Book Reviews & Recommendations
Quick verdict: A funny, upbeat guide that reframes ADHD with compassion and practical nudges. Great for newly diagnosed adults, partners, and teachers who want encouragement plus entry level tools. Less ideal if you want deep clinical guidance, broad spectrum representation, or strategies […]
In The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, Amanda Montell continues her exploration of language, culture, and psychology, this time turning her focus inward to examine how our minds cope with an increasingly chaotic world. Following the success of Cultish […]
In We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions, Glennon Doyle joins forces with her wife Abby Wambach and her sister Amanda Doyle to create what they call “a guidebook for being alive.” The book is built on the foundation […]
Brianna Wiest has become a familiar name in modern self-help literature, known for her introspective and poetic voice. In When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal, she continues her mission to guide readers through emotional recovery and transformation. Following her bestselling […]
Set Boundaries, Find Peace promises exactly what the subtitle says: a practical path to reclaiming yourself. Licensed therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab distills years of clinical experience into an approachable blueprint for naming your needs, saying no, and sticking to limits across family, […]
In Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life, self-development coach Roxie Nafousi, often hailed as the “Queen of Manifesting,” lays out a simple yet ambitious guide to transforming one’s mindset and achieving success. The book, now a staple across influencer circles, […]
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Vigdis Hjorth’s Is Mother Dead is a deeply psychological and unsettling novel that examines the tangled emotional terrain between mothers and daughters. Set in Oslo, it follows Johanna, a sixty-year-old artist who returns home after decades abroad to prepare […]
In The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self, journalist Michael Easter makes a bold argument: our modern comfort is killing us slowly. With our climate-controlled homes, instant food delivery, and digital conveniences, we have eliminated nearly every […]
Yiyun Li’s newest memoir opens with a sentence no one wants to hear: there is no good way to say this. From that bare fact, she builds a book that looks directly at the unimaginable. After losing her sons Vincent in 2017 […]
If you have ever wondered why so many people feel unwell in a world overflowing with medical breakthroughs, The Myth of Normal will feel like a cold splash of water. Gabor Maté, writing with his son Daniel Maté, argues that suffering is […]