17th Annual Books for a Better Life Award Finalists
Childcare/Parenting
| Title | Author | Publisher |
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Bringing Up Bebe |
Pamela Druckerman |
The Penguin Press |
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How Children Succeed |
Paul Tough |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
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Some Assembly Required |
Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott |
Riverhead Books |
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The Circumcision Decision |
Susan Terkel and Lorna Greenberg |
Carrot Seed Publishing, LLC |
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The Drama Years |
Haley Kilpatrick |
Free Press |
Cookbook
| Title | Author | Publisher |
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Crazy Sexy Kitchen |
Kris Carr | Hay House |
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Deliciously G-Free |
Elisabeth Hasselbeck |
Random House |
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The Art of Fermentation |
Sandor Katz |
Chelsea Green |
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The New Way to Cook Light |
Editors of Cooking Light |
Oxmoor House |
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True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure |
Dr. Andrew Weil | Little Brown |
First Book
| Title | Author | Publisher |
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Before the World Intruded |
Michele Rosenthal |
Your Life After Trauma, LLC |
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Bloom |
Kelle Hampton |
HarperCollins |
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Brain on Fire |
Susannah Cahalan |
Free Press |
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The Defining Decade |
Meg Jay, Ph.D. |
Twelve |
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Unorthodox |
Deborah Feldman |
Simon & Schuster |
Green
| Title | Author | Publisher |
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Change Comes to Dinner |
Katherine Gustafson |
St. Martin’s Press |
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Conscious Money |
Patricia Aburdene |
Beyond Words Publishing |
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Garbology |
Edward Humes |
Avery |
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The American Way of Eating |
Tracie McMillan |
Scribner |
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The Great Animal Orchestra |
Bernie Krause |
Little Brown |
Inspirational Memoir
| Title | Author | Publisher |
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An Invisible Thread |
Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski |
Howard Books |
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King Peggy |
Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman |
Doubleday |
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Oddly Normal |
John Schwartz |
Gotham Books |
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The End of Your Life Book Club |
Will Schwalbe |
Alfred A. Knopf |
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The Rules of Inheritance |
Claire Bidwell Smith |
Hudson Street Press |
Motivational
| Title | Author | Publisher |
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Daring Greatly |
Brene Brown |
Gotham Books |
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Guitar Zero |
Gary Marcus |
The Penguin Press |
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One Good Deed |
Erin McHugh |
Abrams |
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Steal Like An Artist |
Austin Kleon |
Workman Publishing |
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The Little Book of Talent |
Daniel Coyle |
Random House |
Psychology
| Title | Author | Publisher |
|
Far From the Tree |
Andrew Solomon |
Scribner |
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Monkey Mind |
Daniel Smith |
Simon & Schuster |
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Quiet |
Susan Cain |
Random House/ Crown |
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The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction |
Rebecca E. Williams, Ph.D. and Julie S. Kraft, M.S. |
New Harbinger Publications |
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The Power of Habit |
Charles Duhigg |
Random House |
Relationships
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| All There Is | Dave Isay | The Penguin Press |
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Happily Even After |
Carole Brody Fleet |
Viva Editions |
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Marriage Rules |
Harriet Lerner |
Gotham Books |
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No One Has To Die Alone |
Lani Leary, Ph.D. |
Beyond Words |
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The Journal of Best Practices |
David Finch | Scribner |
Spiritual
| Title | Author | Publisher |
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Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? |
Rhoda Janzen |
Grand Central |
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Miracles Happen |
Brian L. Weiss and Amy Weiss MSW |
HarperCollins |
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Seven Thousand Ways to Listen |
Mark Nepo |
Free Press |
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To Heaven and Back |
Mary C. Neal, M.D. |
WaterBrook/ Random House |
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Wherever I Wind Up |
R.A. Dickey with Wayne Coffey |
Blue Rider Press |
Wellness
| Title | Author | Publisher |
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Drop Dead Healthy |
A. J. Jacobs |
Simon & Schuster |
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The Best Care Possible |
Ira Byock |
Avery |
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The Blood Sugar Solution |
Mark Hyman M.D. |
Little Brown |
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The End of Illness |
David B. Agus |
Free Press |
|
The First 20 Minutes |
Gretchen Reynolds |
Hudson Street Press |
Since its inception in 1996, Books for a Better Life has recognized more than 700 self-improvement authors and has now raised more than $2.1 million for the New York City - Southern New York Chapter’s comprehensive support services and educational programs for people living with MS, their friends and families. The Awards recognize self-improvement authors whose messages are aligned with the chapter’s mission of inspiring people to live their best lives.
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