Advice book from different perspectives?
July 17, 2011 8:21 PM   Subscribe

Can anyone recommend some non-fiction advice books where many authors write their perspective on similar situations or difficulties in life?

Charles Grodin has a neat little book called "If I only knew then..." where he asked some 80 odd of his celebrity friends to describe the biggest mistakes they made in their career or personal lives.

It's a neat premise for a book, and it's hard to find a sub-genre for this. Essentially, it would either be one author who writes many mini case studies from his life (like Mark McCormack in "Never Wrestle with a Pig") or a collection of pieces from different people where they write about tricky or interesting moments in their lives (the more specific the better, and not in vague generalities about values, if that makes sense).

Many thanks for any help here!
posted by fantasticninety to Grab Bag (3 answers total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
There are ~200 Chicken Soup for the Soul books, compilations of essays targeting niche problems and situations (single parenthood, adopted children, cancer survivors, etc., though there are a lot of more frivolous ones like coffee drinkers and golfers). I can't attest to the quality, but it might be good to browse a few of the more serious ones online to get a feel for them.
posted by Rhaomi at 9:57 PM on July 17, 2011


Best answer: A lot of writers (Richard Powers, Tom Robbins, William S. Burroughs, Alexander Theroux, Judith Butler, William T. Vollmann, Robert Creeley, Ken Kesey, R. U. Sirius) contributed to this book: Take My Advice.
posted by mattbucher at 10:24 AM on July 18, 2011


Response by poster: Take my advice looks like a really neat book. Thanks!
posted by fantasticninety at 10:55 AM on July 18, 2011


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