by Richard Bach
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American basketball player (1978–2020)
Recommended by 10 notable people, including Ev Williams and Vinod Khosla
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Jonathan Livingston Seagull reads like an illustrated life lesson more than a novel. The prose is airy and earnest, following a gull who trades conformity for flight perfection. It works best as a quick hit of inspiration for anyone stifled by rigid rules. But its wisdom is delivered with such unguarded sincerity that if you’re the least bit cynical, you’ll find it saccharine. You can finish it in a single sitting, but the aftertaste depends on your tolerance for unabashed idealism. The ending lands more like a greeting card than a revelation.
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People who make their own rules when they know they're right...people who get a special pleasure out of doing something well (even if only for themselves)...people who know there's more to this whole living thing than meets the eye: they'll be with Jonathan Seagull all the way. Others may simply escape into a delightful adventure about freedom and ...
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Recommended by 17 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Founders, Most Recommended Books, and Spirituality.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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