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Books that changed my life

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Em
I am an avid reader and always have my head stuck in a book! It was hard to whittle down some of my favourite reads but here is a selection of fiction and non-fiction books that stayed with me long after I finished the last page 📚
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Non fiction

 
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A book that everyone needs- especially in this day and age!
You Are Not a Before Picture by Alex Light
 
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Really opened my eyes to the fact that I’m in charge of my destiny!
No One Can Change Your Life Except You
 
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Read it, read it, read it.
The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White
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A book about the baddest bitches in history? Sign me up
100 Nasty Women of History: Badass & Fearless
 
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Not just for women!!
Women Don't Owe You Pretty
 
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I read it…then immediately read it again
Be Your Own Best Friend: Truths of Being Female
 
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The truest example of a book that changed my life ✨
Manifest
 
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Super important book- the future of our planet is in our hands
No. More. Plastic.: The #2minutesolution
 
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Fascinating book about what it’s like working in a UK prison
The Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence
 
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Everything you’d want and more in a book by this amazing woman
Talking As Fast As I Can: Gilmore Girls
 
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Breathtaking. Flawless. Life saving.
Reasons to Stay Alive
 
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Only read if you’re in pursuit of happiness!
Happy: Finding Joy and Letting Go of Perfect
 
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An eye opening read into psychiatry
Falling Into the Fire: Psychiatrist's Encounters
 
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A must read for anyone still on the hunt for love in the modern day era
Millennial Love
 
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Lives up to the hype
Everything I Know About Love

Fiction

 
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An excellent collaboration between two superb authors
Mad Honey
 
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An truly excellent and heart wrenching war story
Birdsong
 
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Amazing tale of a badass woman on the run
Outlawed
 
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If you’ve seen the film but haven’t read the book, you NEED to
Room
 
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A chilling read into an American school shooting, covering takes from every perspective and truly illustrating the impact such tragedy can have on so many people within a community
Nineteen Minutes
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One of the most accurate and illuminating depictions of Asperger’s I have read in a book
House Rules
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I wish I could read this again for the first time. Flawless. I recommend this book to everyone I speak to
Medea
 
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A fascinating read rooted in mythology
Daughters of Sparta: A Novel
 
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I didn’t expect this to be as breathtaking as it was. Stayed with me long after finishing it
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
 
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A guilty pleasure read by extremely well written and keeps you hooked
Wild Love
 
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Chilling story considering it was written before the global pandemic of 2020 and echos the events very similarly
Lockdown
 
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Even when I’m not reading this book, I’m usually thinking about it
Midnight in Everwood
 
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Not quite the story you know and love, offers a fresh perspective and retelling of a classic tale
The Frog Princess
 
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A woman on a mission…has to be read to be believed
Triflers Need Not Apply: Female Serial Killer