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

[b]I’m interested in awesome books.
Some special gems.

Looking to feed my mind and soul. I admit I haven’t read many books, due to my attention span, but I’m interested in self-help books (specifically for women) but I’m open to whatever.

Books that can help me manifest positivity into my life, books that can help my way of thinking, books that can help lead me to being more business minded, books that are great for financial stability, relationship books etc

I’m also open to art, poetry, cooking/nutrition and novels.

All great reads and informative books 📚[/b]

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Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M

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.....