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  1. 1 Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

    Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

    by Rachel Held Evans

    personal growth, memoir

    Rachel Held Evans uses the framework of seven traditional sacraments—baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing the sick, and marriage—to structure her memoir of religious deconstruction and re…

  2. 2 The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

    The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

    by Amanda Palmer

    personal growth, memoir

    Amanda Palmer examines the mechanics of reciprocity and the psychological barriers that prevent individuals from requesting assistance.

  3. 3 Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

    Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

    by Anne Lamott

    personal growth, memoir

    Anne Lamott details her transition from a chaotic, addiction-fueled upbringing into a singular practice of Christianity centered at St.

  4. 4 Greenlights

    Greenlights

    by Matthew McConaughey

    personal growth, memoir

    Matthew McConaughey presents a collection of stories and life filters derived from thirty-six years of his personal diaries.

  5. 5 Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

    Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

    by Rich Roll

    personal growth, memoir

    Rich Roll details his transition from a sedentary, forty-year-old corporate lawyer struggling with alcoholism and poor cardiovascular health to an elite endurance athlete.

  6. 6 Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

    Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

    by Tish Harrison Warren

    personal growth, inspirational

    Tish Harrison Warren examines the spiritual significance of a single, unremarkable day, connecting routine moments to formal Christian rituals.

  7. 7 Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

    Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

    by Shauna Niequist

    personal growth, memoir

    Shauna Niequist documents her transition from a life of constant performance and exhaustion to one rooted in stillness and connection.

  8. 8 Untamed

    Untamed

    by Glennon Doyle

    personal growth, memoir

    Glennon Doyle recounts the moment she realized her life was constructed around societal expectations rather than her own desires.

  9. 9 What I Know for Sure

    What I Know for Sure

    by Oprah Winfrey

    personal growth, memoir

    Oprah Winfrey collects essays, many drawn from her monthly column in O, The Oprah Magazine.

  10. 10 One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

    One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

    by Ann Voskamp

    personal growth, memoir

    Ann Voskamp centers her narrative on the Greek concept of eucharisteo, which connects grace, thanksgiving, and joy.

  11. 11 Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

    Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

    by Glennon Doyle

    personal growth, memoir

    Glennon Doyle Melton shares a series of essays detailing her transition from a life defined by bulimia and alcoholism to one centered on motherhood and faith.

  12. 12 Reasons to Stay Alive

    Reasons to Stay Alive

    by Matt Haig

    personal growth, memoir

    At twenty-four, Matt Haig experienced a physical and mental breakdown in Ibiza that led to years of severe depression and panic disorder.

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