Reading for Wellness

Collingwood Public Library’s Reading for Wellness Guide offers people of all ages book suggestions to champion the restorative powers of reading. The guide is organized into eight different categories with several examples of fiction and nonfiction books available in the library’s children’s, teen, and adult collections.

Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Memory

An appetite for miracles
Kemp, Laekan Zea,
Being Toffee
Crossan, Sarah,
Dementia reimagined : building a life of joy and dignity from beginning to end
Powell, Tia
Elizabeth is missing
Healey, Emma, 1985-
The end of memory : a natural history of aging and Alzheimer's
Ingram, Jay.
Feeding my mother : comfort and laughter in the kitchen as my mom lives with memory loss
Arden, Jann.
The forgettery
Ip, Rachel,
Is it Alzheimer's? : 101 answers to your most pressing questions about memory loss and dementia
Rabins, Peter V.,
The memory cure : how to protect your brain against memory loss and Alzheimer's disease
Fotuhi, Majid.
Memory's last breath : field notes on my dementia
Saunders, Gerda,
On vanishing : mortality, dementia, and what it means to disappear
Harper, Lynn Casteel,
The one memory of Flora Banks
Barr, Emily,
Roll with it
Sumner, Jamie,
Somebody I used to know : a memoir
Mitchell, Wendy,
The space between lost and found
Stark-McGinnis, Sandy,
Tinkers
Harding, Paul, 1967-
Travelers to unimaginable lands : stories of dementia, the caregiver, and the human brain
Kiper, Dasha,
Vanishing monuments : a novel
Stintzi, John Elizabeth,
When someone you know has dementia : practical advice for families and caregivers
Andrews, June.
The younger wife : a novel
Hepworth, Sally,

Body Image

"You just need to lose weight" : and 19 other myths about fat people
Gordon, Aubrey.
Beautiful girl : celebrating the wonders of your body
Northrup, Christiane,
Beautifully me
Noor, Nabela.
BeYOUtiful : radiate confidence, celebrate difference and express yourself
Janmohamed, Shelina Zahra,
Big : stories about life in plus-sized bodies
Myers, Christina.
Bodies are cool
Feder, Tyler,
Body neutral : a revolutionary guide to overcoming body image issues
Kneeland, Jessi,
Bravo, Avocado!
Stiefel, Chana.
Cheeky : a head-to-toe memoir
Elovic, Ariella,
Curvy yoga : love yourself & your body a little more each day
Guest-Jelley, Anna,
Dear body : what I lost, what I gained, and what I learned along the way
Williams, Brittany, 1989-
Eat, and love yourself
Boo, Sweeney,
Fat chance, Charlie Vega
Maldonado, Crystal,
Fearing the black body : the racial origins of fat phobia
Strings, Sabrina,
The girls at 17 Swann Street : a novel
Zgheib, Yara,
Good enough
Petro-Roy, Jen,
Her body can
Crenshaw, Katie,
Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
Gay, Roxane,
No filter and other lies
Maldonado, Crystal
One to watch : a novel
Stayman-London, Kate,
Thin girls : a novel
Clarke, Diana,
Under our clothes : our first talk about our bodies
Roberts, Jillian, 1971-
What we don't talk about when we talk about fat
Gordon, Aubrey.
The year I didn't eat
Pollen, Samuel.

Bullying

Beating the workplace bully : a tactical guide to taking charge
Curry, Lynne (Management consultant),
Bullies : from the playground to the boardroom, strategies for survival
Middelton-Moz, Jane, 1947-
Bully : an action plan for teachers and parents to combat the bullying crisis
Hirsch, Lee.
Dare to be kind : how extraordinary compassion can transform our world
Velasquez, Lizzie,
Death threat [graphic novel]
Shraya, Vivek, 1981-
Jennifer Chan is not alone
Keller, Tae,
Love & resistance
Chen, Kara H. L.,
One kid's trash
Sumner, Jamie,
What happened to Rachel Riley?
Swinarski, Claire,
When it all syncs up
Ameyaw, Maya,
Wildflower
Brown, Melanie
Wrong side of the court
Khan, H.N.,
You can stop bullying : stand by or stand up?
Miller, Connie Colwell, 1976-
Zara Hossain is here
Khan, Sabina, 1968-

Burnout and Chronic Fatigue

The book of Eve
Beresford-Howe, Constance.
Boundless energy : the complete mind/body program for overcoming chronic fatigue
Chopra, Deepak.
Burning bright : rituals, Reiki & self-care to heal burnout, anxiety & stress
Patel, Kelsey,
Can't even : how millennials became the burnout generation
Petersen, Anne Helen,
Eat, sleep, work, repeat : 30 hacks for bringing joy to your job
Daisley, Bruce,
How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy
Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist)
Lean out : a meditation on the madness of modern life
Henley, Tara,
Over-scheduled Andrew
Spires, Ashley, 1978-
The spark factor : the secret to supercharging energy, becoming resilient, and feeling better than ever
Maloof, Molly,
Tired as f*ck : burnout at the hands of diet, self-help, and hustle culture
Dooner, Caroline.
Tired teens : understanding and conquering chronic fatigue and pots
Fischer, M.D., Philip R,

