I'm pretty much open to anything, although I'd prefer books that aren't specifically self help books, and more so books that tell a story, fiction or non fiction, where I actually have to think about the story and make some conclusions of my own.
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Perks of Being a Wallflower
*All Creatures Great and Small* by James Herriot.
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley. College dropout becomes carer for elderly lady who goes on the run. Action plot focused, has some nice perspective on aging as well as your current stage of life.
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin, perhaps. 20something atheist lesbian with debilitating anxiety accidentally gets a job at a Catholic church. Mental health, character focused, hopeful.
The Girl Who Dated Herself by Susanna Shakespeare.h 30something woman practises being intentionally single after a string of bad relationships. Funny and comforting.
Naïf.Super by Erlende Loe is about a guy’s quarter life crisis.
“The interestings” by Meg wolitzer ♥️
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
My Thirty First Year by Emily Wolf
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Comfort.
If humor helps you at crisis points, try Good Omens. Drop-dead hilarious, but also really warm and full of heart. Kind of helped me feel not as alone knowing that fictional demons and angels can have existential crises while the world is ending.
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby