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The Old Woman Who Lives in a Van

By The Old Woman Who Lives in a Van

20 Uplifting Books That Will Improve Your Mood

I was looking at the same paragraph I started 10 minutes ago. My concentration was caput. The world around me was going crazy, and my life was spiraling out of control. There seemed no space left for my favorite past time, reading.

Books are always my first choice of activity to escape from the world. But some unique situations require unique books.

Have you been there too? When your regular happy place with a book is not helping? Click here for more.

bookcover for Where the Heart is

Where the Heart is

Billie Letts 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for The Braid

The Braid

Laetitia Colombani 

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$17.99

$16.73

bookcover for The Persian Pickle Club

The Persian Pickle Club

Sandra Dallas, 

Sandra Dallas 

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$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for Last Bus to Wisdom

Last Bus to Wisdom

Ivan Doig 

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$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for Something Like Happy

Something Like Happy

Eva Woods 

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$15.99

bookcover for Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese's Book Club

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese's Book Club

Gail Honeyman 

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$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

Balli Kaur Jaswal 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Rachel Joyce 

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$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for The Story of Arthur Truluv

The Story of Arthur Truluv

Elizabeth Berg 

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$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for When I Found You

When I Found You

Catherine Ryan Hyde 

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$14.95

$13.90

bookcover for We Are Called to Rise

We Are Called to Rise

Laura McBride 

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$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for Harry's Trees

Harry's Trees

Jon Cohen 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Kim Michele Richardson 

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$16.99

$15.80

bookcover for The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers 

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$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for These is my Words

These is my Words

Nancy Turner 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Plainsong

Plainsong

Kent Haruf 

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$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for At Home in Mitford

At Home in Mitford

Jan Karon 

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$19.00

$17.67

bookcover for News of the World

News of the World

Paulette Jiles 

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$16.99

$15.80