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12 books with a reading profile close to For One More Day by Mitch Albom. Practical, inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

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.
2

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.
3

The Running Dream

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Also practical and inward-looking · inspirational, narrative

Jessica Carlisle, a track star who loses her leg below the knee following a bus accident, faces the abrupt end of her identity as an athlete.
4

Fish in a Tree

by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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

Ally Nickerson has reached the sixth grade by using distractions and bad behavior to hide her inability to read.
5

Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

Cole Matthews, fifteen, is a violent young offender who has been sentenced to a Native-inspired form of justice called Circle Justice.
6

The Last Sin Eater

by Francine Rivers

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

Set in the 1850s Appalachian Mountains, the narrative follows Cadi Forbes, a young girl burdened by the guilt of her sister’s death.
7

Milton's Secret

by Eckhart Tolle, Robert S. Friedman

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

Milton is a young boy who faces persistent anxiety due to a school bully named Carter.
8

The Power of Now Meditation Deck

by Eckhart Tolle

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

The Power of Now Meditation Deck consists of fifty individual cards containing excerpts from Eckhart Tolle’s primary teachings on mindfulness.
9

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

Also inward-looking · inspirational, narrative

Annie is a young woman whose life was changed by an accident at Ruby Pier, the amusement park where Eddie, the hero of Albom's first novel, spent his life.
10

Maniac Magee

by Jerry Spinelli

Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative

Jeffrey Lionel Magee is an orphaned runaway with legendary athletic abilities who settles in the racially divided town of Two Mills.
11

Ikigai: Los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz

by Héctor García

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

Héctor García and Francesc Miralles traveled to Okinawa, a Japanese "Blue Zone" with the world’s highest concentration of centenarians, to identify the lifestyle habits of the elderly residents.
12

Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence

by Sarah Young

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

Sarah Young’s 365-day devotional is written from a first-person perspective, where the narrator speaks as the voice of Jesus directly to the reader.

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