic Habits: Easy Way to Build & Break Habits
 
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This book really helped me see life through my partner's eyes, and has greatly increased my empathy, and ability to effectively communicate with her in the challenging times.
Anxiety in Relationship: Overcome Jealousy & Fear

Stories That Kept Me Up Too Late

Fiction that proved chores can wait—because once I started, I wasn’t putting these down.

 
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One of my all-time favorite reads--very hard to put down.  I wish the movie had mirrored the book more closely!
The Count of Monte Cristo
 
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This was my favorite book series as a child, and even as an adult, I still love to read them! C.S. Lewis was such a great author!
The Chronicles of Narnia
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One of my all-time favorites, that really opened my mind to what's possibly lying at the bottom of the deepest depths on earth.
Sphere: A Novel
 
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One of the first books I ever read that got turned into a movie--but of course, the book was SOOOOOOO much better than the movie!
Jurassic Park: A Novel
 
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I read this one after I saw the movie, and I'm glad I did--though it did make me wish that the movie more closely followed the book... It was so good!
Congo

Stories You Couldn’t Fabricate If You Tried

Biographies, memoirs, and non-fiction that remind me real life can be just as powerful as fiction.

 
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Love him or hate him, Jeremy Clarkson is hard to ignore. This book was a very enjoyable journey through the early life and career of Britain's favorite car presenter and farmer.
Born to be Riled