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My favorite book recs
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items A mix of the books that have genuinely shaped how I think, and the fiction I get properly lost in. I think it's important to have a balance of both, self-help and personal development for growth, and fiction for the pure escapism and immersion that's...
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Atomic Habits: Easy & Proven Way to Build
One of the most moving books I've read, genuinely stayed with me long after finishing it. Trigger warning: contains themes of violence and execution.
The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel - Books
A really practical one to have on the shelf, honest, straightforward guidance for exactly the moments its title suggests, when you actually need it, not just as a general read.
Open When: A Companion for Life's Twists
A simple idea that's had a real impact on how much energy I spend trying to control other people's reactions.
The Let Them Theory: Life-Changing Tool
A proper commitment of a book, but completely worth it, one of his best in my opinion. Trigger warning: contains themes of child abuse and violence.
It: A Novel by Stephen King 9781501142970
Not always a comfortable read, but a genuinely different way of thinking about people-pleasing and self-worth.
The Courage to Be Disliked: Japanese Phenomenon
Dark, complex, and genuinely hard to stop once you start, a series I properly got lost in. Trigger warning: contains themes of sexual assault and violence.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Novel
Changed how I think about money more than any budgeting advice ever has, less about spreadsheets, more about behaviour and mindset.
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons
A different angle on manifesting and mindset, aimed specifically at the reality of juggling motherhood alongside your own goals.
Manifest Like a Mother: Attract the Life You Want
Not just for negotiating a deal, genuinely useful for handling difficult conversations of any kind.
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
One of my favourite books, I've read it more than once. Less about horror, more about getting completely absorbed in a strong, complicated character. Trigger warning: contains themes of domestic and sexual abuse.
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
A dense one, but genuinely thought-provoking, worth taking slowly rather than rushing through.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Practical, therapist-written guidance broken into genuinely usable pieces, easy to dip in and out of.
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Book
A brilliant, practical way of understanding your own mind, especially the emotional, reactive part of it. Genuinely changed how I think about my own thoughts and reactions.
Chimp Paradox: How Impulses & Emotions Determine
Properly gripping, the kind of book that makes it hard to put your phone down instead of picking it back up. Trigger warning: contains violence.
Angels & Demons: 9780743486224: Brown, Dan: Books
A clinical psychologist's honest account of her early training and the real cases she worked on. As someone in mental health myself, this one hit differently, genuinely honest about the profession in a way a lot of books aren't. Trigger warning: cont...
The Skeleton Cupboard: Making of a Psychologist
A genuinely fascinating look at ultrarunning and endurance, part adventure story, part exploration of why humans are actually built to run. Read this around the time I was getting into running myself, and it stuck with me.
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe & Superathletes
A bit of an unusual one to include, but genuinely fascinating, memory, persuasion, and how the mind actually works, from someone who's spent his career studying exactly that.
Derren Brown Tricks Of Mind - Books
A beautifully written coming-of-age mystery I properly got swept up in. Set in 1970s Yorkshire, it follows two young girls trying to make sense of a frightening, uncertain time in their community. Trigger warning: touches on themes including violence...
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
Yes, it's technically a children's book, and I make no apologies for it. I read it in a day, a genuinely moving story about friendship and survival that doesn't need to be complicated to be powerful. Sometimes a short, simple read is exactly what you...
Kensuke's Kingdom: Morpurgo, Michael - Books
A gripping, twisty psychological thriller, one of those books I genuinely couldn't put down. Trigger warning: contains themes of domestic abuse, murder, suicide, and mental illness.
The Silent Patient - Michaelides, Alex: Books