Genders and Sexuality

Ander & Santi were here : a novel
Garza Villa, Jonny.
Be amazing : a history of pride
Napoles, Desmond,
Confessions of a fairy's daughter : growing up with a gay dad
Wearing, Alison, 1967-
The every body book : the LGBTQ+ inclusive guide for kids about sex, gender, bodies, and families
Simon, Rachel E.
The fabulous Zed Watson!
Sylvester, Basil,
Fire song
Jones, Adam Garnet,
Gender: your guide : a gender-friendly primer on what to say, what to know, and what to do in the new gender culture
Airton, Lee,
Girl, woman, other [book club set]
Evaristo, Bernardine
Harley Quinn : breaking glass a graphic novel
Tamaki, Mariko,
The jade peony
Choy, Wayson, 1939-
Missed connections : a memoir in letters never sent
Francis, Brian, 1971-
Pageboy : a memoir
Page, Elliot, 1987-
Pink is for boys
Pearlman, Robb
A quick & easy guide to queer & trans identities [graphic novel]
G, Mady (Mady M. Giuliani),
The sleeping car porter [1 DAISY disc - 5 hrs., 38 min.] [audiobook]
Mayr, Suzette,
Tipping the velvet
Waters, Sarah, 1966-
Tomboy survival guide
Coyote, Ivan, 1969-
We have always been here : a queer Muslim memoir [BOOK BIKE]
Habib, Samra,
Why be happy when you could be normal?
Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
Young Mungo : a novel
Stuart, Douglas, 1976-

Grief and Loss

All things consoled : a daughter's story
Hay, Elizabeth, 1951-
Always with you
Walters, Eric, 1957-
Bad Cree : a novel = ācimoiᐧn
Johns, Jessica,
The beginner's goodbye : a novel
Tyler, Anne.
Boy in the black suit
Reynolds, Jason.
Dancing at the pity party : a dead mom graphic memoir
Feder, Tyler,
February
Moore, Lisa, 1964-
The five invitations : discovering what death can teach us about living fully [Book Club Kit]
Ostaseski, Frank
Grandad's camper
Woodgate, Harry,
H is for hawk
MacDonald, Helen.
Humanity is trying : experiments in living with grief, finding connection, and resisting easy answers
Gots, Jason,
One wave at a time : a story about grief and healing
Thompson, Holly,
Someday, maybe
Nwabineli, Onyi
Transcendent kingdom
Gyasi, Yaa,
What happens when a loved one dies? : our first talk about death
Roberts, Jillian, 1971-
When breath becomes air
Kalanithi, Paul.
Wildlife
Wood, Fiona (Fiona Anna),
The year of magical thinking
Didion, Joan.

Mental Wellness

Be happy : a little book of mindfulness
Bard, Maddy.
Birds art life
Maclear, Kyo, 1970-
Calm : mindfulness for kids
Kinder, Wynne,
Chaos theory
Stone, Nic,
Clearing the fog : from surviving to thriving with long COVID--a practical guide
Jackson, James C.,
The greatest thing [graphic novel]
Searle, Sarah Winifred,
Hello (from here)
Baker, Chandler,
The hilarious world of depression
Moe, John, 1968-
How to be a difficult bitch : claim your power, ditch the haters, and feel good doing it
Bondy, Halley, 1984-
How to be fine : what we learned from living by the rules of 50 self-help books
Greenberg, Jolenta,
How to hold a grudge : from resentment to contentment : the power of grudges to transform your life
Hannah, Sophie, 1971-
I am a peaceful goldfish
Chaim, Shoshana,
I am peace : a book of mindfulness
Verde, Susan
The joy of well-being : a practical guide to a happy, healthy, and long life
Wachob, Colleen,
On foot to Canterbury : a son's pilgrimage
Haigh, Ken, 1962-
Perfectly hidden depression : how to break free from perfectionism that masks your depression
Rutherford, Margaret Robinson,
Pomegranate
Lee, Helen Elaine,
Puppy in my head : a book about mindfulness
Gravel, Elise,
Queenie : a novel
Carty-Williams, Candice, 1989-
The spoon stealer [Book Club Kit]
Crewe, Lesley, 1955-
They said this would be fun : race, campus life, and growing up
Martis, Eternity,
Tomb of sand : a novel
Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957-
Unwinding anxiety : new science shows how to break the cycles of worry and fear to heal your mind
Brewer, Judson,
Why bother? : discover the desire for what's next
Louden, Jennifer,

Neurodiversity

The conscious parent's guide to autism : a mindful approach for helping your child focus and succeed
Lebowitz, Marci,
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
Haddon, Mark.
El deafo
Bell, Cece
Ellen outside the lines
Sass, A. J.
The extraordinaries
Klune, TJ,
Fall down 7 times, get up 8 : a young man's voice from the silence of autism
Higashida, Naoki, 1992-
Flowers For Algernon
Keyes, Daniel
I don't like birthday parties
Gaspari, Maureen,
I overcame my autism and all I got was this lousy anxiety disorder : a memoir
Kurchak, Sarah, 1982-
The kiss quotient
Hoang, Helen,
Misfit : autistic, gay, immigrant, changemaker : a memoir
Souvaliotis, Andreas, 1963-
Out of my mind
Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
The Rosie project
Simsion, Graeme C.
Scattered minds : the origins and healing of attention defincit disorder
Maté, Gabor
The spectrum girl's survival guide : how to grow up awesome and autistic
Castellon, Siena
Ten steps to Nanette : a memoir situation
Gadsby, Hannah
Turtles all the way down
Green, John, 1977-
We are all different : a celebration of diversity
Turner, Tracey,
Wonder
Palacio, R. J.
You are enough: a book about inclusion
O'Hair, Margaret,
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