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Books That Changed How I Think
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items Some books you read and forget. These are the ones that stay with you. This list is my personal collection of the books that have genuinely shifted my mindset, changed how I approach money, business, health and life — and that I find myself recommend...
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The Reading List That Will Change How You See Midlife
Mindset & Manifestation
Money & Business
Personal Growth & Empowerment
Spiritual & Soul
Sun Lounger Reads
The Reading List That Will Change How You See Midlife
Not sure where to start or what to read next? This brilliant curated reading list for women over 40 covers every mood and every moment — from mindset shifts to pure escapism. Discover the books that are resonating most with women in midlife right now...
Not sure where to start? This brilliant reading list curated specifically for women over 40 covers fiction, memoir, self help and everything in between — all chosen for where we are in life right now. Midlife transformation, empowerment, resilience a...
Empowering Book List for Women Over 40
Mindset & Manifestation
The books that change how you think — about life, about what's possible and about who you are. These are the reads that rewire your perspective from the inside out and make the world look genuinely different by the time you finish them. ✨
I first read this book at 36, heartbroken and lost, and it changed everything. Not in the way self-help books promise to change you — with goals and missions and ego-driven purpose. This is something else entirely. Something that lit a fire in me tha...
The Power of Now: Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Read this one as soon as it arrives — seriously, don't put it down. Zero Limits introduces the ancient Hawaiian practice of Ho'oponopono and it is one of those rare books that fills you with love from the very first page. It will change how you see r...
Zero Limits: Hawaiian System for Wealth & Health
Wayne Dyer at his absolute best. The Power of Intention completely transforms how you think about what's possible for your life — shifting you from someone who pushes and strives and forces outcomes, to someone who aligns, trusts and co-creates with ...
The Power of Intention: Co-Create Your World
The book that started a global conversation about the law of attraction — and for good reason. The Secret is powerful, uplifting and genuinely makes you stop and examine the role your mindset plays in everything you're creating in your life. Whether ...
The Secret
A practical, grounded guide to one of the most powerful realisations you can have — that your thoughts are not facts and you are not your thinking. Joseph Nguyen breaks down why so much of our suffering comes not from what happens to us but from the ...
Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded)
Money & Business
Because nobody taught us this stuff in school. These books cover everything from understanding how money actually works to building something of your own — practical, inspiring and written for real people not finance experts. 💚💰
An honest, no-fluff account of one ordinary person's journey to financial freedom through network marketing — and everything that journey demands of you personally. Jordan Adler doesn't glamorise it or oversell it. He takes you through the real chall...
Beach Money: Creating Your Dream Life
The book that makes you realise nobody ever taught you how money actually works — and why that matters. Rich Dad Poor Dad reframes everything you thought you knew about earning, spending and building wealth. The difference between good debt and bad d...
Rich Dad Poor Dad: 20th Anniversary Edition
Exactly what it says on the tin — and then some. Amanda Frances writes about money in a way that feels completely fresh, like a straight talking best friend who happens to have cracked the code on abundance. Easy to read, no fluff and the homework at...
Rich as F*ck: More Money Than You Know
I picked this up at exactly the right moment — standing at the beginning of a new chapter and ready to build something great. Steven Bartlett doesn't just give you business advice, he gives you a masterclass in how to think, how to lead and how to sh...
The Diary of a CEO: 33 Laws of Business
Personal Growth & Empowerment
The straight talking, no fluff books that call you out, build you up and send you back into the world ready to stop playing small. Every single one of these has changed someone's life. Possibly yours next. 💪✨
One of those books that sounds simple but completely shifts how you see everything. The Let Them Theory gives you permission to stop managing other people's opinions, actions and reactions — and focus on yourself instead. Empowering without ever feel...
The Let Them Theory: Life-Changing Tool
The title says it all — but the book goes so much deeper than you expect. This one hit me hard because it shone a light on something I'd been doing for years without realising it — living from my ego rather than my soul, reacting to life from deep ro...
Just F*cking Do It: Transform Your Life
I don't say this lightly — this book is everything. I have never read anything so relatable in my life. Jen Sincero has this incredible ability to call you out, crack you up and completely transform how you see yourself all at the same time. She cuts...
You Are a Badass: Stop Doubting Greatness
Possibly the most liberating idea I've ever read — we only have a limited number of fcks to give in this life and most of us are wasting them on entirely the wrong things. Mark Manson delivers this counterintuitive truth with brutal honesty, dark hum...
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Sometimes the most powerful ideas are the simplest ones — and this is proof. Mel Robbins takes one straightforward concept, the five second window between having an impulse and your brain talking you out of it, and shows you exactly how to use it to ...
The 5 Second Rule: Transform Life & Confidence
Spiritual & Soul
For the moments when you need something deeper than a productivity hack. These books connect you back to yourself — to what actually matters and to the version of you that knows exactly who she is. 🌿✨
If you've ever started something new with the best intentions and then watched yourself quietly give up — this book is for you. Atomic Habits completely changed how I approach building new routines and breaking old ones. The overwhelm of trying to ch...
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results
The perfect starting point for anyone beginning to explore what it means to live with faith over fear. Gabrielle Bernstein writes with such warmth and honesty that this never feels preachy or out of reach — it meets you exactly where you are and gent...
The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear
Sun Lounger Reads
No personal development required. These are purely for pleasure — gripping, escapist, completely unputdownable. The books you stay up until 2am to finish and talk about for weeks afterwards. Perfect for holidays, lazy weekends or any moment that's ju...
TikTok made everyone buy this and for very good reason. Lisa Jewell is the queen of the page turner and this one — two women, one podcast, one terrifying unravelling — is absolutely impossible to put down. The kind of book you stay up until 2am to fi...
None of This is True: #1 Sunday Times Bestseller
Harlan Coben has earned the nickname "master of the double twist" and this one delivers exactly that. A man wakes up next to his dead girlfriend with no memory of what happened — and from that opening the plot twists and turns relentlessly. Fast, gri...
Nobody's Fool: No.1 Sunday Times Crime Thriller
A crime editor realises her writer's latest murder mystery contains clues to a real life murder — and the premise alone is enough to have you hooked. Horowitz is one of the best crime writers working today and this is his masterpiece. Clever, layered...
Magpie Murders: Sunday Times Bestseller Thriller
If you haven't read Emily Henry yet — where have you been? Three of her novels are already being adapted for the screen and this one is laugh out loud funny, genuinely romantic and the perfect antidote to real life. Two total opposites end up living ...
Funny Story — Emily Henry
Marian Keyes is the warm hug of the book world and this latest Walsh sisters novel does not disappoint. Funny, big hearted and completely irresistible — Anna moves from Manhattan to a small Irish town and runs straight into her old flame. Easy to rea...
My Favourite Mistake: No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
The memoir everyone is talking about. A young diplomat who climbed the ranks of Facebook pulls back the curtain on one of the most powerful companies in the world — and what she found was jaw dropping. Darkly funny, deeply unsettling and utterly comp...
Careless People: #1 Sunday Times Memoir
Love him or loathe him — this memoir is genuinely unputdownable. Raw, candid and at times completely shocking, it reads like the most dramatic family drama you've ever encountered. Except it's all real. One of the best selling memoirs of recent years...
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