Any specific books you love that absolutely changed your life? (Please recommend)

"Pillow Thoughts" by Courtney peppernell All Three of them! She has a way of touching in places we need it.

"CrossFire" by Stacey Ann Chin A modern manifesto for women who feel oppressed by society and for the lesbian-and LGBTQ- who feels as itf they are not enough. Powerful as she had a one woman show on broadway and performs poetry that speak loudly and does not censor thoughts.

This appears in the book as the FIRST read but to HEAR her do this-as I did- is even more moving.

https://afropunk.com/2019/08/common-truths-or-why-i-love-my-pussy/

Both recent books by Rachel Hollis "Girl, Wash Your Face" (read it FIRST) and Girl, Stop Apologizing. Both are great motivational books for women.

@MissLlyn Sapiens: a history of humankind is a historian's account of human evolution. Yuval Noah Harari argues that humans need to start respecting our nature as story-telling animals if we want to leave a better world for our children

Atomic Habits by James clear is a practical guide to healthy habit formation. Good stories. Good examples. Super actionable.

I'm a prolific reader but I've read only one relationship / self-help book. It was The Five Love Languages, and I recommend it if you are in a relationship. It helped my wife and me articulate some differences we had trouble dealing with.

On the rest, I could go on forever. For actual cooking, meaning recipes I use all the time, I love the Cooks Illustrated cookbooks, as well as "How to Cook" by Julia Child. For poetry, if you haven't read a lot, I recommend starting with anthologies to find which authors you like, and then you can find plenty more by them.

One book I really loved recently was Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood (who is also a poet). It's a hilarious memoir of living with her father, who was a married Catholic priest. I also really liked The Library Book by Susan Orlean, which was the story of the terrible Los Angeles library fire. So many others.....

Care of the Soul

Again, Dangerous visions. An anthology by Harlan Ellison. It transformed Science Fiction for me into an adventure that challenged my intelligence.
1984 for one Novel in Science Fiction
Phillip Dick and William Gibson for authors.

Living alone and Loving it
Written by Get Smart's Barbara Feldon

A Path with Heart