The Book of Delights by Ross Gay, 288 pages.
This book of essays was born out of a challenge. Every day for a year, birthday to birthday, the author (a poet) wrote by hand a short essay about one of the day's delights. The essays meander through a variety of topics, but are consistently filled with a joy that's uplifting to read. This is especially impressive considering how often he also thinks of heavy topics, such as racism and grief. Overall the reading experience of this book is (if you'll excuse me for being obvious) delightful, and I think I would recommend it to pretty much anyone.
Bonus: the audiobook (which I listened to) is read by the author, which adds a lot of personality to the essays.
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