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The Book of Awesome: Snow Days, Bakery Air, Finding Money in Your Pocket, and Other Simple, Brilliant Things (The Book of Awesome Series) Paperback – March 1, 2011

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Based on the award-winning 10-million-plus-hit blog 1000awesomethings.com, The Book of Awesome is an international bestselling high five for humanity and a big celebration of life's little moments.

Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile. With a 24/7 news cycle reporting that the polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes are swirling in the seas, wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze, it’s tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. But awesome things are all around us, like:

  • Popping Bubble Wrap
  • Wearing underwear just out of the dryer
  • Fixing electronics by smacking them
  • Getting called up to the dinner buffet first at a wedding
  • WatchingThe Price Is Right when you’re home sick
  • Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row
  • Waking up and realizing it's Saturday


The Book of Awesome reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes, your grandma was right). With laugh-out-loud observations from award-winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, The Book of Awesome is filled with smile-inducing moments on every page that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time. Read it and you’ll remember all the things there are to feel good about.

A New York Times Bestseller • USA Today Bestseller • Globe and Mail Bestseller • Toronto Star Bestseller • Vancouver Sun Bestseller • Macleans Bestseller • Winner of the Forest of Reading Award

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"Neil Pasricha is the guru of small joys." --The Toronto Star

"Strangely heartwarming... perfect for rainy days." --The New Yorker

"Neil Pasricha tops the list of awesome." --The Globe and Mail

"Laugh-out-loud funny tinged with just enough sarcastic nostalgia." --WIRED

"Sunny without being saccharine, it's a countdown of life's little joys that reads like a snappy Jerry Seinfeld monologue by way of Maria Von Trapp." --The Vancouver Sun

About the Author

Neil Pasricha works an office job in the suburbs, eats frozen burritos for dinner, and needs to go to the gym more. He's just a regular guy who loves finding money in his pocket, sleeping on the cool side of the pillow, and peeling an orange in one shot.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ G.P. Putnam's Sons; Reprint edition (March 1, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425238903
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425238905
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 1.06 x 8.12 inches
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Neil Pasricha thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living.

All his current work focuses under themes of gratitude, happiness, failure, resilience, connection, and trust.

Neil is the the author of nine books and journals including: THE BOOK OF AWESOME, a spinning rolodex of simple pleasures based on his 100-million-hit, award-winning blog 1000 Awesome Things, THE HAPPINESS EQUATION, a research-based series of happiness frameworks originally written as a 300-page love letter to his unborn son, AWESOME IS EVERYWHERE, an interactive introduction to guided meditation for children, TWO-MINUTE MORNINGS, his daily morning practice to cultivate positive mindset, and YOU ARE AWESOME, a nine-step guide to navigating change and building resilience. Neil’s books are New York Times and #1 international bestsellers, have spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists, and have sold over 2,000,000 copies across dozens of languages.

Neil also gives over 50 speeches a year at places like Harvard, SXSW, and Shopify. His first TED talk “The 3 A’s of Awesome” is ranked one of the 10 Most Inspiring of all time and he gave the most attended feature keynote at SXSW 2019 called “Building trust in distrustful times”.

Neil hosts an Apple “Best of” award-winning podcast called 3 Books where he encourages putting away the phones to cultivate a stronger reading habit. 3 Books works to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world and features guests like Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay, George Saunders, and Quentin Tarantino.

Neil shares his writing in a series of newsletters read by over 100,000 people.

Neil has degrees from Queen’s University and Harvard Business School.

Connect with him on socials @neilpasricha, visit him at www.neil.blog, or get his newsletters at www.neil.blog/newsletters

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Nurse.steph
5.0 out of 5 stars Loveable, relatable, hilarious
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024
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This is such a fun and lighthearted book……. Everyone should get a kick out of these hilarious glimmers into everyday life, and plus I love a good short read from time to time!
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R. Buell
5.0 out of 5 stars Go-juice for your optimism mobile...
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2010
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For the past two years, Neil Pasricha has dedicated himself to identifying one new awesome thing every weekday, and posting it on his blog. Without fail, these things are commonplace. Things we experience in our daily lives without ever paying them much attention. Because of the regularity with which we experience them, it's easy to overlook how they make our lives better in big and small ways.

What's delightful about the blog, and now this book, is that Neil gives us a chance to hit pause, and look back on our experiences, celebrating them, albeit belatedly. His writing is celebratory, engaging, funny, and inspiring. What's more, you don't have to read too many of his entries before you start paying attention to perfectly toasted toast, the last crumbly triangle in the bag of potato chips, or the smell of books, and smiling when you experience them. You also begin recognizing new awesome things yourself. Somehow, when you start paying attention to how the little, seemingly inconsequential things can brighten your day, the genuinely bad stuff doesn't seem so consuming. The world seems a little bit friendlier. A little bit smaller. A little more wonderful.

