Top 20 Books I've Read Recently that Made me realize I'm part of a human race that maybe doesn't totally suck
These are books that I've read in the last ten years or so that have been good for my soul. They're not "feel-good", per se (ok, maybe of few of them are) and they're certainly not fluff. They're books which have a fundamentally positive/optimistic view of humanity while not minimizing its pain and suffering. They're also novels which have often made me think, If only influential people -- politicians and world leaders, for example -- would read these books... Again, in no particular order, here are my top twenty: Anxious People , Fredrik Backman Backman is a modern-day Dickens. Beautiful prose, perennially optimistic and funny. Just a great writer whose next book I always look forward to. From the Ashes , Jesse Thistle Autobiographical. One of the top Canada-reads books a few years ago. A must-read if your heart beats to homelessness, poverty and/or Indigenous issues. Women Talking , Miriam Toews Toews is wickedly, and painfully funny. I've blogged a