Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lakeland

We recommend books that lift us up and show us a path forward to living in a way that is consistent with our UU Principles.

Someone Else's Life: A Thriller
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Wings Once Cursed & Bound
Jana Goes Wild
Eventide, Water City
Hula
The Sense of Wonder
The Do-Over
Mika in Real Life
Bliss Montage: Stories
Age of Vice
Banyan Moon
How High We Go in the Dark
The School for Good Mothers
Disorientation
Local: A Memoir
Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
A Living Remedy: A Memoir
Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time
Brown Boy: A Memoir
Eat a Peach: A Memoir
Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists
Asian American Histories of the United States
Contemporary Asian American Activism: Building Movements for Liberation
Stay True: A Memoir
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
What Do You Do with an Idea
The Nap Ministry's Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Figuring
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home
Being Jesus in Nashville: Finding the Courage to Live Your Life (Whoever and Wherever You Are)
Strength to Love
Healing Through Words
Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe
Rumi's Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit
Miss Rumphius: Story and Pictures
The Cathedral of the World: A Universalist Theology
Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
Affinities: On Art and Fascination
Wreck This Journal (Black) Expanded Edition (Expanded)
Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
The Year of Magical Thinking
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
All about Love: New Visions
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Braiding Sweetgrass
Sound of Metal (Criterion Collection)
Spaceship Earth
Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
Shadow and ACT
Food and Climate Change Without the Hot Air, 8: Change Your Diet: The Easiest Way to Help Save the Planet
Our Word Is Our Weapon: Selected Writings
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Consciousness Explained
No LOGO: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs
Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage
Sgt. Reckless: America's War Horse
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Courage
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance
Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It
Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the Epicenter
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
The Hiding Place: An Engaging Visual Journey
The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life
The Birdcatcher
Braiding Sweetgrass
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Anniversary)
Things Fall Apart
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't): Making the Journey from What Will People Think? to I Am Enough
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Nothing Lasts Forever (Basis for the Film Die Hard)
Gratitude Revealed Journal (Gratitude Journal, Gratitude Gift, Guided Journal)
A Charlie Brown Religion: Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz
Leadership Lessons From Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Spirited Away: Hayao Miyazaki: Pocket Movie Guide
Spirited Away
Kinky Boots: Easy Piano Selections from the Broadway Musical
Kinky Boots
Jojo Rabbit
Caging Skies
Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism
The Rough Side of the Mountain: Black Women's Ministries in Unitarian Universalism
Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families
Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century
Freedom Dreams (Twentieth Anniversary Edition): The Black Radical Imagination
Kindred (Anniversary)