Now that I've said that, I think it's really important to tell you that this is NOT A SELF-HELP BOOK (despite how I've seen it promoted recently). It's not a psychology book. It's not an instruction manual. It's a catalog of short, joyous essays about awesome things. I promise that you will walk away from this book having mastered no new concepts. However, I also promise that you will find yourself smiling and nodding in appreciation while you read -- a silent toast to awesome things you never took the time to recognize.

I had high expectations for this book, which were well-exceeded. In fact, I liked it so much that I bought copies for my parents and my sister, who have enjoyed it as well.
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Janet
5.0 out of 5 stars Do yourself a favor - let this book help you find things to smile about
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024
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EVERY SINGLE DAY this brings a smile to my face. You can't help it! Cannot thank the author Neil Pasricha enough for bringing this and his other books and daily messages to the world. I purchased this for a friend roughing it through cancer treatments, and ended up buying another copy for myself. Want a burst of positive gratitude and a cheerful thought? Check it out.
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Mehul N. Gandhi
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Stories!
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2014
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I really like this book! It has simple, funny, and inspirational short life stories from the Author's perspective. Definitely worth getting!
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E. B. Lundgren
5.0 out of 5 stars Yes!
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2010
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I have never written an Amazon review before, but I feel compelled to after reading The Book of Awesome. I absolutely love this book. I found myself giving an internal shout of "yes!" just about every time I turned the page (generally accompanied by a wide smile). You probably won't learn much that is new from reading the Book of Awesome (although the tabs in tin foil boxes and the gas arrow have already been helpful to me), but that is kind of the point. This book shines a light on everyday joys and truisms. It's power is the elevation of the obvious. It is hard to disagree with any of the awesome things highlighted by Pasricha, and his style and wit keep things moving and light. While you might not learn anything new from this book, it will change the way you look at the world around you. Just in the days since I picked it up, I have found myself celebrating green lights, loving old songs on the radio, and cheering when I pass a cop and realize I am already doing the speed limit. I have also turned into a bit of an amateur treasure hunter of awesome things, always on the lookout for simple pleasures. After getting through my copy of the book, I went back and ordered a few more, just to keep around as gifts. This book is so approachable, and so relevant for just about everyone, I can't wait to give it to friends. The Book of Awesome asks us to simply pay attention the the great things in life, and we are all better for it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Quirky Printer Error?
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2023
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I bought this book because I love Neil's "3 Books" podcast. I found the book to be interesting and quirky, but it does not rate as awesome. He just goes on for too long on some of his subjects. I don't think an adult needs to read three pages concerning milk-to-cereal ratio.

And definitely not awesome was the fact that in my paperback copy at page 122 there are 32 pages from Tao Lin's book "Trip" inserted. And "Awesome" skips to page 155! I have never seen anything like this.
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Olivia Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023
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This is a make you smile book no matter your situation.
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Larry T Dunn
5.0 out of 5 stars Appreciating the world around us.
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2016
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This is a great easy read to remind us all of so many things we take for granted in this world. It's becoming too easy to focus on what's wrong with the world we live in rather than what's right that I found this book very refreshing. Not a bad gift for graduates that have their lives in front of them and see only the difficult challenges ahead of them. I also bought the Happiness Equation and between the two books Neil shines a light on how we can all sometimes get our priorities and thought processes out of sync and instead of taking the time to appreciate what is good around us, and doing those things that will bring internal rewards, we get caught up in doing things for the sake of keeping up with our neighbors.
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ATREYU
4.0 out of 5 stars No para leerse de corrido...
Reviewed in Mexico on March 13, 2020
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Es el típico libro que puedes leer en cualquier parte y que te hará sonreír o identificarte con alguna de las situaciones. Pero cuando se lee de corrido se pierde el efecto, recomiendo no leer más de 5 ó 10 páginas diariamente y sería bueno que el propósito más importante sea empezar el día con buen humor.
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Daniela
3.0 out of 5 stars Contos
Reviewed in Brazil on February 2, 2019
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O sentido e o propósito do livro são muito interessantes, ver o AWESOME nas pequenas coisas diárias. No entanto o livro de contos curtos é muito parecido com a palestra do TED. sem grandes novidades. Alguns contos foram marcantes mas no geral não agregaram muito em minha cultura e meu estilo de vida.
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roxanne
5.0 out of 5 stars Lecture que j'ai vraiment apprecié cet été
Reviewed in France on August 24, 2017
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Livre facile à lire, positive, qui inspire; J'ai passé un bon moment cet été et ça m'a aidé à réfléchir à mes projets, à mon "vision board'".Je recommande.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on December 28, 2015
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Rosie Mount
5.0 out of 5 stars Genius
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2013
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This guy is hilarious, he writes from the heart and is an excellent observer of the human condition. Very funny and laugh out loud-also perfect bedtime/waiting room reading as most items (if you like) are only a page or two long. So uplifting and light hearted would recommend to anyone who appreciates the little things in life-or needs to learn to!
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