14,000 Things to be Happy About
- 14,000 Things to be Happy About
Infobox Book
name = 14,000 Things to be Happy About
author = Barbara Ann Kipfer
country = United States
language = English
genre = Inspirational
publisher = Workman Publishing
pub_date = 1990
pages = 612
isbn = 978-0894803703
"14,000 things to be happy about" is a book by Barbara Ann Kipfer. It was published in 1990 by Workman Publishing.
The book consists simply of a list containing approximately 14,000 random and sometimes abstract items, apparently compiled by the author over the course of 20 years. More than one million copies of the original printing were sold, earning the book a rank of 11th, tied with "What to Expect When You're Expecting", "The PreHistory of the Far Side", and "The Language of Letting Go" on the paperback bestseller list for 1990. ["Longest-Running Paperback Bestsellers for 1990." "Publishers Weekly", January 4, 1991.] A revised version with 1,500 new entries was published in 2007.
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