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Joy Books
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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as joy)
avg rating 4.38 — 65,532 ratings — published 2016
Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as joy)
avg rating 3.85 — 10,628 ratings — published 2018
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as joy)
avg rating 4.06 — 70,324 ratings — published 1955
The Book of Delights: Essays (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as joy)
avg rating 4.12 — 20,865 ratings — published 2019
Unexpected Joy at Dawn (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as joy)
avg rating 3.66 — 372 ratings — published 1988
When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as joy)
avg rating 4.14 — 7,075 ratings — published 2004
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as joy)
avg rating 4.02 — 58,012 ratings — published 2011
Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as joy)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,253,173 ratings — published 2019
The Yellow Bus (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,847 ratings — published 2024
The Little Book of Joy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as joy)
avg rating 4.42 — 325 ratings — published 2022
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,601,960 ratings — published 1997
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as joy)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,896,269 ratings — published 2011
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 396,503 ratings — published 2010
Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as joy)
avg rating 4.18 — 47,605 ratings — published 1986
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as joy)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,384,366 ratings — published 2022
A Gentle Reminder (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 22,061 ratings — published 2021
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as joy)
avg rating 4.13 — 200,710 ratings — published 1931
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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avg rating 4.58 — 4,939,901 ratings — published 1999
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,117,911 ratings — published 2011
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,133,925 ratings — published 1908
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,905,300 ratings — published 1813
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as joy)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,432,053 ratings — published 2011
I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.58 — 582 ratings — published
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,614 ratings — published 2023
Soul Shift: The Weary Human's Guide to Getting Unstuck and Reclaiming Your Path to Joy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.31 — 610 ratings — published
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 3.97 — 714,079 ratings — published 1989
Inciting Joy: Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 5,645 ratings — published 2022
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,500,745 ratings — published 1868
Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,447 ratings — published 2016
The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,982,723 ratings — published 2021
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,039,263 ratings — published 2020
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,724,140 ratings — published 2016
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,459,661 ratings — published 2017
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,797,436 ratings — published 2018
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,998,326 ratings — published 1960
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 1,027,316 ratings — published 2017
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,075,694 ratings — published 1963
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,023,437 ratings — published 2012
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 832,702 ratings — published 1989
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,592 ratings — published 2006
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,928,027 ratings — published 2005
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,657,566 ratings — published 1988
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 10,088,347 ratings — published 2008
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,799,140 ratings — published 2012
Can I Have Joy In My Life? (Crucial Questions, #12)
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avg rating 4.43 — 1,275 ratings — published 2012
Knight of a Trillion Stars (Matrix of Destiny #1)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,004 ratings — published 1995
Rejar (Matrix of Destiny, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as joy)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,443 ratings — published 1997
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as joy)
avg rating 4.32 — 852,030 ratings — published 2025
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as joy)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,835 ratings — published 2015
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
― Nicholas Nickleby
― Nicholas Nickleby
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
― The Story of My Life
― The Story of My Life













