Apparently this is extremely popular, but The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
Also maybe The Book of Leeds: A City in Short Fiction which is an anthology featuring several authors from Leeds. This book was okay, except I had bought it specifically to read an author I had enjoyed in the past, only to find that his “short stories” were just excerpts from books that I had already read. I wouldn’t have bought it otherwise, so while the writing was fine, I’d give it a low rating for lack of transparency. :/
LMAO oh no.
The Alchemist would have been an alright fairy tale if that’s all it was. But as a self-help book it’s pretty tone deaf and at times condescending.