Below are the books that have somehow changed my life for the better – whether it be through education, entertainment or providing pages full of topics so funny that I cannot help but laugh uncontrollably.

• The Definitive Book of Body Language, Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

• City Chic: An Urban Girl’s Guide to Livin’ Large on Less, Nina Willdorf

• Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler
• My Horizontal Life, Chelsea Handler

• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erik Larson

• The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

• Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, John Gray
• The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, Gary Champan
• It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken: The Smart Girl’s Break-Up Buddy, Greg Behrendt
• He’s Just Not That Into You, Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo

• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, Elizabeth Gilbert
• From the Heart: Seven Rules to Live By, Robin Roberts
• Live What You Love: Notes from an Unusual Life, Robert Blanchard
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Ekhart Tolle
• The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
• Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom
• You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective, Richard Carlson

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah
• A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive, Dave Pelzer
• Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home, Nando Parrado
• They Cage the Animals at Night, Jennings Michael Burch
• Zeitoun, Dave Eggers

• Angels & Demons, Dan Brown