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Books That Will Make You Have All The Feelings
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items There's nothing like a great book to make you feel all the feelings. Check out my emotional recommendations to make you cry or smile as needed!
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Books To Make You Cry
Books To Inspire You
Highs and Lows
Books To Make You Cry
With a variety of memoirs and novels, these books will break your heart.
This book made me bawl like a baby - it's both fascinating and heartbreaking and it has stuck with me years later.
When Breath Becomes Air: Million Bestseller
This isn't for everyone, as it has some heavy themes, but this novel about a murdered teenager looking down on her family, her friends and even her killer from heaven is certainly thought provoking.
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Don't be put off by the premise that it is a novel about game designers - it's full of love (both romantic and platonic), creativity, loss and betrayal.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Another heartbreaker. A novel through the eyes of 5 year old Jack, whose entire world is one room where he and his mother are held captive.
Room: A Novel
Khaled Hosseini is a master of storytelling, with this stunning tale of the lives of two women in Afghanistan.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A friendship between two young boys during the Holocaust - beautiful and devastating.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
It's a heavy read, and carries just about every trigger warning you could think of. Friendship, grief, trauma - I'll admit this isn't one for everyone.
A Little Life
Books To Inspire You
From inspiration lives, to the world around us, these books will make you think.
I can accept that I'll never go to space, but if you want to read about an inspirational life this is one I loved.
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
If you are interested in learning more about how astonishing our universe, world and our capacity for learning is, this might be the book for you.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
From first stepping foot in a classroom at 17, to gaining a PhD from one of the world's most prestigious universities - this memoir is an amazing tale of a woman's pursuit of learning.
Educated: A Memoir
Re-think how you spend your time by considering what is essential in your life, your career, your to-do list and what is just a distrction.
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Highs and Lows
They'll make you laugh, cry and think - these are books to elicit a range of emotions.
From comical moments to sadness and grief, this is the story of a young doctor working in the NHS.
This Is Going to Hurt
The comedian Trevor Noah's existence was quite literally a crime at the time of his birth, but he explores difficult subjects with his signature humour
Born a Crime