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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 220,146 ratings — published 2024
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 421,077 ratings — published 1925
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Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 4,584 ratings — published
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They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1) They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 907,177 ratings — published 2017
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Anxious People Anxious People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 880,200 ratings — published 2019
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Gog: Empieza la cuenta atrás (Biblioteca J. J. Benítez) (Spanish Edition) Gog: Empieza la cuenta atrás (Biblioteca J. J. Benítez) (Spanish Edition)
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avg rating 3.42 — 584 ratings — published
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Ring (Ring, #1) Ring (Ring, #1)
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avg rating 3.77 — 33,950 ratings — published 1991
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Left on Read Left on Read (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 143 ratings — published
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Stop Letting Everything Affect You: How to Break Free from Overthinking, Emotional Chaos, and Self-Sabotage Stop Letting Everything Affect You: How to Break Free from Overthinking, Emotional Chaos, and Self-Sabotage (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.03 — 12,274 ratings — published
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,155,373 ratings — published 1866
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The Hollow Places The Hollow Places (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 60,996 ratings — published 2020
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Detached: How to Let Go, Heal, and Become Irresistible Detached: How to Let Go, Heal, and Become Irresistible (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 888 ratings — published
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Anxiety Rx Anxiety Rx (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 1,434 ratings — published 2020
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Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 741 ratings — published 2015
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How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 34,001 ratings — published 2026
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Furious Seasons and Other Stories Furious Seasons and Other Stories (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 160 ratings — published 1976
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Strange Pictures Strange Pictures (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 129,517 ratings — published 2022
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Thin Air Thin Air (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 10,544 ratings — published 2016
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Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)
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avg rating 4.25 — 9,784 ratings — published 2022
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The Emperor's Soul The Emperor's Soul (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 141,197 ratings — published 2012
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The Bee Sting The Bee Sting (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 155,345 ratings — published 2023
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Butterflies on the First Day of School Butterflies on the First Day of School (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 422 ratings — published
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Giant-Sized Butterflies On My First Day of School Giant-Sized Butterflies On My First Day of School (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.66 — 99 ratings — published
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Stain (Stain, #1) Stain (Stain, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 995 ratings — published
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The Short Straw The Short Straw (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.25 — 1,001 ratings — published 2023
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Animal Pound Animal Pound (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 607 ratings — published
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Tiny Bear Goes Missing Tiny Bear Goes Missing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 45 ratings — published
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The Couple Next Door The Couple Next Door (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 744,830 ratings — published 2016
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Ruthless Ruthless (ebook)
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avg rating 3.70 — 4,010 ratings — published 2015
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Interesting Facts about Space Interesting Facts about Space (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 38,381 ratings — published 2024
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The One and Only Question The One and Only Question (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 17 ratings — published
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All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 830 ratings — published 2025
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The Dead House (The Dead House, #1) The Dead House (The Dead House, #1)
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avg rating 3.67 — 8,222 ratings — published 2015
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,279,712 ratings — published 2006
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Starfish Starfish (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 38,051 ratings — published 2021
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Zero Day Zero Day (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 3,960 ratings — published 2016
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Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 32,694 ratings — published 2017
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Are You Mad at Me? Are You Mad at Me? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 285 ratings — published 2023
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After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 11,830 ratings — published 2017
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Lila and the Crow Lila and the Crow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 305 ratings — published 2016
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Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,489 ratings — published 2018
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Chu's First Day of School (Chu, #2) Chu's First Day of School (Chu, #2)
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avg rating 3.82 — 1,930 ratings — published 2014
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Mel Fell Mel Fell (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 3,671 ratings — published 2021
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First Day, Hooray!: A Heartwarming Picture Book About Feelings and Big Milestones (Ages 4-8) First Day, Hooray!: A Heartwarming Picture Book About Feelings and Big Milestones (Ages 4-8)
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avg rating 3.77 — 98 ratings — published
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The Drama Llama: A story about soothing anxiety The Drama Llama: A story about soothing anxiety (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 259 ratings — published
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Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.80 — 81 ratings — published
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Prophet Song Prophet Song (ebook)
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avg rating 4.02 — 94,020 ratings — published 2023
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Notes from Underground Notes from Underground (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 258,973 ratings — published 1864
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“We live in anxious times, my love,
anxiety-producing times.
It doesn't mean we have to be anxious,
but if we've got it,
we've got to find some way to relieve it.”
Shellen Lubin

Fyodor Dostoevsky
“how anxiously I yearned for those I had forsaken.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

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