50 Books like Peacebunny Island

Two Dogs and a Parrot

by Joan D. Chittister • 2015

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

4.15

155

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

Two Dogs and a Parrot 94%

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

by Joan D. Chittister 2015

4.15

155 ratings

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

What the Animals Taught Me

by Stephanie Marohn • 2012

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

3.75

155

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

What the Animals Taught Me 94%

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

by Stephanie Marohn 2012

3.75

155 ratings

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

A Big Little Life

by Dean Koontz • 2009

Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.

4.26

12k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 💔 Pet Loss 🦮 Service Dogs 🤝 Human Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence

A Big Little Life 94%

Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.

by Dean Koontz 2009

4.26

12k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 💔 Pet Loss 🦮 Service Dogs 🤝 Human Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence

Dog Medicine

by Julie Barton • 2015

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

4.25

4k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🔗 Attachment Theory

Dog Medicine 94%

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

by Julie Barton 2015

4.25

4k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🔗 Attachment Theory

I Came Upon a Lighthouse

by Shantanu Naidu • 2021

A young man wrote Ratan Tata about saving stray dogs. The reply began an unlikely friendship.

4.44

3k+

🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👴 Mentorship 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏢 Corporate Leadership

I Came Upon a Lighthouse 93%

A young man wrote Ratan Tata about saving stray dogs. The reply began an unlikely friendship.

by Shantanu Naidu 2021

4.44

3k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👴 Mentorship 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏢 Corporate Leadership

The Soul of All Living Creatures

by Vint Virga • 2013

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

3.55

666

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary

The Soul of All Living Creatures 93%

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

by Vint Virga 2013

3.55

666 ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

Listening to the Animals

by Noel Fitzpatrick • 2018

Bullied Irish farm boy to bionic cats: a memoir of a vet who changed animal medicine.

4.26

3k+

🐾 Veterinary Memoir 🩺 One Medicine ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 💪 Overcoming Adversity 🔬 Medical Innovation

Listening to the Animals 93%

Bullied Irish farm boy to bionic cats: a memoir of a vet who changed animal medicine.

by Noel Fitzpatrick 2018

4.26

3k+ ratings

🐾 Veterinary Memoir 🩺 One Medicine ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 💪 Overcoming Adversity 🔬 Medical Innovation

If You Find This Letter

by Hannah Brencher • 2015

Drowning in loneliness, she left love letters on the subway. Strangers everywhere wrote back.

4.03

2k+

🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🧭 Quarter-Life Crisis 💌 Loneliness And Connection ✍️ Handwritten Letters

If You Find This Letter 93%

Drowning in loneliness, she left love letters on the subway. Strangers everywhere wrote back.

by Hannah Brencher 2015

4.03

2k+ ratings

🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🧭 Quarter-Life Crisis 💌 Loneliness And Connection ✍️ Handwritten Letters

Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

93k+

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Same Kind of Different as Me 92%

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

by Ron Hall 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

by John Wood • 2006

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

4.10

5k+

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir 🏘️ Community Development 👧 Girls' Education

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World 92%

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

by John Wood 2006

4.10

5k+ ratings

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir 🏘️ Community Development 👧 Girls' Education

The Promise of a Pencil

by Adam Braun • 2014

A pencil, a $25 deposit, hundreds of schools. The playbook for building a movement from scratch.

4.12

8k+

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 📚 Education Nonprofits 🧭 Finding Purpose 🤝 Networking Strategy 💎 Authentic Leadership

The Promise of a Pencil 92%

A pencil, a $25 deposit, hundreds of schools. The playbook for building a movement from scratch.

by Adam Braun 2014

4.12

8k+ ratings

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 📚 Education Nonprofits 🧭 Finding Purpose 🤝 Networking Strategy 💎 Authentic Leadership

Capital Gaines

by Chip Gaines • 2017

The playbook of a serial entrepreneur who treats failure as a down payment on the next win.

