 | Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 I adore Anne Lamott, and I love this book. Her view of Christianity is very refreshing, and a comfort.
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 | On Writing by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.58 Even if you're not particularly interested in writing, this is mostly an autobiography of Stephen King, a fascinating guy.
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 | The Frailty Myth: Redefining the Physical Potential of Women and Girls by Colette Dowling
Buy new: $17.10 / Used from: $0.16 Empowering! If you're a woman it just might make you rethink what you're capable of.
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 | The Pine Barrens by John McPhee
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $2.28 I know, it's a book about trees. It sounds incredibly boring, but it's really not. It's like reading about another country you didn't know existed, but it does. In New Jersey.
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 | A Book of One's Own by Thomas Mallon
Buy used from: $0.01 This is a fascinating book with excerpts from real life diaries written by people all over the world and in all different time periods. This is one of my favorites.
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 | Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.99 Again, Anne Lamott is the best. This book will make you laugh out loud.
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 | In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.70 Absolutely chilling. Do not read this at home alone at night.
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 | The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $0.01 Very funny, and very revealing about our country. I enjoyed it so much.
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 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Another one from Bryson. The view of America from someone who's been living in Britain for years is very entertaining.
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 | Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Mary Pipher
Buy used from: $0.01 Really opens your eyes to the pressure society puts on young girls. Heartbreaking but very informative.
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 | Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott
Buy used from: $0.01 Another one from Anne Lamott. Again, you will laugh and cry.
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 | A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'engle
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $0.01 Incredibly peaceful and uplifting. I've read this one over and over.
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 | Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (The Crosswicks Journal, Book 4) by Madeleine L'engle
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $0.01 The story of her life with her husband. It's so touching and they knew so many interesting people and are great characters themselves. The end made me cry, but it was well worth it.
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 | Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 Not very much like the movie, although I enjoyed both. As these are Sussanah Kaysen's actual memories of the being in the hospital, they don't have a neatly packaged plot. Very interesting to read.
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 | Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice by Nancy Slonim Aronie
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $0.10 This book is only a little bit about writing, and much more about living a fulfilling life. I think there are very important life lessons to be found in this book.
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