Any good books for a restart?
Right now I’m trying to go over the biggest failure in my life.And I want to read a book for this(not a self-help book ,a novel)
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Do you simply mean an upbeat, “feel-good” novel?
Gosh there are so many…
If you’ve never read anything by Patrick F. McManus, you should. His books always put a smile on my face.
First a movie – I recommend Crazy Heart; a lovely movie about loss and redemption.
For a current novel, try The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It’s about race relations in the south in the 1960s. Another great novel about finding one’s way is The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx.
It’s not a novel, but I find “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” to be very upbeat and inspiring. John Varley’s Gaiea Trilogy is fun if you’re into sci-fi. Also Larry Nivens’s Beowulf Schaeffer novels. Helen and Scott Nearing’s “Good Life” books are inspirational in a self-sufficiency sense.
Anything by Mark Twain because I said so:)
@lucillelucillelucille yes, any of his books would be good!
It is not in the least likely that any life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person who lived it.
– Mark Twain’s Notebook
“Sh-Boom! The Explosion of Rock ‘n’ Roll (1953–1968)”
Good for you for reaching out for help in this crisis. Fiction can be a great solace. I look for more truth in fiction than in nonfiction.
How old are you, @Christian95? You put “teens” in your tags. If you have not read the entire Harry Potter series, this might be exactly the right time to do it. It is not great literature, not by any means, but it has something to offer that might be just the thing for you right now.
Also take a few minutes to listen to J.K. Rowling’s wonderful address to Harvard commencement (June 2008) on “The Fringe Benefits of Failure.” It’s worth more than one hearing. I’d recommend it to anyone.
The Last Lecture. I haven’t read it, but I’ve seen video of the actual Last Lecture. I don’t know if it’s too self-helpy, but the lecture itself wasn’t really self-helpy, but it was inspiring.
Call it self promotion. lol
Pushing a friends book. (a really good book)
And, I am in it. lol
Dare Devil – Gaurdian Devil
@evandad : Captain Underpants is absolutely amazing for a great pick-me-up!!
@b : That is an incredible book! Great suggestion :)
Restart? Or retart?
I thought it was funny.
“To Kill A Mockingbird“by Harper Lee.. Was the first book I read that made me WANT to read more… There aremany life lessons in it, most importantly… don’t become Boo Radley… amisunderstood individual.
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