The Books for a Better Life Awards recognize self-improvement authors who are inspiring people to live their best lives. The 2010 Finalists include:
Childcare/Parenting
Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption by Scott Simon
Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia by Harriet Brown
First Book
The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes: A Mother’s Story by Randi Davenport
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Green
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg
Inspirational Memoir
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray
Devotion: A Memoir by Dani Shapiro
Imperfect Endings: A Daughter’s Tale of Life and Death by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter
Motivational
God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours by Regina Brett
Life Unlocked: 7 Revolutionary Lessons to Overcome Fear by Srinivasan S. Pillay, MD
Lift by Kelly Corrigan
Personal Finance
The New Good Life: Living Better than Ever in an Age of Less by John Robbins
Psychology
In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise by George Prochnik
Lonely: A Memoir by Emily White
The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, MD
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost, PhD and Gail Steketee, PhD
Relationships
In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time by Peter Lovenheim
Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell
Mom Still Likes You Best: The Unfinished Business Between Siblings by Jane Isay
Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling and Lisa Ling
Spiritual
The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart by Daphne Rose Kingma
Women Food and God by Geneen Roth
Wellness
Ah-choo!: The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold by Jennifer Ackerman
Back to Life After a Heart Crisis by Marc Wallack, MD and Jamie Colby
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body by Daniel G. Amen, MD