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10 uplifting books you’ll be happy you read this summer

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This diverse list includes insightful gospel explorations and magical fairytale retellings.
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It’s summertime! To help you relax by the pool or ponder in your backyard, we’ve compiled a diverse list of summer reads, ranging from insightful gospel explorations to magical fairytale retellings.

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Happy reading, wherever summer takes you!

Wendy’s Ever After

Wendy Darling embarks on a new journey where her past in Neverland collides with her future hopes for love, only to rediscover the adventure never truly ended.

Crime Brulee

An unexpected romance. A haunting mystery. Pastries to die for. The Great British Baking Show meets a cozy mystery with a contemporary romance and a Regency-era twist.

Casters and Crowns

Cursed by magic, bound by mistakes, Princess Aria’s destiny hinges on the mysterious Baron Reeves. Will love be enough to break the curse, or will war bring her kingdom to ruin?

Novel Threat

In a world of covert codes, two CIA operatives must infiltrate a New York publishing house, where every word on the page could be a weapon.

Flames of Anarchy

In the heart of Theodore Roosevelt’s America, a storm of anarchy threatens the nation, leading to a gripping tale of betrayal, fear, and the birth of the FBI.

What is Truth?

What Is Truth? describes the relationship between scientific and gospel truth through parables, scientific examples, and simple diagrams. Dr. Aaron Franklin, a scientist, thinker, and author of The Spiritual Physics of Light, provides strategies for discovering, holding on to, and cherishing the most powerful and sacred truth, which brings peace that “passeth all understanding” (Philippians 4:7).

The Slow Work of God

In The Slow Work of God, Rachel Cope shows us what the conversion process looks like through a careful study of the Doctrine and Covenants and the spiritual journeys of courageous women and men featured in and around it—people like Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith, Elizabeth Stewart, Nancy Lampson Holbrook, E. G. Jones, and Ruda Martins.

An Endowment of Love

In An Endowment of Love: Embracing Christ's Covenant Way of Living and Loving, author Melinda W. Brown invites us to join her in a unique approach to the temple that is specifically focused on developing a loving relationship with the Lord and learning His way of loving God and others.

Conquering Your Inner Critic

In Conquering Your Inner Critic, Dr. Debi Gilmore, a Latter-day Saint psychotherapist, unmasks that contrary voice, showing how it blocks our ability to rely on our unique gifts and talents that are essential in our quest to conquer the challenges of life. She teaches the building blocks of self-worth, describes the nature and methods of our Inner Critic, and incorporates gospel truths to show how we can rise above the demeaning chatter. Each chapter offers application exercises designed to cement foundational concepts and to spur implementation of learned skills.

After All We Can Do

With the trademark warmth and incisive perspective of Dieter F. Uchtdorf, After All We Can Do considers how we can live a life full of hope, grace, and joy through the atoning sacrifice of our Savior. Sharing stories from his own life, timely interpretations and teachings from scripture, and the wisdom of decades of discipleship, Dieter F. Uchtdorf instills in each of us the faith to believe that God’s grace really is sufficient for our every need.

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