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Health & Lifestyle » Happiness

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Smile or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich

“This is a brilliant political polemic and a critique of the problematic effects of positive thinking. Ehrenreich argues, among other things, that the idea that nothing can go wrong is a terrible philosophy to adopt in the world of business.”

Oliver Burkeman, Journalist

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The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

“What makes Sonja Lyubomirsky’s book different is that it’s actually based on scientific research on what makes people happy.”

Paul Thagard, Philosopher

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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard

“So what Seligman did was give us a new approach to life, from a psychologist’s perspective. What Layard did is take happiness issues from an economist’s perspective and say, ‘Come on, if we’re so rich, which we are in the West, how come general happiness has been declining and depression rising? What’s going on? Not at an individual level, but at a country level?’ He synthesises lots of economics and sociology and religion, and psychology, too. And makes it very digestible: it’s presented in short, easy chunks.”

Jessica Pryce-Jones, Psychologist

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Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

“We tend to see ourselves as not unlike rats, creatures driven by the short-term reward centres in our brains. But what Gilbert does fantastically well is to argue that, actually, humans are better at long-term thinking than almost any other animal. A chimpanzee may strip off the leaves from a branch to make a tool to poke into a termite hole, but that chimp will never make a dozen of those tools and put them aside for next week. Yet this is exactly what humans do.”

Roman Krznaric, Philosopher

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We have a very diverse range of interviews on the general theme of happiness. The psychologist Jonathan Haidt tackles the subject straight on, as does Anthony Seldon with recommendations for books on how to be happy. Jessica Pryce-Jones looks at happiness at work and Vanessa King chooses her best books on happiness for children.

Gretchen Rubin chooses her best books on how to be happier and Emrys Westacott chooses his best books on philosophy and everyday living.  Roman Kznaric chooses his best books on the art of living.

Kieran Setiya discusses the mid-life crisis and Renata Salecl looks at misery in the modern world. Leo Hollis looks at why cities are good for you.  The experimental psychologist Elaine Fox discusses optimism and how it can be good for you if grounded in reality, while the journalist Oliver Burkeman chooses books to help you with happiness through negative thinking. He argues that “many of the techniques that claim to enable us to achieve happiness don’t work” and that “happiness is impossible to aim for directly”.  Ellen de Bruin chooses her best books on the contentment of Dutch women and happiness, arguing that they enjoy more freedom than their French sisters.

Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses his favourite books, with choices as diverse as Pilgrims Progress and Mills and Boon and explains the importance of love and why he likes a happy ending.

Paul Thagard and Jonathan Haidt both choose The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky and Haidt and Jessica Pryce-Jones both choose Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. Lyubomirsky uses tools of experimental psychology to understand what makes people happy.  As Thagard says, her findings “may not be shocking, but they’re very interesting and very useful”. Gilbert’s book looks at how humans make poor choices not only as consumers, but also in other areas of their lives. Pryce-Jones remarks, “the book is a reminder that happiness is complicated and complex and that our brains are flawed.”

    The Best Self-Help Books of 2019, recommended by Oliver Burkeman

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    The Best Self-Help Books of 2019 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

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    Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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    The Best Self-Help Books of 2019 - Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It by David Zahl

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    Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It
    by David Zahl

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    The Best Self-Help Books of 2019 - The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks

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    The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
    by David Brooks

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    The Best Self-Help Books of 2019 - In Search of Silence by Poorna Bell

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    In Search of Silence
    by Poorna Bell

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    The Best Self-Help Books of 2019 - This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom by Martin Hägglund

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    This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
    by Martin Hägglund

The Best Self-Help Books of 2019, recommended by Oliver Burkeman

The self-help genre is sometimes dismissed as simplistic or over-earnest. But, at their best, self-help books offer powerful insights into how to live. Oliver Burkeman, the Guardian columnist and author of The Antidote, recommends five of the best self-help books published in 2019.

    The best books on Happiness for Children, recommended by Vanessa King

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    The best books on Happiness for Children - Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom: A Practical Guide to Teaching Happiness by Adrian Bethune

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    Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom: A Practical Guide to Teaching Happiness
    by Adrian Bethune

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    The best books on Happiness for Children - The Strength Switch by Dr Lea Waters

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    The Strength Switch
    by Dr Lea Waters

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    The best books on Happiness for Children - War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

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    War Horse
    by Michael Morpurgo

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    The best books on Happiness for Children - Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

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    Pippi Longstocking
    by Astrid Lindgren

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    The best books on Happiness for Children - Do Nice, Be Kind, Spread Happy: Acts of Kindness for Kids by Bernadette Russell

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    Do Nice, Be Kind, Spread Happy: Acts of Kindness for Kids
    by Bernadette Russell

The best books on Happiness for Children, recommended by Vanessa King

What is happiness? Why does happiness matter? Vanessa King, lead psychologist at the charity/non-profit Action for Happiness, discusses how developing ours and our children’s happiness skills can have benefits for our own lives and for society as a whole.

