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24 alternatives to My Brilliant Friend

A touching meditation on the nature of friendship

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My Brilliant Friend launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    An introvert's guide to friends and relationships

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A friendship that changed our minds

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Seeking happiness and making people happy

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    The story of ideas that fly

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Gary's take on leadership, social media, and self-awareness

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A guide to developing life's most important skill

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Tools for Talking When The Stakes Are High

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Tools for talking when stakes are high

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A handbook for living

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    My Life with Asperger's

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    How to find peace and purpose in a world of crazy

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    Brilliant book that questions why we do the things we do

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A take on leadership, social media, and self awareness

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A classic piece on how to write better

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    How I learned to stop worrying and let people help

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Why you have too many friends on Facebook

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    How to stop struggling and start living

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Power of Introverts in a World that can't stop talking

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A children's book about bullying and friendship.

    2015 · nourishmentnotes.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    An epic about love + friendship in the 21st century

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The classic book on communication and empathy

    2015 · dalecarnegie.com · its alternatives →

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    An insightful collection of aphorisms

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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