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Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness (ebook)
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avg rating 4.21 — 8,826 ratings — published 2020
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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.02 — 46,657 ratings — published 2023
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Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 2,014 ratings — published 2022
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 652,813 ratings — published 2014
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Theo of Golden Theo of Golden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 693,051 ratings — published 2023
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
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avg rating 3.64 — 783,699 ratings — published 2015
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Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 25,485 ratings — published 2020
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Kitchen Kitchen (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 140,765 ratings — published 1988
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Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 8,834 ratings — published 2022
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Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 102,898 ratings — published 2021
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The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 31,325 ratings — published 2018
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Vom Ende der Einsamkeit Vom Ende der Einsamkeit (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 73,687 ratings — published 2016
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Anxious People Anxious People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 892,061 ratings — published 2019
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Conversations on Love Conversations on Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 52,929 ratings — published 2021
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
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avg rating 3.63 — 224,436 ratings — published 2010
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 227,720 ratings — published 1927
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,117,441 ratings — published 2020
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Another Brooklyn Another Brooklyn (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 42,578 ratings — published 2016
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Seven Days in June Seven Days in June (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 240,870 ratings — published 2021
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The Dutch House The Dutch House (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 607,734 ratings — published 2019
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When Breath Becomes Air When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.41 — 858,968 ratings — published 2016
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,609,145 ratings — published 2022
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 921,248 ratings — published 2005
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,481,473 ratings — published 2022
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Milk Teeth Milk Teeth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.58 — 11,194 ratings — published 2022
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Hardboiled & Hard Luck Hardboiled & Hard Luck (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 7,873 ratings — published 1999
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A Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 257,089 ratings — published 2010
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All the Lovers in the Night All the Lovers in the Night (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.66 — 59,836 ratings — published 2011
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Dear Edward Dear Edward (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 229,912 ratings — published 2020
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Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 488,938 ratings — published 2021
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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.27 — 494,111 ratings — published 1990
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Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,112 ratings — published 2017
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Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness (Pantheon Graphic Library) Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness (Pantheon Graphic Library)
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avg rating 3.98 — 9,741 ratings — published 2021
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 2,015,546 ratings — published 2018
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Braving the Wilderness Braving the Wilderness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 123,404 ratings — published 2017
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The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage (Audible Audio)
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avg rating 4.60 — 31,293 ratings — published 2013
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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 250,501 ratings — published 2012
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The Gifts of Imperfection The Gifts of Imperfection (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 231,586 ratings — published 2010
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A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
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avg rating 4.37 — 94,316 ratings — published 2016
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The Art of Loving The Art of Loving (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 101,535 ratings — published 1956
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How to Win Friends & Influence People How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,200,533 ratings — published 1936
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Beyond the Fallen Timber Beyond the Fallen Timber (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 9 ratings — published
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Sunset Park Sunset Park (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 16,972 ratings — published 2010
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My Friends My Friends (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.27 — 19,142 ratings — published 2024
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Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 1,982 ratings — published 1947
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Beyond Northern Skies Beyond Northern Skies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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The Paris Library The Paris Library (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 154,033 ratings — published 2021
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Chez Camille: Café Parisien à Helsinki (Beneath and Beyond Paris Book 3) Chez Camille: Café Parisien à Helsinki (Beneath and Beyond Paris Book 3)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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The Mystical Potion The Mystical Potion (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.75 — 8 ratings — published
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Our Infinite Fates Our Infinite Fates (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.64 — 78,476 ratings — published 2025
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Mary Gaitskill
“At times she had thought that this was the only kind of connection you could have with people—intense, inexplicable and ultimately incomplete.”
― Mary Gaitskill, Bad Behavior

Joseph A. Anderson
“The body we choose to be born in, and the people we find in life, are the expression of the soul, and your frequency therapies don’t conflict with this.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Return to Planet Earth

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