Three Things I Learned Reading The Opposite of Fate: Memoirs of a Writing Life by Amy Tan Penguin Books, $16, ISBN 978-0-14-200489-0,...

Three Things I Learned from Reading On Writing  by Stephen King Simon & Schuster, $17 ISBN 978-1-4391-5681-0, 2000 King's description of...

Three Things I Learned from Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott 1. I read this book at a snail's pace for the sole reason that I never wanted it...

Three Things I Learned from Reading (half of) Born to Run  by Bruce Springsteen Simon & Schuster, $32.50, ISBN 978-1-5011-4151-5, 20016...

Three Things I Learned from Reading Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies Pantheon Books, $23, ISBN 0-679-44240-5, 1999 Prayer doesn’t have to...

Grand Central Publishing, $25, ISBN 978-1-4555-5362-4, 2014 Reunion by Hannah Pittard is a relentless combination amusement and cynicism....

Three Things I Learned from Reading Jen Sincero’s You are a Badass Running Press, $16, ISBN 978-0-7624-4769-5, 2013 She calls gratitude...

It Ended Badly by Jennifer Wright is a fantastic, gossipy romp through 13 worst-of-the-worst breakups in history. Here’s what I learned:...

Three Things I Learned from Reading Cherry by Mary Karr Penguin Books, $14, ISBN 0-670-89274-2, 2000 1. Karr did a lot of hallucinogenic...

Three Things I Learned from Amy Poehler's Yes Please HarperCollins, $28.99, ISBN 978-0-06-226834-1, 2014 1. Poehler's insider scoop on...

Three Things I Learned from Jim Gaffigan’s Food: A Love Story Crown Archetype, $26.00, ISBN 978-0-8041-4041-6, 2014 1. If you read only...

Three Things I Learned from Augustyn Burrough’s Dry Picador, $14 ISBN 0-312-42379-9 Burrough’s misadventures in drinking and trying to...

Three Things I Learned from Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation Random House, $24, ISBN 1-4000-6314-0 Reading about the patriotism and...