1. #GirlBoss by Sophia Amoruso
For any college student looking for an inspirational story, #GirlBoss is for you. Amoruso aims to teach her readers how to learn from their mistakes and other people’s mistakes. When to quit and when to ask for more. As the owner of the popular brand Nasty Gal, this book is a guide to becoming a boss from a woman’s perspective that is equally as relevant as any man’s. This book was also turned into a Netflix original series!
2. Staying Strong by Demi Lovato
For anyone who is having a rough day, Demi Lovato has been there. Demi Lovato wakes up each morning and affirms her commitment to herself-to her health, her happiness, her being. Those commitments are the bedrock of her recovery and her work helping other young people dealing with the issues she lives with every single day. Her book gives you an inspiring quote for every day of the year along with a goal she challenges you to accomplish for that day.
3. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou, an iconic American poet, takes a look back at the childhood that made her who she was in this novel. Angelou’s love for writing and literature helps her weather a series of increasingly disturbing events, including rape, abuse, poverty, and abject racism.
4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Walls memoir is about four siblings who must learn to take care of themselves as their responsibility-averse, free-spirit parents both inspire and inhibit them. Often terrifying and lacking the expected warmth and security of childhood. This book will inspire you to toughly push forward in the direction of your own dreams.
5. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
This book is fictional, however, it functions as a parable for appreciating the time we spend here on Earth. It follows the life and death of a maintenance man named Eddie. In a heroic attempt to save a little girl from being killed by an amusement park ride that is about to fall, Eddie is killed and sent to heaven, where he encounters five people who had a significant impact upon him while he was alive.
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