Anti Despair Reading List (15 books)

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A list of books to read when the world is feeling too chaotic and negative. Original list by TikTok user betterstrangersbooks.

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1		A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 944,793 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power by Rebecca Solnit 3.97 avg rating — 11,976 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Breaking the Chain: Cutting Toxic Family Ties & Reclaiming Your Life by Stacie Webb 4.91 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit 3.95 avg rating — 3,948 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Depression: Cured at Last! by Sherry A. Rogers (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World by Ziya Tong (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 1,296 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century by John Higgs 4.24 avg rating — 2,815 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Nonviolence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,367 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict by Erica Chenoweth 3.99 avg rating — 723 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution (Annotated) by Pyotr Kropotkin 4.23 avg rating — 4,021 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 81,097 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Jerusalem by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 3,311 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber 4.19 avg rating — 26,735 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans de Waal 4.15 avg rating — 5,661 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money by John Higgs 4.27 avg rating — 3,319 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

15 books · 5 voters · list created January 11th, 2023 by Abbie (votes) .

Tags: booktok, fiction, history, nonfiction, positive, tiktok, uplifting

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