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The best books to read in August: new paperbacks from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie and Werner Herzog
By Guardian Staff

Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some wonderful new paperbacks, from a short story collection by a literary great to razor-sharp criticism

https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/aug/20/the-best-books-to-read-in-august-new-paperbacks-from-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-salman-rushdie-and-werner-herzog

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What to Do When Someone Writes ‘Your’ Book

A few years ago, I was struggling to write a story. I had an incoherent outline and a few sample chapters and just couldn’t pull it together. Desperate, I texted my dear friend Jan O’Hara, who agreed to take a look. We batted ideas around for a bit, and I went back to work feeling much better.
Some months later, I mentioned the story—now much further along—to Jan, who sent me a panicked note back saying that she was also now working on a story and it had an unmistakable resemblance to mine. Scrupulously ethical, she offered to abandon hers if I thought it was too similar and sent a summary for me to read.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/05/22/what-to-do-when-someone-writes-your-book/

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Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.
-- Elizabeth Gilbert (@GilbertLiz)

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Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert on leaving her marriage for a dying friend: ‘She said, Let’s just live balls to the wall until I die!’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/30/eat-pray-love-author-elizabeth-gilbert-leaving-marriage-dying-friend #ElizabethGilbert #Relationships #Deathanddying #Lifeandstyle #Culture #Books #Film

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.
-- Elizabeth Gilbert (@GilbertLiz)

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La gente crede che l’anima gemella sia come un vestito che ci sta alla perfezione, e tutti la cercano per questo. E invece è uno specchio che ti mostra tutti i tuoi limiti, e attira la tua attenzione su di te … https://cctm.website/elizabeth-gilbert-usa/

Elizabeth Gilbert

da Mangia, prega, ama, Rizzoli, 2015

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I would like to spend the rest of my days in a place so silent—and working at a pace so slow—that I would be able to hear myself living.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

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https://constantine.name/2023/10/03/able-to-hear-myself/

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Transformative

I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

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Durante esta crisis, algunos se han sentido culpables por no manejar "mejor" el aislamiento.
Pero para la escritora Elizabeth Gilbert, es importante ser mucho más comprensivos con nosotros mismos 😌

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Insist upon it

People universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you are fortunate enough. But that’s not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

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