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12 books with a reading profile close to Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron. Practical, inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 A Street Cat Named Bob

    A Street Cat Named Bob

    by James Bowen

    Also practical and inward-looking · memoir, inspirational

    James Bowen was a recovering heroin addict living in sheltered housing and busking on the streets of London when he discovered an injured ginger tabby cat in his apartment hallway.

  2. 2 Lucky Man

    Lucky Man

    by Michael J. Fox

    Also practical and inward-looking · memoir, inspirational

    In 1991, Michael J.

  3. 3 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

    90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

    by Don Piper

    Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In 1989, a semi-truck crushed Don Piper’s car, leading medical professionals to pronounce him dead at the scene.

  4. 4 Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

    Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

    by Todd Burpo

    Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Four-year-old Colton Burpo underwent an emergency appendectomy that nearly took his life.

  5. 5 Be Ready When the Luck Happens

    Be Ready When the Luck Happens

    by Ina Garten

    Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In this memoir, Ina Garten traces her path from a restrictive childhood to her role as a nuclear budget analyst in the Ford and Carter administrations before pivoting to culinary entrepreneurship.

  6. 6 Kisses from Katie

    Kisses from Katie

    by Katie Davis Majors

    Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    At age eighteen, Katie Davis left her comfortable life in Tennessee to serve as a teacher in Jinja, Uganda.

  7. 7 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.

  8. 8 The Magnolia Story

    The Magnolia Story

    by Chip Gaines

    Also practical and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Chip and Joanna Gaines, the couple behind the home-renovation show Fixer Upper, tell their own story in this memoir, which Chip narrates with Joanna's contributions.

  9. 9 We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

    We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

    by Simu Liu

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In this memoir, Simu Liu recounts his family’s move from Harbin, China, to Ontario, Canada.

  10. 10 C.S. Lewis letters to children

    C.S. Lewis letters to children

    by C.S. Lewis

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    This collection gathers the private correspondence C.S.

  11. 11 The Soul of a Woman

    The Soul of a Woman

    by Isabel Allende

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In this memoir and manifesto, Isabel Allende traces her evolution from a young girl witnessing her mother’s financial dependence to a prominent voice in global feminism.

  12. 12 Ghost Boy: My Miraculous Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body

    Ghost Boy: My Miraculous Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body

    by Martin Pistorius

    Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In January 1988, twelve-year-old Martin Pistorius fell ill with an undiagnosed brain infection that left him in a vegetative state.

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