3.99

18k+

🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏠 Family Business 💪 Embracing Failure 🛠️ Resourcefulness 🎲 Risk-Taking

Capital Gaines 92%

The playbook of a serial entrepreneur who treats failure as a down payment on the next win.

by Chip Gaines 2017

3.99

18k+ ratings

🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏠 Family Business 💪 Embracing Failure 🛠️ Resourcefulness 🎲 Risk-Taking

A Street Cat Named Bob

by James Bowen • 2012

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

3.99

61k+

🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery 🐈 Human-Animal Bond 🏠 Homelessness Memoir 🏡 Animal Rescue 🐱 Cat Memoirs

A Street Cat Named Bob 92%

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

by James Bowen 2012

3.99

61k+ ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery 🐈 Human-Animal Bond 🏠 Homelessness Memoir 🏡 Animal Rescue 🐱 Cat Memoirs

Animal Madness

by Laurel Braitman • 2014

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

3.85

1k+

🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Animal Madness 92%

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

by Laurel Braitman 2014

3.85

1k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Painting With Ashes

by Michael Adam Beck • 2022

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

4.55

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Painting With Ashes 92%

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

by Michael Adam Beck 2022

4.55

47 ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Elle & Coach

by Stefany Shaheen • 2015

Her eight-year-old's blood sugar hit 964. A service dog named Coach took the night shift.

4.35

482

🩺 Chronic Illness Parenting 🐕 Service Dogs 💉 Diabetes Management ⚖️ Disability Rights 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Elle & Coach 92%

Her eight-year-old's blood sugar hit 964. A service dog named Coach took the night shift.

by Stefany Shaheen 2015

4.35

482 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness Parenting 🐕 Service Dogs 💉 Diabetes Management ⚖️ Disability Rights 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

by Brianna Madia • 2024

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

4.14

6k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

Never Leave the Dogs Behind 92%

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

by Brianna Madia 2024

4.14

6k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020

by Dean Nicholson • 2020

His world tour stalls at a Bosnian meow; a scrawny kitten joins the ride and redirects it.

4.36

7k+

🚲 Cycle Touring 🐾 Animal Rescue ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 📱 Internet Fame 🥾 Solo Travel

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020 Summary

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020 92%

His world tour stalls at a Bosnian meow; a scrawny kitten joins the ride and redirects it.

by Dean Nicholson 2020

4.36

7k+ ratings

🚲 Cycle Touring 🐾 Animal Rescue ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 📱 Internet Fame 🥾 Solo Travel

What the Dog Knows

by Cat Warren • 2013

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

3.98

2k+

🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Forensic Science

What the Dog Knows 92%

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

by Cat Warren 2013

3.98

2k+ ratings

🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Forensic Science

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog

by Emily Dean • 2019

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

4.23

3k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🎪 Eccentric Families 🕯️ Adult Orphans

Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog 92%

Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.

by Emily Dean 2019

4.23

3k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 💔 Family Loss 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🎪 Eccentric Families 🕯️ Adult Orphans

Choosing to SEE

by Mary Beth Chapman • 2010

A driveway accident. A sister dead. Her teenage brother behind the wheel. Faith that held.

4.29

15k+

✝️ Christian Testimony 🏠 Adoption Memoirs 💔 Child Loss 🙏 Grief And Faith 🧒 Orphan Care

Choosing to SEE 92%

A driveway accident. A sister dead. Her teenage brother behind the wheel. Faith that held.

by Mary Beth Chapman 2010

4.29

15k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Testimony 🏠 Adoption Memoirs 💔 Child Loss 🙏 Grief And Faith 🧒 Orphan Care

The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side

by Karen A. Anderson • 2017

Your departed pet still sends messages. How to recognize the signs from an animal communicator.

4.38

982

🕊️ Animal Mediumship 🐾 Pet Loss And Grief 🦋 Afterlife Signs 🧠 Animal Communication ♻️ Reincarnation

The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side Summary

The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side 92%

Your departed pet still sends messages. How to recognize the signs from an animal communicator.

by Karen A. Anderson 2017

4.38

982 ratings

🕊️ Animal Mediumship 🐾 Pet Loss And Grief 🦋 Afterlife Signs 🧠 Animal Communication ♻️ Reincarnation

Imperfect Courage

by Jessica Honegger • 2018

Move before confidence shows up. A fair-trade founder's playbook for acting while still afraid.

4.07

2k+

🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 🏃 Action Over Perfection 🤝 Female Collaboration ✊ Everyday Activism ✝️ Christian Women's Leadership

Imperfect Courage 92%

Move before confidence shows up. A fair-trade founder's playbook for acting while still afraid.

by Jessica Honegger 2018

4.07

2k+ ratings

🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 🏃 Action Over Perfection 🤝 Female Collaboration ✊ Everyday Activism ✝️ Christian Women's Leadership

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

by Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

4.13

32k+

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years 92%

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

by Donald Miller 2009

4.13

32k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

Peace from Broken Pieces

by Iyanla Vanzant • 2010

Her daughter's death stripped away every mask that success and spirituality had provided.

