Read These Books and Be Inspired

What if this year, instead of tossing an easy, breezy book in your beach bag, you spent your downtime with something a little more substantive? Here, Glamour's philanthropic initiative, The Girl Project, has assembled some of our favorite, most inspiring books—we guarantee each of them will help you see the world in a whole new way.

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