96 books
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55 voters
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A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,251,170 ratings — published 2012
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as uplifting)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,572,020 ratings — published 2020
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as uplifting)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,670,711 ratings — published 1988
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,427,720 ratings — published 2022
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,048,543 ratings — published 2020
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,464,678 ratings — published 2017
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,212,546 ratings — published 2012
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.55 — 246,858 ratings — published 2019
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,238,472 ratings — published 1997
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 820,830 ratings — published 2003
Theo of Golden (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.50 — 358,263 ratings — published 2023
Anxious People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 850,438 ratings — published 2019
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as uplifting)
avg rating 3.94 — 197,699 ratings — published 2012
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.02 — 131,845 ratings — published 2020
The Reading List (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.06 — 138,725 ratings — published 2021
Humankind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,404 ratings — published 2020
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.04 — 368,688 ratings — published 2014
The Comfort Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.05 — 75,941 ratings — published 2021
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,061,359 ratings — published 2009
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.03 — 346,890 ratings — published 2022
The Authenticity Project (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as uplifting)
avg rating 3.93 — 108,067 ratings — published 2020
Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,257,134 ratings — published 2019
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.01 — 602,476 ratings — published 2013
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.31 — 688,562 ratings — published 2016
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.37 — 911,858 ratings — published 1946
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.07 — 298,877 ratings — published 2013
The Happiness Project (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 182,947 ratings — published 2009
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.39 — 367,349 ratings — published 2013
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.27 — 100,702 ratings — published 2022
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,635,341 ratings — published 2021
The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.18 — 55,301 ratings — published 2017
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 3.81 — 278,045 ratings — published 1998
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,136,971 ratings — published 1908
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.19 — 822,658 ratings — published 2008
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.23 — 561,096 ratings — published 2008
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.17 — 86,692 ratings — published 2022
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.20 — 198,884 ratings — published 2021
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 1,319,729 ratings — published 1911
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,546,502 ratings — published 1943
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as uplifting)
avg rating 3.90 — 146,212 ratings — published 2010
How to Age Disgracefully (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.11 — 66,341 ratings — published 2024
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 84,280 ratings — published 2024
The Wishing Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.02 — 194,093 ratings — published 2023
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 399,366 ratings — published 2022
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,848,388 ratings — published 2022
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 2,506,447 ratings — published 1868
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,223,368 ratings — published 2018
Beach Read (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 1,710,683 ratings — published 2020
A Redbird Christmas (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 35,258 ratings — published 2004
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.27 — 330,967 ratings — published 1987
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