4.23

3k+

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪢 Generational Patterns 🙏 Spiritual Memoirs 🕯️ Grief And Loss 💚 Self-Healing

Peace from Broken Pieces 92%

Her daughter's death stripped away every mask that success and spirituality had provided.

by Iyanla Vanzant 2010

4.23

3k+ ratings

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪢 Generational Patterns 🙏 Spiritual Memoirs 🕯️ Grief And Loss 💚 Self-Healing

Zig Zig Zig

by Zig Ziglar • 2002

The counterintuitive principle that built a motivational empire: prioritize the other person's win.

4.09

209

🛍️ Sales Techniques 🎤 Motivational Speaking ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🌞 Positive Thinking 🎯 Goal Setting

Zig Zig Zig 92%

The counterintuitive principle that built a motivational empire: prioritize the other person's win.

by Zig Ziglar 2002

4.09

209 ratings

🛍️ Sales Techniques 🎤 Motivational Speaking ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🌞 Positive Thinking 🎯 Goal Setting

Unstoppable

by Nick Vujicic • 2012

Born without limbs, suicidal at ten, he learned: believing is not enough. Faith must move.

4.06

2k+

🕊️ Christian Living 💪 Overcoming Adversity ♿ Disability Advocacy 🎯 Purpose And Calling 🫶 Self-Acceptance

Unstoppable 92%

Born without limbs, suicidal at ten, he learned: believing is not enough. Faith must move.

by Nick Vujicic 2012

4.06

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 💪 Overcoming Adversity ♿ Disability Advocacy 🎯 Purpose And Calling 🫶 Self-Acceptance

Depression Hates a Moving Target

by Nita Sweeney • 2019

Sixty seconds of jogging. It was the only thing depression couldn't take from her.

3.69

2k+

🏃 Running And Mental Health 👟 Distance Running 🧠 Mental Health Recovery 📈 Incremental Progress 🏅 Beginner Running

Depression Hates a Moving Target Summary

Depression Hates a Moving Target 91%

Sixty seconds of jogging. It was the only thing depression couldn't take from her.

by Nita Sweeney 2019

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏃 Running And Mental Health 👟 Distance Running 🧠 Mental Health Recovery 📈 Incremental Progress 🏅 Beginner Running

The Wisdom of Wilderness

by Gerald G. May • 2006

Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.

4.18

344

🏔️ Nature Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Ecopsychology 🏕️ Wilderness Memoir 💚 Healing Through Nature

The Wisdom of Wilderness 91%

Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.

by Gerald G. May 2006

4.18

344 ratings

🏔️ Nature Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Ecopsychology 🏕️ Wilderness Memoir 💚 Healing Through Nature

A Gift of Hope

by Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

3.98

3k+

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

A Gift of Hope 91%

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

by Danielle Steel 2012

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

How Stella Learned to Talk

by Christina Hunger • 2021

A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.

4.41

4k+

🧠 Animal Minds 🐕 Dog Communication 🔊 Aac Devices 👶 Language Development 💬 Speech Therapy

How Stella Learned to Talk 91%

A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.

by Christina Hunger 2021

4.41

4k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Minds 🐕 Dog Communication 🔊 Aac Devices 👶 Language Development 💬 Speech Therapy

The Whole Language

by Gregory Boyle • 2021

A Jesuit priest built the world's largest gang rehab program. His method: relentless tenderness.

4.54

2k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma Healing ✝️ Jesuit Spirituality 🏘️ Belonging And Community 🧘 Compassion Practice

The Whole Language 91%

A Jesuit priest built the world's largest gang rehab program. His method: relentless tenderness.

by Gregory Boyle 2021

4.54

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma Healing ✝️ Jesuit Spirituality 🏘️ Belonging And Community 🧘 Compassion Practice

Beautiful Scars

by Kilee Brookbank • 2017

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

4.29

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving 🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery

Beautiful Scars 91%

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

by Kilee Brookbank 2017

4.29

41 ratings

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving 🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery

Thinking in Pictures

by Temple Grandin • 1995

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

4.10

17k+

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Thinking in Pictures 91%

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

by Temple Grandin 1995

4.10

17k+ ratings

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Life Without Limits

by Nick Vujicic • 2007

No arms. No legs. His rules for a life that laughs, loves, and fights back.

