Books You Wish You'd Read As A Kid

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School is Hell
School is Hell 4.24 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
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Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 3.85 avg rating — 83,588 ratings
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Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy 3.98 avg rating — 39,148 ratings
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 86,241 ratings
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El Deafo
El Deafo
by: Cece Bell
4.20 avg rating — 89,220 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 — 14,039 ratings
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The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation 4.19 avg rating — 38,243 ratings
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird 4.24 avg rating — 108,490 ratings
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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction 4.01 avg rating — 96,835 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,927 ratings
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Bird Face
Bird Face 4.22 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God
Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God 4.20 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard
The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard 4.12 avg rating — 304 ratings
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The Only Dance There Is: Talks at the Menninger Foundation, 1970, and Spring Grove Hospital, 1972
The Only Dance There Is: Talks at the Menninger Foundation, 1970, and Spring Grove Hospital, 1972
by: Ram Dass
4.30 avg rating — 959 ratings
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Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,570 ratings
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Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 3.78 avg rating — 5,272 ratings
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Childhood Is Hell
Childhood Is Hell 4.14 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,964 ratings
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,159 ratings
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.31 avg rating — 8,297 ratings
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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith 4.14 avg rating — 48,284 ratings
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,729 ratings
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 4.11 avg rating — 286,498 ratings
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Last Words
Last Words 3.97 avg rating — 14,619 ratings
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Brain Droppings
Brain Droppings 4.07 avg rating — 18,200 ratings
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 651,002 ratings
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The Big Book of Hell
The Big Book of Hell 4.12 avg rating — 4,475 ratings
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I Am America
I Am America 3.90 avg rating — 83,807 ratings
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day 4.01 avg rating — 714,131 ratings
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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith 4.04 avg rating — 21,247 ratings
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What It Is
What It Is 4.17 avg rating — 23,333 ratings
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I Am Not Afraid
I Am Not Afraid 4.40 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Surviving Moose Lake (Kids vs. Nature, #1)
Surviving Moose Lake (Kids vs. Nature, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 65 ratings
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What Do You Say?
What Do You Say? 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language 4.06 avg rating — 1,433 ratings
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Dorothea Duck and Her Little Companion
Dorothea Duck and Her Little Companion 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Surviving Desert View (Kids vs. Nature, #2)
Surviving Desert View (Kids vs. Nature, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness 4.11 avg rating — 9,743 ratings
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The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
by: Epictetus
4.25 avg rating — 34,681 ratings
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A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story 4.06 avg rating — 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 — 43 ratings
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Drumming at the Edge of Magic
Drumming at the Edge of Magic 4.21 avg rating — 403 ratings
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Purple Pup
Purple Pup 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Become What You Are
Become What You Are 4.08 avg rating — 5,620 ratings
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The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story 4.15 avg rating — 2,973 ratings
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365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year
365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year 4.21 avg rating — 186 ratings
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The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage
The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage 4.35 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey 4.21 avg rating — 5,498 ratings
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The World Is My Home: A Memoir
The World Is My Home: A Memoir 4.04 avg rating — 880 ratings
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Friendly Guide to the Universe: A Down-to-Earth Tour of Space, Time, and the Wonders of the Cosmos
Friendly Guide to the Universe: A Down-to-Earth Tour of Space, Time, and the Wonders of the Cosmos 4.26 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes
Brave Enough: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes 3.91 avg rating — 11,406 ratings
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Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution 4.25 avg rating — 87,286 ratings
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The Friendly Dickens
The Friendly Dickens really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination 4.09 avg rating — 28,657 ratings
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Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm
Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm 3.96 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Do the Work
Do the Work 3.97 avg rating — 20,740 ratings
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Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn #1)
Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn #1) 4.08 avg rating — 14,485 ratings
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Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century
Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century 3.93 avg rating — 23,932 ratings
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Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor 4.39 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
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It Ain't Over . . . Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age
It Ain't Over . . . Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age 3.57 avg rating — 267 ratings
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One Hundred Demons
One Hundred Demons 4.18 avg rating — 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 — 12,052 ratings
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Cruddy
Cruddy 4.16 avg rating — 6,539 ratings
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Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life
Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life 3.88 avg rating — 331 ratings
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Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,728 ratings
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I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50
I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50 3.25 avg rating — 1,750 ratings
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Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea 4.14 avg rating — 54,671 ratings
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We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,780 ratings
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The Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us 4.17 avg rating — 4,838 ratings
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The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery
The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery 3.66 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
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The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality 4.02 avg rating — 9,700 ratings
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Now Go Out There
Now Go Out There
by: Mary Karr
3.65 avg rating — 692 ratings
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The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist 3.97 avg rating — 10,875 ratings
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The Moth
The Moth 4.35 avg rating — 4,740 ratings
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In Memoriam
In Memoriam 4.06 avg rating — 4,464 ratings
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A Prayer Journal
A Prayer Journal 4.13 avg rating — 3,240 ratings
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Good Poems for Hard Times
Good Poems for Hard Times 4.13 avg rating — 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 — 11,148 ratings
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The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova 4.42 avg rating — 7,511 ratings
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The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series)
The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series) 4.37 avg rating — 8,752 ratings
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Song of Myself
Song of Myself 4.16 avg rating — 15,680 ratings
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Wreck This Journal
Wreck This Journal 4.11 avg rating — 15,039 ratings
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Spoon River Anthology
Spoon River Anthology 4.04 avg rating — 13,416 ratings
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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 — 13,467 ratings
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The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth 4.26 avg rating — 53,109 ratings
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33 Movies to Restore Your Faith in Humanity: Ebert's Essentials
33 Movies to Restore Your Faith in Humanity: Ebert's Essentials 3.94 avg rating — 77 ratings
87.
Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,140 ratings
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar 4.15 avg rating — 137,897 ratings
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Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal
Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal 4.43 avg rating — 488 ratings
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Little Nemo: 1905-1914
Little Nemo: 1905-1914 4.33 avg rating — 3,079 ratings
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Rookie Yearbook One
Rookie Yearbook One 4.39 avg rating — 1,628 ratings
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The Straight Dope
The Straight Dope 4.18 avg rating — 733 ratings
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Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible
Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible
by: Tim Gunn
3.87 avg rating — 1,615 ratings
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? and Other Imponderables: Mysteries of Everyday Life Explained
Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? and Other Imponderables: Mysteries of Everyday Life Explained 3.62 avg rating — 925 ratings
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Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers 4.01 avg rating — 21,964 ratings
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The Power of Art
The Power of Art 3.93 avg rating — 17,681 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 — 850,577 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,762 ratings
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 847,007 ratings
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First You Write: The Worst Way to Become an Almost Famous Author And The Best Advice I Got While Doing It
First You Write: The Worst Way to Become an Almost Famous Author And The Best Advice I Got While Doing It 3.93 avg rating — 45 ratings
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