The K list
Here are some of my favourite reads - share yours with me at hello@rockroot.ca.
STORY
Tiny Beautiful Things - Cheryl Strayed
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
Educated - Tara Westover
Between Two Kingdoms - Suleika Jaouad
Becoming - Michelle Obama
Into Thin Air - John Krakauer
Born A Crime - Trevor Noah
Wild - Cheryl Strayed
The Warmth Of Other Suns - Isabel Wilkerson
Between The World And Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
STUDY
The Body Keeps The Score - Bessel van der Kolk
The Brain That Changes Itself - Norman Doidge
So You Want To Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
Buddha’s Brain - Rick Hanson
How Not To Die - Dr. Michael Greger
Eastern Body Western Mind - Anodea Judith
Quiet - Susan Cain
White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo
Born To Run - Christopher McDougall
Omnivore’s Dilemma - Michael Pollan
The Other End Of The Leash - Patricia McConnell
Zoobiquity - Barbara Natterson-Horowitz + Kathryn Bowers
5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman
INQUIRY
Taking The Leap - Pema Chödrön
Atlas Of The Heart - Brené Brown
Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey
Dear Ijeawele - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach
Citizen: An American Lyric - Claudia Rankine
Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
Becoming Wise - Krista Tippett
Braving The Wilderness - Brené Brown
Perfectly Imperfect - Baron Baptiste
Skill In Action - Michelle C Johnson
The Subtle Art - Mark Manson
CRAFT
Big Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert
Creativity Inc - Ed Catmull
On Writing - Stephen King
Mary Oliver (any collection)
Rupi Kaur (any collection)
The Magic Strings Of Frankie Presto - Mitch Albom