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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower doesn't make everything magically better, but it's a reminder that someone out there understands me. I read it whenever I feel like I'm going down a dark road."

—Vanessa Ngozi Anyanso, Facebook

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

"Just like Francie, I turned to writing as a tool to explore my grief, and to realize our fathers were flawed men. I always knew I'd get through my grief because Francie survived, thrived, and never gave up hope, despite the darkness."

—Kelly Louro, Facebook

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14 Incredible "Game Of Thrones" Tattoos That Are To Die For

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But we don’t mean that literally, GRRM.

"Here is my A Song of Ice and Fire tattoo representing the Red Wedding. That scene is one of the biggest surprises and best written scenes I have ever read, and I wanted to represent it in a beautiful way." —Spencer Debenport

"There is only one thing we say to Death: Not today." —Trisha Wagner

"Here's my homage to House Targaryen! Long live the Queen!" —Anthony Slatcher

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26 Very Important Nonfiction Books You Should Be Reading

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As recommended by you.

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Citizen weaves essays, images, and poetry together to examine the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, and longer meditations on the violence – whether linguistic or physical – that has impacted on the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan, and the author herself.

Suggested by @ingridmatts.

Penguin Poetry

This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

As she showed with her bestselling books No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, Klein is unafraid of going after Big Ideas. This Changes Everything is about changing the world before the world itself changes so drastically that no one is safe. Klein holds up the links between the global economy and climate change and urges a rethink on all fronts if we are to make it. Either we leap – or we sink.

Recommended by @_SuperHugh.

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Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Comedian, actor, producer, and general delight Amy Poehler has followed in the steps of her onscreen collaborator Tina Fey with this offering. Yes Please is a mishmash of things: part-memoir, part-self-help manual, often a how-to manual. It's also very sweet, with vignettes from Poehler (and her parents!) about life, career, parenthood, divorce, and everything else she can think of.

Suggested by literally everyone.

Picador

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18 Reasons Every Woman Should Follow Poet Rupi Kaur On Instagram

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“our backs / tell stories / no books have / the spine to / carry”

Toronto-based photographer and writer Rupi Kaur uses Instagram to post her poetry about survival, womanhood, abuse, love, and loss. She recently published a book of poems, titled Milk And Honey. Here's a selection of her best work.

On fear.

On body hair.

On being a woman of colour.

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This Graphic Novel Perfectly Captures The Struggles Of Being An Indian Woman

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“We daydreamed about being superheroes. Saviours of the world.”

Earlier this year, New Delhi-based publishing house Zubaan Books released Drawing The Line: Indian Women Fight Back, a graphic novel anthology written by 14 Indian women.

Via kickstarter.com

The idea was born when Zubaan Books and the German Goethe-Institute collaboratively set up a workshop that allowed Indian women to discuss issues that they faced.

Zubaan Books

Each story has a different visual style and focuses on different issues.

Zubaan Books

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Can You Guess Which Celeb Wrote This Line Of Poetry?

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Roses are red, violets are blue, do you know which celeb wrote a verse or two?

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The 37 Best YA Books Of All Time

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From classic dramas to modern romance to dystopian futures. (According to Goodreads users.)

Signet Classics

en.wikipedia.org

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Ta-Nehisi Coates Is The New Writer For Marvel's "Black Panther"

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The acclaimed author’s “knowledge and love of Marvel mythology is deep,” Marvel’s editor-in-chief told BuzzFeed News.

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Nina Subin

"How often do you find a literary voice as singular and confident and powerful as Ta-Nehisi?" Marvel's Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso told BuzzFeed News. "How often does that same voice happen to be a hardcore fan of Marvel comics and mythology? That's rare. That doesn't happen."

Coates catapulted himself to the top of the national literary scene in July when he released his memoir, Between the World and Me, hailed as "beautifully redemptive" and "profoundly moving."

The book, written in the form of a letter to his teenage son about life in America as a black person, was nominated for the National Book Awards' non-fiction prize and made Coates one of the most prominent black writers in America.

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"Harry Potter" Fans Are Paying It Forward And Leaving Heartfelt Notes For Future Readers

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, September 23, 2015

From one generation to the next, Harry Potter never stops being magical.

There's no doubt that Harry Potter fans have been forever impacted by J.K. Rowling's words and imagination.

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From the first magical chapter to that final sentence, fans of the series have been completely absorbed into a world like any other.

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