Up-Lit: Books with kindness at their core
Need a mental boost? Looking for something to raise your spirits? Try Up-Lit, books that center on the power of kindness, compassion, humor, love, friendship, redemption, and healing – all with a healthy dose of realism.
- Adkins, Mary. When You Read This
- Backman, Frederik. A Man Called Ove
- Balasubramanyam, Rajeev. Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
- Brown, Elenor. The Weird Sisters
- Center, Katherine. How to Walk Away
- Flagg, Fannie. The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion
- George, Nina. The Little French Bistro
- Greer, Andrew Sean. Less
- Haig, Matt. The Midnight Library
- Henry, Emily. Beach Read
- Hogan, Ruth. The Keeper of Lost Things
- Honeyman, Gail. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Joyce, Rachel The Music Shop
- Klune, T.J. The House in the Cerulean Sea
- Martin, Madeline. The Last Bookshop in London
- McCall Smith, Alexander. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
- Miller, Louise. The Late Bloomer’s Club
- Murphy, Julie. Dumplin’
- Nunez, Sigrid. The Friend
- Olafsdottir, Audur. Hotel Silence
- O’Leary, Beth. The Flatshare
- Page, Libby. The Lido
- Patrick, Phaedra. The Secrets of Love Story Bridge
- Pearce, A.J. Dear Mrs. Bird
- Pooley, Clare. Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting
- Prior, Hazel. How the Penguins Saved Veronica
- Probst, Jennifer. Our Italian Summer
- Prose, Nita. The Maid
- Rowell, Rainbow. Landline
- Rowley, Steven. The Guncle
- Semple, Maria. Where’d You Go, Bernadette
- Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Project
- Towles, Amor. A Gentleman in Moscow
- Van Pelt, Shelby. Remarkably Bright Creatures
- Winfrey , Kerry. Very Sincerely Yours
- Woods, Eva. Something Like Happy
Gayle