I feel strongly that one of the aspects of passion projects we get wrong is the idea that it’s only driven by passion. Whether you’re writing a blog post or creating a community, you’re leaning on passion as the fuel in your gas tank, but what helps drive you is your learned ability to actually drive.

In these tumultuous times, books are a great source of comfort and escapism, so here’s a few literary gems whose pages will help to peel your shoulders away from your ears and quash those January scaries.

It’s not too late to gift someone!