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Non-Fiction:

Rating: 9.5/10

Rating: 9.5/10

Good for: mindset, life perspective, inspiration

Favorite quote: “The brick walls are there for a reason... are not there to keep us out... are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something... to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.”

Rating: 8.5/10

Rating: 8.5/10

Good for: personal development, habit building, mindset

Favorite quote: "Happiness is the new productivity."

Rating: 8/10

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “When we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9/10

Rating: 9/10

Good for: young adults, career direction, life planning

Favorite quotes: "The slower you go, the faster you get there."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9.5/10

Rating: 9.5/10

Good for: mindset, life perspective, inspiration

Favorite quote: “The brick walls are there for a reason... are not there to keep us out... are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something... to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.”

Rating: 8.5/10

Rating: 8.5/10

Good for: personal development, habit building, mindset

Favorite quote: "Happiness is the new productivity."

Rating: 8/10

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9/10

Rating: 9/10

Good for: young adults, career direction, life planning

Favorite quote: "The slower you go, the faster you get there."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9/10

Rating: 9/10

Good for: current events, technology, business

Favorite quote: "Being able to see around the corner of tomorrow and being agile enough to adapt to what's coming have never been more important. The only constant is change, and the pace of change is accelerating."

Rating: 9.5/10

Rating: 9.5/10

Good for: mindset, life perspective, inspiration

Favorite quote: “Years ago, it had occurred to me that Darwin and Nietzsche agreed on one thing: the defining characteristic of the organism is striving.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9.5/10

Rating: 9.5/10

Good for: mindset, motivation, personal discovery

Favorite quote: “Talent is how quickly your skills improve when you invest effort."

Rating: 9.7/10

Rating: 9.7/10

Good for: young adults, life perspective, empowerment

Favorite quote: “Becoming is never giving up on the idea that there's more growing to be done."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 7.5/10

Rating: 7.5/10

Good for: young adults, humor, life lessons

Favorite quote: "Future hipsters will love me ironically."

Rating: 9/10

Good for: BLM awareness, systemic racism, civil rights

Favorite quote: "'Good intention' is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: inspiration, creative discovery, learning

Favorite quote: “...it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are.”

Rating: 8.5/10

Good for: creative thinking, self reflection, mindset

Favorite quote: "Don't rush through the experiences and circumstances that have the most capacity to transform you."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 8.5/10

Good for: mindfulness, holistic practices

Favorite quote: "When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time."

Rating: 9/10

Good for: self reflection, life lessons

Favorite quote: "Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9/10

Good for: current events, technology, business

Favorite quote: "Being able to see around the corner of tomorrow and being agile enough to adapt to what's coming have never been more important. The only constant is change, and the pace of change is accelerating."

Rating: 9.5/10

Good for: mindset, life perspective, inspiration

Favorite quote: “Years ago, it had occurred to me that Darwin and Nietzsche agreed on one thing: the defining characteristic of the organism is striving.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9.5/10

Good for: mindset, motivation, personal discovery

Favorite quote: “Talent is how quickly your skills improve when you invest effort."

Rating: 9.7/10

Good for: young adults, life perspective, empowerment

Favorite quote: “Becoming is never giving up on the idea that there's more growing to be done."

Rating: 7.5/10

Good for: young adults, humor, life lessons

Favorite quote: "Future hipsters will love me ironically."

Rating: 9/10

Good for: history, BLM awareness

Favorite quote: "'Good intention' is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: inspiration, creative discovery, learning

Favorite quote: “...it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are.”

Rating: 8.5/10

Good for: creative thinking, self reflection, mindset

Favorite quote: "Don't rush through the experiences and circumstances that have the most capacity to transform you."

Rating: 8.5/10

Good for: mindfulness, holistic practices

Favorite quote: "When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time."

