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    The best books on Midlife Crisis, recommended by Kieran Setiya

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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age by Patricia Cohen

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    In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age
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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing

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    The Summer Before the Dark
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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - The Information by Martin Amis

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    The Information
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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell

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    How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - Middle Age by Christopher Hamilton

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    Middle Age
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The best books on Midlife Crisis, recommended by Kieran Setiya

It’s an observable phenomenon that the gap in life satisfaction between the very young and the very old with those in their 40s is equivalent to that associated with getting a divorce. Kieran Setiya, the MIT philosopher and author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, chooses the best books to counsel you through this difficult period.

    The best books on Teenage Mental Health, recommended by Rae Earl

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    The best books on Teenage Mental Health - The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger

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    The Catcher in the Rye
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    The best books on Teenage Mental Health - Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

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    Girl Interrupted
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    The best books on Teenage Mental Health - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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    The best books on Teenage Mental Health - It's a Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

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    It's a Kind of a Funny Story
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    The best books on Teenage Mental Health - The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Russell Davies

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    The Kenneth Williams Diaries
    by Russell Davies

The best books on Teenage Mental Health, recommended by Rae Earl

Every generation has its own minefield to negotiate in order to reach adulthood. Rae Earl discusses five books that explore a range of mental health issues that some teenagers may face, and many adults have faced, while on this difficult journey.

    The best books on Fear of Death, recommended by Sheldon Solomon

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    The best books on Fear of Death - The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker

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    The Denial of Death
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    The best books on Fear of Death - Escape From Evil by Ernest Becker

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    Escape From Evil
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    The best books on Fear of Death - Frankenstein (Book) by Mary Shelley

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    Frankenstein (Book)
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    The best books on Fear of Death - Existential Psychotherapy by Irvin D Yalom

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    Existential Psychotherapy
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    The best books on Fear of Death - Clock Without Hands by Carson McCullers

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    Clock Without Hands
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The best books on Fear of Death, recommended by Sheldon Solomon

Existential anxiety drives our lives but most of us are too frightened to think about it, says psychologist and author Sheldon Solomon. He chooses the best books to get a better understanding of our fear of death.

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