What should I read after You Are a Badass?

If you liked You Are a Badass, try The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury), Butcher & Blackbird (Brynne Weaver) and The Queen of Nothing (Holly Black).

You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero: what it’s like, who it’s for

Name: You Are a Badass
Author: Jen Sincero
ISBN: 9780762447695

Self-development Psychology Contemporary fiction

A profane, funny pep talk for anyone stuck: less affirmation, more rewiring of how you talk to yourself about fear, money and follow-through.

Feels like melancholy. About faith.

A page from the book

The excuse you’ve been calling a reason, said out loud.

If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.

Excerpt from You Are a Badass, Jen Sincero 2013. Quoted for discovery. Source Rights & removals

Jen Sincero.Sincero's first book was a novel, Don't Sleep with Your Drummer — she came to the Badass books from fiction, not from psychology or therapy training.

Books that feel like this

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury, 1950

Also melancholy and faith.

Butcher & Blackbird

Brynne Weaver, 2023

Also melancholy.

The Queen of Nothing

Holly Black, 2019

Also faith.

The Shack

William Paul Young, 2007

Also faith.

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler, 1993

Also faith.

Life of Pi

Yann Martel, 2001

Also faith.

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Questions readers ask

What is You Are a Badass like?: Feels like melancholy. About faith.
What should I read after You Are a Badass?: If you liked You Are a Badass, try The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury), Butcher & Blackbird (Brynne Weaver) and The Queen of Nothing (Holly Black).

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What it sounds like when devotion stops apologising for itself.
I would kill for you, and I have. I would do it again, every damn day. I’d turn myself inside out for you. I would die for you. I don’t just like you, Sloane, and you fucking know it.
Butcher & Blackbird · Brynne Weaver
A plea that would rather have a fight than silence.
Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart, if you must.
The Queen of Nothing · Holly Black
If good can come from tragedy, does that mean tragedy was required?
Just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn’t mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don’t ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me. Grace doesn’t depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
The Shack · William Paul Young
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