Rating: 9/10

Good for: self reflection, life lessons

Favorite quote: "Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

For BUSINESS / TECHNOLOGY :

For BUSINESS/TECH:

Rating: 9/10

Good for: current events, technology, business

Favorite quote: "Being able to see around the corner of tomorrow and being agile enough to adapt to what's coming have never been more important. The only constant is change, and the pace of change is accelerating."

For BLACK LIVES MATTER :

For BLM:

Rating: 8/10

Good for: BLM awareness, social issues, imposter syndrome

Favorite quote: “Faith isn't just believing but taking steps toward that belief.”

Rating:

Good for: life philosophy, self reflection

Favorite quote: "'Good intention' is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9/10

Good for: teen reads, romance

Favorite quote: “You look like a protagonist."

For CREATIVITY :

For CREATIVITY:

Rating: 8/10

Good for: inspiration, creative discovery, learning

Favorite quote: “...it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are.”

Rating: 8.5/10

Good for: creative thinking, self reflection, mindset

Favorite quote: "Don't rush through the experiences and circumstances that have the most capacity to transform you."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Fiction :

NOVELS :

Rating: 9/10

Good for: crime, romance, suspense, history

Favorite quote: “Time speeds and bends around planets and suns, is different in the mountains than in the valleys, and is part of the same fabric as space, which curves and swells as does the sea."

Rating: 9/10

Good for: tragedy, history, young adults

Favorite quote: “One cannot count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls."

Rating: 9/10

Good for: fantasy, life, romance

Favorite quote: “I understand that the way you stop time is by stopping being ruled by it. I am no longer drowning in my past, or fearful of my future. How can I be?"

Rating: 7/10

Good for: fantasy, quick read

Favorite quote: "...he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9/10

Good for: crime, romance, suspense, history

Favorite quote: “Time speeds and bends around planets and suns, is different in the mountains than in the valleys, and is part of the same fabric as space, which curves and swells as does the sea."

Rating: 9/10

Good for: tragedy, history, young adults

Favorite quote: “One cannot count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 9/10

Good for: fantasy, life, romance

Favorite quote: “I understand that the way you stop time is by stopping being ruled by it. I am no longer drowning in my past, or fearful of my future. How can I be?"

Rating: 7/10

Good for: fantasy, quick read

Favorite quote: "...he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: mystery, drama, young adult

Favorite quote: “But the problem with rules... was that they implied a right way and a wrong way to do things. When, in fact, most of the time they were simply ways, none of them quite wrong or quite right, and nothing to tell you for sure what side of the line you stood on."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: BLM awareness, social issues, imposter syndrome

Favorite quote: “Faith isn't just believing but taking steps toward that belief.”

Rating: 7.5/10

Good for: life philosophy, self reflection

Favorite quote: “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: mystery, drama, young adult

Favorite quote: “But the problem with rules... was that they implied a right way and a wrong way to do things. When, in fact, most of the time they were simply ways, none of them quite wrong or quite right, and nothing to tell you for sure what side of the line you stood on."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: BLM awareness, social issues, imposter syndrome

Favorite quote: “Faith isn't just believing but taking steps toward that belief.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 7.5/10

Good for: life philosophy, self reflection

Favorite quote: “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

For FUN :

For FUN :

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 7.5/10

Good for: young adults, humor, life lessons

Favorite quote: "Future hipsters will love me ironically."

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Books to read next:

Books to read next:

Bold, by Steven Kotler

Bold, by Steven Kotler

Untamed, by Glennon Doyle

Untamed, by Glennon Doyle

Ask Again, Yes, by Mary Beth Keane

Ask Again, Yes, by Mary Beth Keane

The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman

Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman

Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson

Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight

Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight

Educated, by Tara Westover

Educated, by Tara Westover

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Bold, by Steven Kotler

Bold, by Steven Kotler

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Ask Again, Yes, by Mary Beth Keane

Ask Again, Yes, by Mary Beth Keane

The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson

Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight

Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight

Educated by Tara Westover

Educated by Tara Westover

Rating: 8/10

Good for: new starts, habit building, mindset, self reflection

Favorite quote: “But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”

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