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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
by:
A.J. Jacobs
3.76 avg rating — 68,669 ratings 3. 
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
by:
Julie Powell
3.71 avg rating — 160,371 ratings 
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Learning to Breathe: My Yearlong Quest to Bring Calm to My Life
by:
Priscilla Warner
3.79 avg rating — 785 ratings 
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Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk
by:
Robyn Okrant
3.12 avg rating — 1,047 ratings 12. 
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
by:
Nina Sankovitch
3.48 avg rating — 7,281 ratings 13. 
A Year Without "Made in China": One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy
by:
Sara Bongiorni
3.05 avg rating — 1,318 ratings 14. 
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
by:
Ruth Reichl
3.94 avg rating — 47,449 ratings 
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Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
by:
Diablo Cody
3.57 avg rating — 13,657 ratings 
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The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
by:
Kevin Roose
3.98 avg rating — 12,221 ratings 
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by:
Eric Weiner
3.84 avg rating — 38,202 ratings 
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365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life
by:
John Kralik
3.92 avg rating — 4,384 ratings 30. 
100 Lunches with strangers: a simple way to step out of your comfort zone and transform your life
by:
Kaley Chu
2.94 avg rating — 17 ratings 31. 
Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World
by:
David Denby
3.86 avg rating — 1,077 ratings 31. 
Help Me!: One Woman’s Quest to Find Out if Self-Help Really Can Change Her Life
by:
Marianne Power
3.89 avg rating — 6,475 ratings 34. 
A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman
by:
Lisa J. Shannon
3.79 avg rating — 2,291 ratings 
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Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life
by:
Gretchen Rubin
3.55 avg rating — 20,069 ratings 
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MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend
by:
Rachel Bertsche
3.44 avg rating — 12,909 ratings 
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The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
by:
Dave Bruno
2.89 avg rating — 2,315 ratings 39. 
29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life
by:
Cami Walker
3.66 avg rating — 3,656 ratings 44. 
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
by:
Stefan Fatsis
3.82 avg rating — 5,579 ratings 45. 
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Loving My Actual Life: An Experiment in Relishing What's Right in Front of Me 3.72 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
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The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America
by:
Mike McIntyre
3.97 avg rating — 3,374 ratings 
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In the Company of Horses: A Year on the Road With Horseman Mark Rashid
by:
Kathleen Lindley
4.33 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in America
by:
Ken Wells
3.39 avg rating — 230 ratings 
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The Tao of Martha: My Year of LIVING; Or, Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog
by:
Jen Lancaster
3.80 avg rating — 9,420 ratings 60. 
Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone
by:
Beth Lisick
3.41 avg rating — 1,085 ratings 
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Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
by:
Noah Strycker
4.27 avg rating — 2,176 ratings 
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The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
by:
Helen Russell
3.97 avg rating — 31,659 ratings 
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A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument
by:
Jasper Rees
3.86 avg rating — 369 ratings 67. 
Our Black Year: One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy
by:
Maggie Anderson
3.73 avg rating — 445 ratings 68. 
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Falling for Me: How I Hung Curtains, Learned to Cook, Traveled to Seville, and Fell in Love
by:
Anna David
3.37 avg rating — 389 ratings 69. 
Unfinished Business: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things
by:
Lee Kravitz
3.39 avg rating — 419 ratings 
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The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World
by:
Carl Safina
4.26 avg rating — 509 ratings 73. 
Eat My Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything
by:
Simon Majumdar
3.49 avg rating — 612 ratings 74. 
My So-Called Life as a Proverbs 31 Wife: A One-Year Experiment...and Its Surprising Results
by:
Sara Horn
3.75 avg rating — 994 ratings 75. 
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Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year
by:
Kjerstin Gruys
3.47 avg rating — 506 ratings 77. 
Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor
by:
Jana Riess
3.66 avg rating — 1,404 ratings 78. 
Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do
by:
Gabriel Thompson
3.97 avg rating — 712 ratings 
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One Year Off: Leaving It All Behind for a Round-the-World Journey with Our Children 3.83 avg rating — 1,758 ratings
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The Wander Year: One Couple's Journey Around the World
by:
Mike McIntyre
3.81 avg rating — 993 ratings 85. 
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Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris
by:
Ann Mah
3.63 avg rating — 5,515 ratings 88. 
Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting and Living with Books
by:
Michael Dirda
3.63 avg rating — 1,291 ratings 
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Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me: The Pursuit of Happiness, One Celebrity at a Time
by:
Rachel Bertsche
3.20 avg rating — 623 ratings 
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52 Mondays: The One Year Path to Outrageous Success & Lifelong Happiness
by:
Vic Johnson
3.54 avg rating — 242 ratings 96. 
The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes 3.11 avg rating — 450 ratings
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The Year of Drinking Adventurously: 52 Ways to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
by:
Jeff Cioletti
3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings 98. 
Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement
by:
Kay Wills Wyma
3.72 avg rating — 2,952 ratings 99. 
My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith
by:
Benyamin Cohen
3.57 avg rating — 955 ratings 100. 
The Year without a Purchase: One Family's Quest to Stop Shopping and Start Connecting 3.74 avg rating — 639 ratings