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12 books with a reading profile close to Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life by Shauna Niequist. Practical, inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 What I Know for Sure

    What I Know for Sure

    by Oprah Winfrey

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir

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

  2. 2 Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

    Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

    by Glennon Doyle

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · 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.

  3. 3 Greenlights

    Greenlights

    by Matthew McConaughey

    Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

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

  4. 4 The Last Lecture

    The Last Lecture

    by Randy Pausch

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir

    After receiving a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch delivered a final presentation titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.

  5. 5 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

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir

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

  6. 6 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

    Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

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

  7. 7 Untamed

    Untamed

    by Glennon Doyle

    Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

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

  8. 8 Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

    Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

    by Bob Goff

    Also practical and inward-looking · 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.

  9. 9 Joni: An Unforgettable Story

    Joni: An Unforgettable Story

    by Joni Eareckson Tada

    Also practical and inward-looking · memoir, inspirational

    After a diving accident in the Chesapeake Bay leaves seventeen-year-old Joni Eareckson a quadriplegic, she faces the sudden loss of her physical autonomy.

  10. 10 Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

    Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

    by Jonathan Van Ness

    Also practical and inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

    Jonathan Van Ness recounts his path from a small Midwestern town to becoming a public figure in hair styling and television.

  11. 11 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

    by J.K. Rowling

    Also practical and inward-looking · 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.

  12. 12 Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

    Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

    by Mitch Albom

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir

    Mitch Albom, a sports columnist preoccupied with career success, reconnects with his former sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, after seeing him interviewed on television about his terminal ALS diagnosis.

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