Uplifting Books List

By Kristen on Dec 14, 2009 in Book Club Favorites

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In case the holiday season is already a bit overwhelming… or if you are lucky enough to be going on a tropical vacation any time soon…  Here is Reader’s Advisory list of Uplifting Books!  I starred the ones I’ve read (and LOVED)…

  • Sarah Addison Allen – Garden Spells **
  • Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice **
  • Laurie Colwin – Happy All the Time (stopped at page 50)
  • Gerald Durrell – A Zoo in My Luggage
  • Laura Esquivel -Like Water for Chocolate **
  • Fannie Flagg – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe **
  • Stella Gibbons – Cold Comfort Farm
  • Helene Hanff – 84 Charing Cross Road
  • Jerome K. Jerome – Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
  • Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird **
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables **
  • Bret Witter – Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
  • David Niven – The Moon’s a Balloon
  • Ann B. Ross – Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind **
  • David Sedaris – Me Talk Pretty One Day **
  • Rose Tremain – The Road Home
  • Winifred Watson – Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
  • Jennifer Weiner – Good in Bed **
  • Lolly Winston – Good Grief **

    • Which ones should I read next?

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    4 Comment(s)

    1. “Three Cups of Tea” and “Stones into Schools” are two sequential non-fiction books about a mountain climber (Greg Mortenson) who becomes inspired to build schools in remote parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It’s an amazing story, absolutely inspiring on every imaginable level,and a good read to boot. He is in Pakistan during 9/11, gets kidnapped by the Taliban and miraculously only goodness and kindness and evolution are the results. He also finds true love! Can’t beat these books for upliftment and inspiration.

      Linda | Jan 3, 2010 | Reply

    2. Great addition, Linda! My family book club read Three Cups of Tea and really enjoyed it. Sounds like I need to add Stones into Schools to my TBR list, too! Thank you for the reminder! :)

      Kristen | Jan 3, 2010 | Reply

    3. Great list! I too loved a lot of those books. I also saw that you read “Dewey” if you liked it I’m sure you will LOVE the following-

      Dog Days- Jon Katz. I am so in love with this book, every chapter makes me chuckle and im a cat person! It follows the lives of his dogs, cows, donkeys.

      Wesley the Owl- Stacey O’brien. This book is beautiful, and hilarious. Following the life of the kooky but adorable wesley.

      The pleasure slave- Gena Showalter. Pretty much anything by Gena Showalter! This one is the start of the Atlantis series, which is a particularly color and beautiful series, lighter than her even darker romance counterparts. Prepare to fall in love with some hunks. If you love her try Kresley Cole or sherrilyn kenyon.

      Kami | Jan 25, 2010 | Reply

    4. Thank you for the recommendations!! I do love books about animals… :)

      Kristen | Jan 25, 2010 | Reply

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