Here is a list of 10 books you should read this summer to feel inspired and confident, written by strong and daring women.
10 inspiring books you should read this summer
Nobody will tell you this but me, Bess Kalb
“Bess Kalb has saved every voicemail message her grandmother ever left her until the day she died. But in this debut memoir, Bobby Bell’s voice is still in Bess’s head. Stubborn, glamorous, larger than life, she gives Bess critical advice on everything and tells the history that made them both. Beginning with her mother’s escape from the pogroms of Belarus in the 1880s to the small Brooklyn apartment where Bobby was born, it swings through her loving marriage, blazes over the rebellious youth of her daughter and finally – falls madly in love with her granddaughter, Bess. With humor and poignancy, Bess Kalb gives us proof of the special bond that can skip a generation and endure beyond death.”
The Up side of Down, Megan McArdle
“Most new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. So what determines who will bounce back and follow up with a home run? What separates those who keep treading water from those who harness the lessons from their mistakes? In this book, Megan McArdle teaches us how to reinvent ourselves in the face of failure.”
Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You, France X. Frei and Anne Morriss
“Unleashed” provides radical advice for the practice of leadership today. Showing how the boldest, most effective leaders use a special combination of trust, love, and belonging to create an environment in which other people can excel, Frei and Morriss offer practical, battle-tested tools along with interviews and stories from their own personal experience, to make these ideas come alive. This book is your indispensable guide for unleashing greatness in other people . . . and, ultimately, in yourself.”
Be your own best friend, Chessie King
“This book is a celebration of… Your best friend, Your cheerleader,
Your soulmate : YOU. Let these pages be a constant reminder that you are absolutely spectacular, just the way you are, every part of you, inside and out. Whether you’re a parent wanting to help your teenager through the turbulence of puberty, a partner searching to understand your girlfriend or just really want to know how to become your own best friend, [Chessie King] is here to guide you through it.”
Failosophy: A Handbook for when things go wrong, Elizabeth Day
“In Failosophy Elizabeth Day brings together all the lessons she has learned, from conversations with the guests on her award-winning How to Fail podcast, from stories shared with her by readers and listeners, and from her own life, and distils them into seven principles of failure. Practical, reassuring and inspirational, these principles offer a guide through life’s rough patches. From failed exams to romantic break-ups, from career setbacks to confidence crises, from navigating anxiety to surviving loss, Failosophy recognises, and celebrates, the fact that failure connects us all. It is what makes us human.”
The books : Wildpreneurs, Tamara Jacobi
“For the rising number of free spirits seeking inspiration and a road map to leave their safe but soul-crushing day jobs and chase their dreams, real-life Wildpreneur Tamara Jacobi shares her insights on what it takes to successfully make the leap. Discover an alternative to living on autopilot, an opportunity to move beyond fear, come alive, and tune into inspiration while also making a living.”
Untamed, Glennon Doyle
“When women learn how to please, we forget who we are. When women lose themselves, the world loses its way. We do not need any more selfless women. What we need right now is more women who are full of themselves. A woman who is full of only herself no longer internalizes the world’s memos and expectations. A woman who is full of herself knows and trusts herself enough to say and do what must be done, and lets the rest burn. This is how you find yourself.”
Hello Fears, Michelle Poler
“Michelle Poler stories and practical strategies encourage readers to name, accept, and embrace what’s holding them back so they can be the heroine in their own life, not the victim. Hello, Fears! is an honest, empowering guide to living alongside what scares you. Our fears reveal what we care about the most, so each and every challenge is an opportunity to grow, hustle, and be our authentic self, unapologetically.”
The books : You are a badass, Jen Sincero
“If you’re ready to make some serious changes around here, You Are a Badass will help you: Identify and change the self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors that stop you from getting what you want, blast past your fears so you can take big exciting risks, figure out how to make some damn money already, learn to love yourself and others, set big goals and reach them. It will basically show you how to create a life you totally love, and how to create it now.”
Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals, Rachel Hollis
In the books, “Rachel Hollis knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people, whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee, instead of learning how to own who they are and what they want. With a challenge to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams, Hollis identifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviors to adopt, and the skills to acquire on the path to growth, confidence, and believing in yourself.”
Amélie Tresfels
