PopSugar Challenge '23 Prompts: Books with Text-Only Covers

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Updated July 21, 2023
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Anon pls. : a novel
DeuxMoi
Paper Book
Called One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR "Dazzling, propulsive, and delightfully juicy, Anon Pls. is the digital age's love letter to The Devil Wears Prada. Sexy, suspenseful, and so good you won't want to put it down--not even to check on the...
Anti-diet : reclaim your time, money, well-being and happiness through intuitive eating
Harrison, Christy (Nutritionist)
Paper Book
A how-to guide to reclaiming your time, money, health and happiness in our toxic diet culture. In Anti-Diet, Christy Harrison takes on diet culture and the multi-billion-pound industries that profit from it, exposing all the ways it robs people of their time, money,...
Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret
Blume, Judy
Paper Book
Originally published: Scarsdale, N.Y.: Bradbury Press, 1970.
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones
Clear, James
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 20 million copies sold! Translated into 60+ languages! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of...
The book with no pictures
Novak, B. J.
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times bestseller, this innovative and wildly funny read-aloud by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Novak will turn any reader into a comedian--a perfect gift for any special occasion! You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious....
Deep work : rules for focused success in a distracted world
Newport, Cal
Paper Book
From a New York Times bestselling author, learn to master one of our economy's rarest skills-the ability to focus-and achieve groundbreaking results. Deep work is the power to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It allows you to quickly...
Did you take the B from my _ook?
Stanton, Beck
Paper Book
The Books That Drive Kids CRAZY! series capitalizes on the trend of interactive picture books--it's all about giving parents, teachers, and storytellers a script for fun reading time together. Book 1, Did You Take the B from My _ook? is a hilarious read-along that is missing one very...
Digital minimalism : on living better with less technology
Newport, Cal
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller 'Digital Minimalism is the Marie Kondo of mobile phones' Evening Standard 'An eloquent, powerful and enjoyably practical guide to cutting back on screen time' The Times 'An urgent call to action for...
Fat and queer : an anthology of queer and trans bodies and lives
Grimm, Bruce Owens
Paper Book
AASECT Book Award for General Audience 'A joy to read' ESSIE DENNIS 'A beautifully written collection' JUNO ROCHE We're here. We're queer. We're fat. This one-of-a-kind collection of prose and poetry radically...
George
Gino, Alex
Paper Book
The unforgettable debut from Stonewall Award Winner Alex Gino. George joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content! When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not...
It's not the end of the world
Blume, Judy.
Paper Book
Can Karen keep her parents from getting a divorce? This classic novel from Judy Blume has a fresh new look. Karen couldn't tell Mrs. Singer why she had to take her Viking diorama out of the sixth-grade showcase. She felt like yelling, "To keep my parents from getting divorced!"...
Dr Karl's little book of climate change science
Kruszelnicki, Karl
Paper Book
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to "a better, more human way to live" (Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author) that examines the "laziness lie"--which falsely tells us we are not working or learning hard enough. Extra...
No one left to come looking for you : a novel
Lipsyte, Sam
Paper Book
A darkly comic mystery by the author of Hark and The Ask set in the vibrant music scene of early 1990s New York City. Manhattan's East Village, 1993. Dive bars, DIY music venues, shady weirdos, and hard drugs are plentiful. Crime is high but rent is low, luring...
Novelist as a vocation
Murakami, Haruki
Paper Book
A unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the...
Stillness is the key : [an ancient strategy for modern life]
Holiday, Ryan
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times Bestseller that shows why slowing down is the key to getting ahead'Some authors give advice. Ryan Holiday distills wisdom. This book is a must read.' Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author, Digital Minimalism'A life-changing idea: that in order to move forward, we must...
This is a ball
Stanton, Beck
Paper Book
The Books That Drive Kids CRAZY! series capitalizes on the trend of interactive picture books--it's all about giving parents, teachers, and storytellers a script for fun reading time together. Book 2, This Is a Ball, is a boldly absurd spin-off of concept books, and an audaciously...
This explains everything : deep, beautiful, and elegant theories of how the world works
Brockman, John
Paper Book
Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world. What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest...
This is a ball
Stanton, Beck
Paper Book
The Books That Drive Kids CRAZY! series capitalizes on the trend of interactive picture books--it's all about giving parents, teachers, and storytellers a script for fun reading time together. Book 2, This Is a Ball, is a boldly absurd spin-off of concept books, and an audaciously...
Tired as f*ck : burnout at the hands of diet, self-help, and hustle culture
Dooner, Caroline
Paper Book
Blending memoir and blistering social observations, the author of The F*ck It Diet looks back at her desperate attempts to heal her hunger, anxiety, and imperfections through extreme diets, culty self-help methods, and melodramatic bargains with the universe.  ...
What we don't talk about when we talk about fat
Gordon, Aubrey
Paper Book
From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people. Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the...
A world without email : reimagining work in an age of overload
Newport, Cal
Paper Book
Constant communication has become part of the way we work as we check our emails every 5.4 minutes. But at what expense? Bestselling author Cal Newport argues that this steady flow of distractions disrupts us from achieving any meaningful work, causes us undue stress and is...

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