Books for Adults and Children That Will Inspire You in 2014

The New Year is quickly approaching and it’s time to start planning your resolutions. To help motivate you, we’ve asked 3 local libraries to gather a list of their 5 most inspiring books for adults and 5 most inspiring books for children that is sure to encourage a new you in 2014!

Rutherford Public Library Foundation, Inc. & Friends of the Library of Rutherford’s Top Ten Picks: 

5 Inspiring Books for Adults:                                                                                            

1. Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander by Phil Robertson

2. The Art of Selling Yourself: The Simple Step-by-Step Process for Success in Business and Life by Adam Riccoboni and Daniel Callaghan

3. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown

4. Forty Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World by Howard G. Buffett

5. Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) by Chade-Meng Tan

5 Inspiring Children’s Books: 

1. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

2. Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas by Cynthia Rylant

3. Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss

4. Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

5. Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff & Craig Hatkoff

Friends of the North Arlington Public Library’s Top Ten Picks: 

5 Inspiring Books for Adults: 

1. Making a Difference by Being Yourself: Using Your Personality Type to Find Your Life’s True Purpose by Gregory E. Huszczo

2. Quiet Influence: The Introvert’s Guide to Making a Difference by Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, PhD

3. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon

4. Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance by Rosie Molinary

5. Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life by Gretchen Rubin

5 Inspiring Children’s Books:

1. Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick

2. The Fault in our Stars by John Green

3. Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus

4. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

5. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

Friends of the Glen Rock Library’s Top Ten Picks:

5 Inspiring Books for Adults: 

1. UP: How Positive Outlook Can Transform Our Health and Aging by Hilary Tindle, M.D., M.P.H.

2. The 5 Essentials: Using Your Inborn Resources to Create a Fulfilling Life by Bob Deutsch, PhD

3. Freedom from Your Inner Critic: A Self-Therapy Approach by Jay Earley, PhD & Bonnie Weiss LCSW

4. Emotional First Aid by Guy Winch PhD

5. Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott

5 Inspiring Children’s Books: 

1. Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

2. Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhaa Lai

3. The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

4. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

5. The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine