Uplifting Books for Fans of Ted Lasso
Are you missing the inspiring dose of joy and optimism that was Ted Lasso? You don’t need cleats and a soccer ball to chase that feeling, you just need the perfect reading list! Enjoy this list of feel-good fiction and self-help books that feel like a big hug. Let these amazing reads give you something to “Believe” in.
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Add to BookshelfFever Pitch
by Nick Hornby
“Whether you are interested in football or not, this is tears-running-down-your-face funny, read-bits-out-loud-to-strangers funny, but also highly perceptive and honest about Hornby’s obsession and the state of the game” (GQ). Fever Pitch is one for the home team. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it really means to have a losing season.
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The Bromance Book Club
by Lyssa Kay Adams
Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott’s marriage is in major league trouble. Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville’s top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it’ll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back his wife.
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese’s Book Club
by Gail Honeyman
No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling IT guy from her office, and Sammy, an elderly gentleman. The three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes … the only way to survive is to open your heart.
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
by Terry McMillan
How Stella Got Her Groove Back is full of Terry McMillan’s signature humor, heart, and insight. More than a love story, it is ultimately a novel about how a woman saves her own life — and what she must risk to do it.
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Congratulations, The Best Is Over!
by R. Eric Thomas
The beloved bestselling author of Here for It returns with an all-new collection of heartening, deeply relatable, and laugh-out-loud essays about what happens after happily ever after.
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The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer.
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Text Me When You Get Home
by Kayleen Schaefer
A personal and sociological examination — and ultimately a celebration — of the evolution of female friendship in pop culture and modern society. Text Me When You Get Home is a validation that has never existed before. A thoughtful, heart-soaring, deeply reported look at how women are taking a stand for their friendships and not letting go.
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Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
A music critic stuck in a spiral of epic proportions targets her teenage crush for a career comeback and a chance at revenge. What could possibly go wrong?
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Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Read with Jenna Pick
by Linda Holmes
A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who’s lost her husband and a major league pitcher who’s lost his game. To move forward, Evvie and Dean will have to reckon with their pasts — the friendships they’ve damaged, the secrets they’ve kept — but in life, as in baseball, there’s always a chance — up until the last out. A joyful, hilarious, and hope-filled debut, Evvie Drake Starts Over will have you cheering for the two most unlikely comebacks of the year.
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Start Where You Are
by Meera Lee Patel
Start Where You Are is an interactive journal designed to help readers nurture their creativity, mindfulness, and self-motivation. It helps readers navigate the confusion and chaos of daily life with a simple reminder: that by taking the time to know ourselves and what those dreams are, we can appreciate the world around us and achieve our dreams.
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
by Hiro Arikawa
A book that “speak[s] volumes about our need for connection — human, feline, or otherwise” (The San Francisco Chronicle), The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice that shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy — the perfect gift for cat lovers and travelers!
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A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Rules of Civility, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel. Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.
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Happy Place
by Emily Henry
A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.
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Quietly Hostile
by Samantha Irby
A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby “engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages, and plenty of awkward experiences … Quietly Hostile will delight established fans and newcomers alike (Parade).
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Getting Back to Happy
by Marc Chernoff and Angel Chernoff
Empowering advice for overcoming setbacks from the authors of the popular blog Marc & Angel Hack Life. Sharing never-before-published stories and advice, the book shows us how to harness the power of daily rituals, mindfulness, self-care, and more to overcome whatever life throws our way — in order to become our best selves.
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