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70 Books to Make You Feel Hopeful

These '70 books to make you feel HOPEFUL' are all recommended by TED Speakers. The list was compiled in 2016, but I'm HOPEFUL that it is still relevant in 2019 :) :)
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Take This Stallion (Anais Duplan)
Take This Stallion (Anais Duplan)
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Chanting in the Hillsides (Jeaneane and Merv Fowler)
Chanting in the Hillsides (Jeaneane and Merv Fowler)
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Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet (Todd MacLean)
Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet (Todd MacLean)
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Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
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Odes to Common Things (Pablo Neruda)
Odes to Common Things (Pablo Neruda)
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Tenth of December
Tenth of December
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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry Into the Mystery and Art of Living (Krista Tippett)
Becoming Wise: An Inquiry Into the Mystery and Art of Living (Krista Tippett)
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The Power of Now
The Power of Now
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If You Want to Write (Brenda Ueland)
If You Want to Write (Brenda Ueland)
10
The Fox and the Star (Coralie Bickford-Smith)
The Fox and the Star (Coralie Bickford-Smith)
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Finn Family Moomintroll
Finn Family Moomintroll
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You Are Special (Max Lucado)
You Are Special (Max Lucado)
13
I'm a Frog
I'm a Frog
14
The Wave (Susan Casey)
The Wave (Susan Casey)
15
Cleverlands (Lucy Crehan)
Cleverlands (Lucy Crehan)
16
Dancing in Cambodia and Other Essays (Amitav Ghosh)
Dancing in Cambodia and Other Essays (Amitav Ghosh)
17
Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches From Turkey, Syria, and Iraq (Sarah Glidden)
Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches From Turkey, Syria, and Iraq (Sarah Glidden)
18
A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)
A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)
19
Earth in Human Hands (Grinspoon, David)
Earth in Human Hands (Grinspoon, David)
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For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches From the World of the Blind (Rosemary Mahoney)
For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches From the World of the Blind (Rosemary Mahoney)
21
The Inland Whale (Theodora Kroeber)
The Inland Whale (Theodora Kroeber)
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A Burglar's Guide to the City (Geoff Manaugh)
A Burglar's Guide to the City (Geoff Manaugh)
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Hold Still (Sally Mann)
Hold Still (Sally Mann)
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Who Cooked the Last Supper (Rosalind Miles)
Who Cooked the Last Supper (Rosalind Miles)
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The Blue Sweater (Jacqueline Novogratz)
The Blue Sweater (Jacqueline Novogratz)
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Jugaad Innovation (Jaideep Prabhu, Navi Radjou and Simone Ahuja)
Jugaad Innovation (Jaideep Prabhu, Navi Radjou and Simone Ahuja)
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The Last Hunger Season (Roger Thurow)
The Last Hunger Season (Roger Thurow)
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The Locust and the Bird (Hanan Al-Shaykh)
The Locust and the Bird (Hanan Al-Shaykh)
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The Dinner Party (Judy Chicago)
The Dinner Party (Judy Chicago)
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Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
31
Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
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Always Coming Home (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Always Coming Home (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Industries of the Future (Ross)
Industries of the Future (Ross)
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The Mandibles (Lionel Shriver)
The Mandibles (Lionel Shriver)
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
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The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
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The World Beyond Your Head (Matthew Crawford)
The World Beyond Your Head (Matthew Crawford)
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Extrastatecraft (Keller Easterling)
Extrastatecraft (Keller Easterling)
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The Philosophical Baby (Alison Gopnik)
The Philosophical Baby (Alison Gopnik)
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But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present as If It Were the Past (Chuck Klosterman)
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present as If It Were the Past (Chuck Klosterman)
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