Books like Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
12 books with a reading profile close to Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Also clear-cut · self help, memoir
David Goggins details his progression from a traumatic childhood marked by poverty and physical abuse to becoming a Navy SEAL and ultra-endurance athlete.
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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, memoir
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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For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards
by Jen Hatmaker
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, inspirational
Jen Hatmaker, a Christian writer and speaker, writes a series of essays in a casual and funny voice about the pressure on women, especially in church and family life, to be perfect.
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Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, inspirational
John and Stasi Eldredge argue that every woman possesses three core desires ingrained in her soul: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty.
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, inspirational
In Uninvited, Lysa TerKeurst examines the cognitive and emotional impact of rejection, from childhood social exclusion to modern professional failures.
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What I Know for Sure
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
Oprah Winfrey collects essays, many drawn from her monthly column in O, The Oprah Magazine.
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Joni: An Unforgettable Story
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · 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.
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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.
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Ghost Boy: My Miraculous Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body
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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Be Ready When the Luck Happens
by Ina Garten
Also 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.
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by Vicki Myron
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, inspirational
On a frigid morning in 1988, library director Vicki Myron discovered a tiny, nearly frozen kitten wedged into the Spencer, Iowa, book return slot.
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