Books for a Better Life Award Winners Announced

The ninth annual Books for a Better Life Awards was presented by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on February 28 in Manhattan. Heidi Murkoff and Oscar Dystel were inducted into the Ardath Rodale Books for a Better Life Hall of Fame. The Books for a Better Life awards recognize and pay tribute to a category of books that have become a major force in American culture. A complete list of the nominated books can be found here. And here is a list of the eight winning titles:

  • Suze Orman First Book: Burned Alive by Souad (Warner Books)
  • Inspirational Memoir: Love In The Driest Season by Neely Tucker (Crown Publishers)
  • Motivational: Thriving Through Crisis: Turn Tragedy and Trauma Into Growth and Change by Bill O’Hanlon (Perigee Books)
  • Psychology: Dark Nights of the Soul by Thomas Moore (Gotham Books)
  • Relationships: Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (HarperCollins)
  • Spiritual: Invisible Acts of Power by Caroline Myss (Free Press)
  • Wellness: The Anatomy of Hope: How Patients Prevail in the Face of Illness by Jerome Groopman (Random House)
  • Childcare/Parenting: I Am a Pencil by Sam Swope (Henry Holt)


    Tags: selfhelp | improvement

    Posted on March 4, 2005
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