Looking for a heartwarming pick-me-up to reaffirm your faith in humanity? Look no further than "Upworthy Good People: Stories From the Best of Humanity" by Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell. In a world often inundated with negativity, this collection of short accounts serves as a refreshing reminder of people's inherent goodness.

From random acts of kindness to awe-inspiring displays of compassion, each story showcases the remarkable ways in which individuals have touched the lives of others. These narratives are bound to leave you with a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. "Upworthy Good People" is perfect for those moments when you need a quick dose of inspiration or a reminder of the goodness that exists in the world. Whether you choose to devour it in one sitting or savor each story slowly, this book is sure to leave you with a renewed sense of hope and appreciation for the human spirit.

Thank you to NetGalley and National Geographic for this advanced readers copy in exchange for a thoughtful review.

This book is full of heartwarming stories that bring out the best of humanity. 🥰 It’s the kind of book you can put down and return to when your heart needs a little uplift. 🩷

Once I was able to get past the absolute mess the formatting was for this I really enjoyed it. Tears of happiness. Life is hard, so it's great to have reminders of how beautiful it can be. That people are kind, generous, heroic. A wonderful book that I will reread and reread and buy for friends and family.

Admit it.

You've read the stories. You've watched the videos. We all do at some point. Life is hard. Life can be exhausting and tragic and sad and complicated and so many other things that can cause us to lose hope if we let them.

And so, when we see the good news we embrace it. When we see the stories of hope and kindness and laughter and good people? We stop and we celebrate the best of humanity.

There's perhaps no website that celebrates good people as much as Upworthy, a home for good news and good people and stories from the best of humanity.

Upworthy - Good People: Stories From the Best of Humanity is a simple, straightforward collection of these stories that made me laugh, made me cry, and made me feel a whole lot better about life at a time when I'm wrapping up cancer treatment only to find out I have kidney stones that will be one more surgery.

It's one more. It's always one more. I'm exhausted.

But this collection is a balm for the soul, a reminder of all that is good and right and wonderful in the world and a reminder of the people who give us hope along the way.

With several chapters centered around common themes - such as "It's the Little Things" and "The Kindest of Strangers" - "Good People" is an easy to read collection of short stories designed to affirm life and celebrate humanity.

If you're the kind of person who just sometimes needs a little good news to wipe away the cloudy days, this is absolutely the collection for you.