Grit


Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Winter's Bone
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
The Bridge Home
The Devil All the Time
The Road
No Country for Old Men
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTobacco Road by Erskine CaldwellOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Hardscrabble Life
410 books — 118 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Maggie Mae
128 books — 16 voters

Goodbye, Tahrir Square by Zarmati ElioPositive Winning Soul Defeating Prader-Willi Syndrome by Rhoda L. Ross-WilliamsBe Good, Stay Strong, Love Dad by Patrick McLaughlinCarrying the Tiger by Tony    StewartMoving Forward, Looking Back by Beth Ann Blackwood
Memoirs with Heart
15 books — 50 voters
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteMidnight Cowboy by James Leo HerlihyKing Cage and the Worth Street Djinni by Mike Stop ContinuesSkinless by Maggie MoorUn dîner avec Cary Grant by Malika Ferdjoukh
Rock Bottom in New York
26 books — 11 voters

Separate Things by Ashley Marie BerryGut Driven by Ellen PostolowskiCan't Hurt Me by David GogginsBUILT BACK BOLD by Craig StrattonNever Finished by David Goggins
Make a Better You in 2024
19 books — 5 voters

Robert         Reid
Next morning, while her children were still asleep in their tent, Evie got up early. The acorn she had planted the day before had sprung to life and was nearly ten feet high. Sitting on the fallen log where the forest boy had sat thirty years earlier, she listened. There was no dancing partner. Maybe she was now too old, but the oak trees did sing for her.
Robert Reid, The Empress:

Robert         Reid
Aaron anticipated the application of some kind of healing balm, but to his surprise the healer started singing a soft melodic tune. The breath from the notes fell on Aaron’s injured arm and he felt the hairs on his forearm react to the soft breath. It was only moments before the song drifted away on the wind and Wonataban’s instruction followed the last note: “Open your eyes.
Robert Reid, The Empress:

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