Books like Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
12 books with a reading profile close to Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
practical, personal growth
In this epistolary manifesto, Adichie responds to a childhood friend’s request for advice on raising a daughter as a feminist.
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2
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
practical, personal growth
Natalie Goldberg presents writing as an extension of Zen meditation, emphasizing the practice of "first thoughts" to bypass the internal censor.
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3
The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living
practical, personal growth
Julia Cameron structures this volume as a daily companion to her foundational creative recovery program.
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
by Austin Kleon
practical, personal growth
Austin Kleon argues that creativity stems from influence rather than original invention.
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5
Milton's Secret
by Eckhart Tolle, Robert S. Friedman
personal growth, inspirational
Milton is a young boy who faces persistent anxiety due to a school bully named Carter.
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Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
by Bob Goff
personal growth, inspirational
Bob Goff presents a collection of personal anecdotes that redefine Christian faith as an active verb rather than a static set of beliefs.
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
practical, personal growth
Margareta Magnusson introduces the practice of döstädning, a Swedish habit of organizing and decluttering one’s possessions before death to spare family members the burden of sorting through a lifetime of accumulation.
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Greenlights
personal growth, inspirational
Matthew McConaughey presents a collection of stories and life filters derived from thirty-six years of his personal diaries.
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The Power of Now Meditation Deck
personal growth, inspirational
The Power of Now Meditation Deck consists of fifty individual cards containing excerpts from Eckhart Tolle’s primary teachings on mindfulness.
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The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
personal growth, inspirational
Amanda Palmer examines the mechanics of reciprocity and the psychological barriers that prevent individuals from requesting assistance.
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11
Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
by Francis Chan
practical, personal growth
Francis Chan argues that modern Christian practice frequently ignores the active presence of the Holy Spirit, treating the third person of the Trinity as a theological concept rather than a functional guide.
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Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
by J.K. Rowling
personal growth, inspirational
Based on a 2008 commencement speech at Harvard University, this text examines two specific life lessons from the author’s period of poverty and professional rejection.
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