4.11

9k+

😇 Christian Living 📖 Inspirational Memoir ♿ Overcoming Disability ✨ Positive Thinking 🧭 Finding Purpose

Life Without Limits 91%

No arms. No legs. His rules for a life that laughs, loves, and fights back.

by Nick Vujicic 2007

4.11

9k+ ratings

😇 Christian Living 📖 Inspirational Memoir ♿ Overcoming Disability ✨ Positive Thinking 🧭 Finding Purpose

Packing Light

by Allison Vesterfelt • 2013

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

3.68

1k+

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

Packing Light 91%

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

by Allison Vesterfelt 2013

3.68

1k+ ratings

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

Raising Hare

by Chloe Dalton • 2025

She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.

4.28

43k+

🏥 Wildlife Rescue 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌳 English Countryside 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🌿 Rewilding

Raising Hare 91%

She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.

by Chloe Dalton 2025

4.28

43k+ ratings

🏥 Wildlife Rescue 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌳 English Countryside 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🌿 Rewilding

Solitude

by Terry Waite • 2017

Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.

3.78

108

🧘 Solitude And Isolation 🕯️ Memoir And Reflection ⛓️ Captivity Narratives 🕵️ Espionage Psychology 🙏 Contemplative Life

Solitude 91%

Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.

by Terry Waite 2017

3.78

108 ratings

🧘 Solitude And Isolation 🕯️ Memoir And Reflection ⛓️ Captivity Narratives 🕵️ Espionage Psychology 🙏 Contemplative Life

Praying for Strangers

by River Jordan • 2011

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

4.09

704

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Praying for Strangers 91%

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

by River Jordan 2011

4.09

704 ratings

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Carry On, Warrior

by Glennon Doyle • 2013

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

4.10

30k+

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Carry On, Warrior 91%

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

by Glennon Doyle 2013

4.10

30k+ ratings

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Happy and Strong

by Jaime Villalovos • 2022

Dream life without burnout: a self-made millionaire's blueprint, and she started in a trailer.

4.74

129

📈 Entrepreneurial Memoirs ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🎯 Goal Setting ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🔍 Perfectionism

Happy and Strong 91%

Dream life without burnout: a self-made millionaire's blueprint, and she started in a trailer.

by Jaime Villalovos 2022

4.74

129 ratings

📈 Entrepreneurial Memoirs ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🎯 Goal Setting ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🔍 Perfectionism

Bravey

by Alexi Pappas • 2021

She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.

4.19

11k+

🏃 Running Memoir 🏅 Women In Sports 💔 Grief And Loss 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🗣️ Mental Health Advocacy

Bravey 91%

She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.

by Alexi Pappas 2021

4.19

11k+ ratings

🏃 Running Memoir 🏅 Women In Sports 💔 Grief And Loss 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🗣️ Mental Health Advocacy

Three Cups of Tea

by Greg Mortenson • 2006

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

3.66

359k+

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

Three Cups of Tea 91%

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

by Greg Mortenson 2006

3.66

359k+ ratings

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening

by Carol Wall • 2014

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

3.67

3k+

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening Summary

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening 91%

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

by Carol Wall 2014

3.67

3k+ ratings

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Run, Spot, Run

by Jessica Pierce • 2016

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

3.81

236

🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 📚 Animal Studies ⚖️ Practical Ethics

Run, Spot, Run 91%

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

by Jessica Pierce 2016

3.81

236 ratings

🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 📚 Animal Studies ⚖️ Practical Ethics

Things I Learned from Falling

by Claire Nelson • 2020

Four days alone, immobile, dying of thirst. The helicopter came. The real rescue took years.

4.06

6k+

🏜️ Survival Memoirs 🥾 Solo Hiking 🧱 Emotional Isolation ❤️‍🩹 Vulnerability 📱 Social Media Detox

Things I Learned from Falling 91%

Four days alone, immobile, dying of thirst. The helicopter came. The real rescue took years.

by Claire Nelson 2020

4.06

6k+ ratings

🏜️ Survival Memoirs 🥾 Solo Hiking 🧱 Emotional Isolation ❤️‍🩹 Vulnerability 📱 Social Media Detox

Soar!

by T.D. Jakes • 2017

Faith isn't an obstacle to business: it's the engine. The playbook for entrepreneurs who want both.

4.17

922

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