Books You Wish You'd Read As A Kid

1.
School is Hell
School is Hell 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,467 ratings
2.
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 3.85 avg rating β€” 83,584 ratings
3.
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy 3.98 avg rating β€” 39,147 ratings
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating β€” 86,241 ratings
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El Deafo
El Deafo
by: Cece Bell
4.20 avg rating β€” 89,217 ratings
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Weirdos from Another Planet! (Calvin and Hobbes, #4)
Weirdos from Another Planet! (Calvin and Hobbes, #4) 4.65 avg rating β€” 14,038 ratings
8.
Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird 4.24 avg rating β€” 108,479 ratings
10.
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,819,800 ratings
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Bird Face
Bird Face 4.22 avg rating β€” 107 ratings
12.
Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God
Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God 4.20 avg rating β€” 129 ratings
15.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 38,566 ratings
17.
Childhood Is Hell
Childhood Is Hell 4.14 avg rating β€” 2,642 ratings
18.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating β€” 2,375,378 ratings
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.31 avg rating β€” 8,297 ratings
21.
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith 4.14 avg rating β€” 48,282 ratings
23.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 4.11 avg rating β€” 286,482 ratings
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Last Words
Last Words 3.97 avg rating β€” 14,619 ratings
25.
Brain Droppings
Brain Droppings 4.07 avg rating β€” 18,197 ratings
26.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 650,953 ratings
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The Big Book of Hell
The Big Book of Hell 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,475 ratings
28.
I Am America
I Am America 3.90 avg rating β€” 83,807 ratings
29.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day 4.01 avg rating β€” 714,086 ratings
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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith 4.04 avg rating β€” 21,247 ratings
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What It Is
What It Is 4.17 avg rating β€” 23,329 ratings
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I Am Not Afraid
I Am Not Afraid 4.40 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
32.
Surviving Moose Lake (Kids vs. Nature, #1)
Surviving Moose Lake (Kids vs. Nature, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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What Do You Say?
What Do You Say? 4.14 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Dorothea Duck and Her Little Companion
Dorothea Duck and Her Little Companion 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Surviving Desert View (Kids vs. Nature, #2)
Surviving Desert View (Kids vs. Nature, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
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A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story 4.06 avg rating β€” 6,058 ratings
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Surviving Horse Island (Kids vs. Nature, #3)
Surviving Horse Island (Kids vs. Nature, #3) 4.33 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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Drumming at the Edge of Magic
Drumming at the Edge of Magic 4.21 avg rating β€” 403 ratings
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Purple Pup
Purple Pup 4.40 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
44.
Become What You Are
Become What You Are 4.08 avg rating β€” 5,619 ratings
47.
The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage
The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage 4.35 avg rating β€” 203 ratings
48.
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey 4.21 avg rating β€” 5,498 ratings
49.
The World Is My Home: A Memoir
The World Is My Home: A Memoir 4.04 avg rating β€” 880 ratings
50.
Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes
Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes 3.91 avg rating β€” 11,405 ratings
53.
The Friendly Dickens
The Friendly Dickens really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 108 ratings
55.
Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm
Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm 3.96 avg rating β€” 142 ratings
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Do the Work
Do the Work 3.97 avg rating β€” 20,735 ratings
57.
Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn #1)
Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn #1) 4.08 avg rating β€” 14,484 ratings
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Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor 4.39 avg rating β€” 3,357 ratings
61.
One Hundred Demons
One Hundred Demons 4.18 avg rating β€” 9,769 ratings
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Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace 3.88 avg rating β€” 12,051 ratings
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Cruddy
Cruddy 4.16 avg rating β€” 6,539 ratings
65.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,715 ratings
67.
Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea 4.14 avg rating β€” 54,658 ratings
67.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating β€” 320,734 ratings
69.
The Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us 4.17 avg rating β€” 4,838 ratings
71.
Now Go Out There
Now Go Out There
by: Mary Karr
3.65 avg rating β€” 692 ratings
73.
The Moth
The Moth 4.35 avg rating β€” 4,740 ratings
75.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,464 ratings
75.
A Prayer Journal
A Prayer Journal 4.13 avg rating β€” 3,237 ratings
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Good Poems for Hard Times
Good Poems for Hard Times 4.13 avg rating β€” 3,273 ratings
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Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair 3.88 avg rating β€” 11,148 ratings
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The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova 4.42 avg rating β€” 7,511 ratings
81.
Song of Myself
Song of Myself 4.16 avg rating β€” 15,679 ratings
81.
Wreck This Journal
Wreck This Journal 4.11 avg rating β€” 15,038 ratings
83.
Spoon River Anthology
Spoon River Anthology 4.04 avg rating β€” 13,412 ratings
83.
How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum
How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum 4.16 avg rating β€” 13,459 ratings
85.
The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth 4.26 avg rating β€” 53,105 ratings
89.
Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal
Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal 4.43 avg rating β€” 488 ratings
90.
Little Nemo: 1905-1914
Little Nemo: 1905-1914 4.33 avg rating β€” 3,079 ratings
90.
Rookie Yearbook One
Rookie Yearbook One 4.39 avg rating β€” 1,629 ratings
92.
The Straight Dope
The Straight Dope 4.18 avg rating β€” 733 ratings
92.
Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible
Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible
by: Tim Gunn
3.87 avg rating β€” 1,615 ratings
94.
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers 4.01 avg rating β€” 21,962 ratings
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The Power of Art
The Power of Art 3.93 avg rating β€” 17,680 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating β€” 850,477 ratings
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,861 ratings