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The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 289 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,771,765 ratings — published 1988
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,283,591 ratings — published 1997
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 121 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,250,054 ratings — published 2018
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 104 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,434,319 ratings — published 2018
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.37 — 945,160 ratings — published 1946
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,699,370 ratings — published 2020
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,620,834 ratings — published 1943
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,228,204 ratings — published 2012
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,145,474 ratings — published 1960
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 79 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.41 — 858,051 ratings — published 2016
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.16 — 641,288 ratings — published 2012
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,986,513 ratings — published 2018
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,344,764 ratings — published 1947
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.96 — 242,042 ratings — published 2015
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,899,118 ratings — published 2012
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,872,951 ratings — published 2006
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,105,840 ratings — published 2009
The Last Lecture (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 56 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.26 — 369,493 ratings — published 2008
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.02 — 839,382 ratings — published 2003
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 53 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.30 — 336,463 ratings — published 2018
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,495,416 ratings — published 2016
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,020,591 ratings — published 2010
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.07 — 891,757 ratings — published 2012
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.48 — 369,228 ratings — published 1971
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,623,027 ratings — published 2003
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.86 — 280,548 ratings — published 1970
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,914,592 ratings — published 2022
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,080,460 ratings — published 1999
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,988,982 ratings — published 2005
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,046,592 ratings — published 2017
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,407,906 ratings — published 2015
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.88 — 400,708 ratings — published 2010
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,828,229 ratings — published 2007
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.55 — 252,843 ratings — published 2019
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.09 — 919,373 ratings — published 1922
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.19 — 553,626 ratings — published 1997
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.45 — 392,502 ratings — published 2016
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.48 — 852,970 ratings — published 2016
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,396,181 ratings — published 2011
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,415,768 ratings — published 2005
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,791,232 ratings — published 2001
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.16 — 846,702 ratings — published 1989
The Gifts of Imperfection (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.24 — 231,410 ratings — published 2010
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.23 — 340,283 ratings — published 1923
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.29 — 250,352 ratings — published 2012
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,851,814 ratings — published 2012
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,407,820 ratings — published 2012
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as inspiring)
avg rating 3.66 — 359,609 ratings — published 2006
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.30 — 240,712 ratings — published 2009
Finding Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as inspiring)
avg rating 4.52 — 201,998 ratings — published 2022
“Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.”
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“Acts of Kindness:
A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.”
― The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life
A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.”
― The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life
