Best-Selling College eBooks of All Time

The following books can help you traverse these routes, whether you desire a break from mandated reading or advise on how to achieve both personally and professionally. These 12 top books for college students can support you throughout your higher education years and beyond, ranging from practical advice to novels to memoirs.

 

1. The List That Reshaped My Existence

 

Georgia is a couch sloth who never takes chances in this funny and inspiring 2022 book. Georgia is forced to step outside of her comfort zone as she assists her sister in checking off items on her “Before I Turn 30” bucket list after learning that her sister has multiple sclerosis from the physicians.

 

“The List That Changed My Life” will motivate you to create your own bucket list and, more importantly, enjoy the day by juggling a serious subject with irreverent humour.

 

2. 175 Things to Do Before Your College Graduation

 

The original advice from author Charlotte Lake may make your college years unforgettable. You will discover in this book how to combine work and enjoyment while in college and make the most of your time there. The little passages lead you by talking about themes including dorm life, campus events, seeing your college town, academics, personal development, and making the most of your senior year.

 

3. The Most Important Guide To College Health, You Never Knew You Needed

 

This honourable book, presented to you by high school coaches Jill and Dave Henry, needs to be at the side of every college student. You can maintain your physical and emotional health with the aid of “The Greatest College Health Guide.”

 

4. The Friends We Keep

 

The book “The People We Keep” was hailed by Book Riot as one of the finest of 2021. The heroine April Sawicki in this motivational book transitions from living in a camper without a motor to a “borrowed” automobile and life on the road. When April lands in Ithaca, she encounters individuals who make her feel at home, which is something she has never experienced before, and she records her experiences in song.

Students in college may be able to connect to April’s experience of being on her own and establishing her identity.

 

5. What They Didn’t Teach You About Your First Ten Years After Graduation: Life Beyond College

 

In “Life Beyond College” (2020), a business expert and senior teaching professor Kevin P. Coyne explains what to expect in life after college. Coyne examines real-life problems that you can encounter after leaving college in this book. Many graduates are unprepared for the potential financial, legal, and personal challenges that may arise following graduation. This book offers helpful guidance to help you thrive and steer clear of the early mistakes fresh graduates frequently make.

 

6. Educated

 

Tara Westover, the author of this best-selling book, walks you through her journey from Idaho where she was raised by survivalist parents to finding a place in higher education. Her thirst for knowledge transforms her intellectually and socially, serving as an example for people who may encounter similar challenges that frequently seem insurmountable.

 

The 2018 film “Educated” epitomises tenacity and shows how you may persist in order to realise your goals.

 

7. Mapping meaningful connections and the language of human experience in Atlas of the Heart

 

“Atlas of the Heart” (2021), written by New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown, guides you through comprehending emotions and how to connect with others For all students to establish lasting relationships in college, Brown offers the language and resources for building healthy interpersonal interactions.

 

8. The Most Important Years: How College Can Make or Break Us

 

The Years That Matter Most (2019), an editor’s pick for the New York Times Book Review, explores the highs and lows of higher education, from deciding to enrol in college to figuring out how to finish your degree.

 

9. Why has nobody told me this before?

 

Readers concur that Dr. Julie Smith’s international bestseller is essential reading for college students. Why hadn’t someone told me this earlier? (2022) teaches you how to become more motivated, more self-assured, more resilient to setbacks, and more.

This book can help you build the self-confidence and resilience you need to endure the ups and downs of college since it is packed with useful answers.

 

10. Range: Why Generalists Succeed in a Specialised World

 

Author David Epstein questions the prevalent view that everyone should be intensely focused on their studies, abilities, and field of study in this New York Times bestseller. Top achievers, sportsmen, and even Nobel laureates, according to his studies, all started off as generalists. Success from specialisation is the exception, not the rule, according to Epstein. “Range” (2021) emphasises the inventiveness and adaptability of generalists, who frequently have greater sustained success in their more efforts than experts.