Replied to Need happy book recommendations by Alex (alexsirac.com)

I’ve been on a depressing read binge. My latest book really affected me and looking at my bookshelf, I only see depressing and bleak stories – genocides, depression, racism, suicide, climate change…
I need recommendations for uplifting books, fiction or nonfiction.

I too find myself reading lots of books on the grim end of the scale, with a TBR chock-full of gloom in a time of scary and depressing politics 😐

These are some books that I recall having a warmer vibe throughout and an uplifting ending:

• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater
• If Found, Return to Hell by Em X. Liu
• Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
• Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
• The Galaxy, and The Ground Within by Becky Chambers
• Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
• A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria
• Contagion by Amanda Milo

And a couple uplifting non-fiction:

• Good Trouble by Christopher Noxon
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (I haven’t finished this one but all the essays leave me with a good feeling)

And these are some books on my TBR that I’m hopeful about:

• The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen
• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
• Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
• Catalyst by Jody Wallace

I could stand for some more on my list too!