Books like Eat, Pray, Love
12 books with a reading profile close to Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
In this follow-up to her autobiography, Michelle Obama outlines the specific habits and mental attitudes she uses to navigate periods of political and personal instability.
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Dear Dolly
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Dear Dolly catalogs a collection of columns from the author’s tenure as an agony aunt for The Sunday Times Style magazine.
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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Cait Flanders documents her twelve-month experiment of abstaining from all non-essential consumer purchases.
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Year of Yes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Shonda Rhimes begins this memoir with a realization: despite her professional success creating hit television shows, she spent most of her private life avoiding challenges due to social anxiety and a fear of being seen.
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Everything I Know About Love
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
Dolly Alderton chronicles her emergence into adulthood through a series of personal vignettes, recipes, and satirical emails.
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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
After filmmakers approached Donald Miller to adapt his memoir into a movie, he discovered that his actual life lacked the necessary structure for a functional screenplay.
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Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir
Jonathan Van Ness recounts his path from a small Midwestern town to becoming a public figure in hair styling and television.
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Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Shauna Niequist documents her transition from a life of constant performance and exhaustion to one rooted in stillness and connection.
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Notes on a Nervous Planet
by Matt Haig
Also inward-looking · self help, personal growth
Matt Haig examines the link between the acceleration of modern life and the rise of personal anxiety.
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The Woman in Me
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, memoir
Britney Spears details her transition from a child performer in Kentwood, Louisiana, to a global pop music fixture under constant tabloid surveillance.
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10% Happier
by Dan Harris
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
After suffering a televised panic attack while anchoring the news, Dan Harris began investigating the connection between his high-stress career and his internal monologue.
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Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Holly Whitaker argues that traditional recovery structures, like Alcoholics Anonymous, are designed for the male ego and fail to address the specific societal pressures women face.
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