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Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.42 — 1,519 ratings — published
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A Man Called Ove A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,265,195 ratings — published 2012
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The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,621,103 ratings — published 2020
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,708,583 ratings — published 1988
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,518,678 ratings — published 2022
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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 4.35 — 1,076,460 ratings — published 2020
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,478,900 ratings — published 2017
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The Wild Iris The Wild Iris (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 16,122 ratings — published 1992
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Wonder (Wonder, #1) Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,219,064 ratings — published 2012
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Postcolonial Love Poem Postcolonial Love Poem (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 8,701 ratings — published 2020
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.55 — 249,344 ratings — published 2019
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The Prophet The Prophet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 336,488 ratings — published 1923
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,254,478 ratings — published 1997
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Theo of Golden Theo of Golden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 487,709 ratings — published 2023
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 827,672 ratings — published 2003
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Instructions for Traveling West: Poems Instructions for Traveling West: Poems (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 4,019 ratings — published
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Dearly Dearly (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 16,691 ratings — published 2020
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Anxious People Anxious People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 865,650 ratings — published 2019
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Time Is a Mother Time Is a Mother (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 38,675 ratings — published 2022
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 198,997 ratings — published 2012
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Life on Mars: Poems Life on Mars: Poems (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 10,580 ratings — published 2011
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What You Are Looking for Is in the Library What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 136,855 ratings — published 2020
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The Essential Rumi The Essential Rumi (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 51,353 ratings — published 1273
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A Thousand Mornings: Poems A Thousand Mornings: Poems (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 33,012 ratings — published 2012
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Poems & Prayers Poems & Prayers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 11,051 ratings — published
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Bright Dead Things Bright Dead Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 15,204 ratings — published 2015
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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.55 — 33,372 ratings — published 2017
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The Reading List The Reading List (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 140,461 ratings — published 2021
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Humankind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time Humankind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,420 ratings — published 2020
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 372,838 ratings — published 2014
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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as uplifting)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,763,335 ratings — published 2021
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The Comfort Book The Comfort Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 76,751 ratings — published 2021
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 3,078,283 ratings — published 2009
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Leaves of Grass Leaves of Grass (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 118,634 ratings — published 1855
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Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 352,241 ratings — published 2022
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The Authenticity Project The Authenticity Project (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 109,779 ratings — published 2020
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Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1) Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,270,085 ratings — published 2019
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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 605,172 ratings — published 2013
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A Gentleman in Moscow A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 696,832 ratings — published 2016
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 924,282 ratings — published 1946
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 302,487 ratings — published 2013
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The Art of Racing in the Rain The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 563,967 ratings — published 2008
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The Carrying The Carrying (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 9,883 ratings — published 2018
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 369,397 ratings — published 2013
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The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1) The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 56,422 ratings — published 2017
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as uplifting)
avg rating 3.81 — 278,882 ratings — published 1998
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,146,103 ratings — published 1908
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 826,700 ratings — published 2008
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The Happiness Project The Happiness Project (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 183,387 ratings — published 2009
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 101,461 ratings — published 2022
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Eleanor H. Porter
“What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.”
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna

“Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold
And like the sky my soul is also turnin'
Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind”
Ray Lamontagne, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise

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