Hopeful books
Books that leave readers feeling better about people and the world, even after hard journeys. Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy shows how much one person can change, Carl Sagan's Cosmos looks at the universe with wonder, and The Fellowship of the Ring finds light in the smallest companions. Trevor Noah's Born a Crime and Chanel Miller's Know My Name turn painful experiences into something that lifts.
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30 of 478 books and series on this topic — the finder shows them all
- 1The Way of Kings
9.29.2 / 10 - 2Know My Name
9.09.0 / 10 - 3Just Mercy
8.98.9 / 10 - 4Born a Crime
8.98.9 / 10 - 5Mistborn: The Final Empire
8.98.9 / 10 - 6Cosmos
8.98.9 / 10 - 7Golden Son
8.88.8 / 10 - 8Dune
8.88.8 / 10 - 9The Fellowship of the Ring
8.88.8 / 10 - 10The Fire Next Time
8.88.8 / 10 - 11The Hate U Give
8.88.8 / 10 - 12East of Eden
8.88.8 / 10 - 13Becoming
8.88.8 / 10 - 14Braiding Sweetgrass
8.78.7 / 10 - 15Shoe Dog
8.78.7 / 10 - 16James
8.78.7 / 10 - 17The Last Olympian
8.78.7 / 10 - 18The Nightingale
8.68.6 / 10 - 19Factfulness
8.68.6 / 10 - 20An Immense World
8.68.6 / 10 - 21The Hobbit
8.68.6 / 10 - 22When Breath Becomes Air
8.68.6 / 10 - 23Gender Queer
8.68.6 / 10 - 24A Monster Calls
8.68.6 / 10 - 25Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
8.68.6 / 10 - 26On Writing
8.58.5 / 10 - 27The Dispossessed
8.58.5 / 10 - 28The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
8.28.2 / 10 - 29Soulsmith
8.18.1 / 10 - 30New Spring
8.08.0 / 10