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Books like Year of yes

A hilarious, kick-in-the-pants conversation with your most successful, fiercely honest friend. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Year of yes.

uplifting
energetic
warm
inspiring

01
What I know for sure
Oprah Winfrey
A warm, comforting embrace of a book that invites you to slow down and find gratitude in the everyday.
Shares:
- uplifting
- warm
- inspiring
- intimate
02
Shrill
Lindy West
A hilarious, battle-tested manifesto for taking up space and refusing to apologize for it.
Shares:
- warm
- hilarious
- empowering
- radical self-acceptance
03
Yes Please
Amy Poehler
Like sitting down for a boisterous, wine-fueled dinner with your funniest, wisest friend who isn't afraid to tell you the messy truth.
Shares:
- uplifting
- energetic
- warm
- conversational
04
The happiness project
Gretchen Rubin
A structured, uplifting experiment in finding extraordinary joy within the boundaries of an ordinary life.
Shares:
- uplifting
05
Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert
A warm, conversational permission slip to stop agonizing over your art and start playing with it.
Shares:
- uplifting
- warm
- conversational
06
Finding Me
Viola Davis
A fiercely honest, deeply cathartic journey through profound trauma to a place of radical self-acceptance.
Shares:
- intimate
- radical self-acceptance
- finding one's voice
07
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo
A gentle but firm invitation to release the weight of the past and curate a life surrounded only by what brings you joy.
Shares:
- uplifting
08
Rising strong
Brené Brown
A compassionate, research-backed roadmap for turning your greatest failures into your most profound moments of growth.
Shares:
- uplifting
- conversational
09
Sorry not sorry
Naya Rivera
A candid, cocktail-hour confession session with a fiercely talented friend who isn't afraid to spill the tea on her own messy mistakes.
Shares:
- uplifting
- energetic
- warm
- self-deprecating
10
Becoming
Michelle Obama
An intimate conversation with a mentor who has lived through history and wants to help you find your own voice.
Shares:
- uplifting
- warm
- intimate
11
Why not me?
Mindy Kaling
A hilarious, cocktail-hour catch-up with your most successful, unapologetically ambitious friend.
Shares:
- energetic
- conversational
- self-deprecating
12
Option B
Sheryl Sandberg
A compassionate, research-backed lifeline for navigating the darkest chapters of life and slowly learning how to breathe again.
Feels:
- sorrowful yet hopeful
- reflective
- grounding

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