Adult : Refocusing After Setbacks

Nonfiction

Option B – Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
Offers personal stories and research-based strategies for building resilience and moving forward after life’s setbacks.

The Obstacle Is the Way – Ryan Holiday
Explores how challenges can become opportunities, drawing on principles from Stoic philosophy to turn setbacks into growth.

Rising Strong – Brené Brown
Provides insights on embracing vulnerability, learning from failure, and using setbacks as a path to strength and courage.

Grit – Angela Duckworth
Examines how passion and perseverance help adults overcome obstacles and achieve long-term goals.

Failing Forward – John C. Maxwell
Guides readers on reframing failure as a step toward growth, success, and personal development.

Fiction

The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
A story about pursuing dreams, overcoming obstacles, and finding purpose through perseverance and reflection.

A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
Follows a man who learns to reconnect with life, relationships, and purpose after profound loss and isolation.

Wild – Cheryl Strayed
A memoir-style narrative of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, illustrating recovery, self-discovery, and resilience after personal setbacks.

The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
A novel exploring choices, regrets, and second chances, showing how perspective and action can refocus life after challenges.

Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
An inspiring journey of healing, self-reflection, and rediscovering joy and purpose after a major life change.