    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
    by Patricia Cohen

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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
    by Doris Lessing

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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - The Information by Martin Amis

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    The Information
    by Martin Amis

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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
    by Sarah Bakewell

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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - Middle Age by Christopher Hamilton

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    Middle Age
    by Christopher Hamilton

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 Philosophy and Everyday Living, recommended by Emrys Westacott

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    The best books on Philosophy and Everyday Living - A Guide to the Good Life by William B Irvine

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    A Guide to the Good Life
    by William B Irvine

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    The best books on Philosophy and Everyday Living - The Gay Science Friedrich Nietzsche (trans. Walter Kaufmann)

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    The Gay Science
    Friedrich Nietzsche (trans. Walter Kaufmann)

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    The best books on Philosophy and Everyday Living - The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

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    The Happiness Hypothesis
    by Jonathan Haidt

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    The best books on Philosophy and Everyday Living - Middlemarch by George Eliot

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    Middlemarch
    by George Eliot

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    The best books on Philosophy and Everyday Living - The Forest People by Colin M Turnbull

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    The Forest People
    by Colin M Turnbull

The best books on Philosophy and Everyday Living, recommended by Emrys Westacott

Philosophy is sometimes assumed to be a dry, academic subject but it also has much to say about how we live, love and relate to each other. Emrys Westacott chooses the best books on philosophy and everyday living.

    The best books on The Art of Living, recommended by Roman Krznaric

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    The best books on The Art of Living - Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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    Walden
    by Henry David Thoreau

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    The best books on The Art of Living - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

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    Down and Out in Paris and London
    by George Orwell

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    The best books on The Art of Living - Out of My Life and Thought by Albert Schweitzer

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    Out of My Life and Thought
    by Albert Schweitzer

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    The best books on The Art of Living - Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

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    Man's Search for Meaning
    by Viktor Frankl

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    The best books on The Art of Living - An Intimate History of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin

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    An Intimate History of Humanity
    by Theodore Zeldin

The best books on The Art of Living, recommended by Roman Krznaric

To learn how to live well we must look to the past, says social philosopher Roman Krznaric. He recommends five books, from Thoreau to Orwell, that inspire us to live more adventurously.

    The best books on Misery in the Modern World, recommended by Renata Salecl

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    The best books on Misery in the Modern World - The New Black by Darian Leader

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    The New Black
    by Darian Leader

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    The best books on Misery in the Modern World - Bodies by Susie Orbach

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    Bodies
    by Susie Orbach

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    The best books on Misery in the Modern World - Breath by Tim Winton

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    Breath
    by Tim Winton

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    The best books on Misery in the Modern World - The Humbling by Philip Roth

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    The Humbling
    by Philip Roth

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    The best books on Misery in the Modern World - Cockroach by Rawi Hage

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    Cockroach
    by Rawi Hage

The best books on Misery in the Modern World, recommended by Renata Salecl

The Slovenian philosophy professor decries the tyranny of choice and says we now expect long life, a beautiful body, sexual and job satisfaction. But the idea that we can perfect ourselves dooms us to failure and misery

    The best books on Happiness Through Negative Thinking, recommended by Oliver Burkeman

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    The best books on Happiness Through Negative Thinking - Smile or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich

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    Smile or Die
    by Barbara Ehrenreich

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    The best books on Happiness Through Negative Thinking - Awe by Paul Pearsall

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    Awe
    by Paul Pearsall

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    The best books on Happiness Through Negative Thinking - Born Losers by Scott Sandage

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    Born Losers
    by Scott Sandage

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    The best books on Happiness Through Negative Thinking - Letters From a Stoic by Seneca

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    Letters From a Stoic
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    The best books on Happiness Through Negative Thinking - The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts

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    The Wisdom of Insecurity
    by Alan Watts

The best books on Happiness Through Negative Thinking, recommended by Oliver Burkeman

You won’t become happy by trying to achieve happiness so why not embrace the full repertoire of human emotions? Guardian columnist Oliver Burkeman recommends the best books on negative thinking.

    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You, recommended by Leo Hollis

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

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    The Death and Life of Great American Cities
    by Jane Jacobs

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson

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    Where Good Ideas Come From
    by Steven Johnson

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - Together by Richard Sennett

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    Together
    by Richard Sennett

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - Open City by Teju Cole

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    Open City
    by Teju Cole

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

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    Behind the Beautiful Forevers
    by Katherine Boo

The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You, recommended by Leo Hollis

Half of the world’s population live in cities, and more are moving in. Urbanist Leo Hollis explains how city living makes us smarter and more creative, why slums are set to grow, and what the future of the city holds.

    The best books on Optimism, recommended by Elaine Fox

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    The best books on Optimism - The Glass Half-Full by Suzanne C Segerstrom

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    The Glass Half-Full
    by Suzanne C Segerstrom

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    The best books on Optimism - The Optimism Bias by Tali Sharot

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    The Optimism Bias
    by Tali Sharot

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    The best books on Optimism - The Optimist by Laurence Shorter

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    The Optimist
    by Laurence Shorter

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    The best books on Optimism - Smile or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich

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    Smile or Die
    by Barbara Ehrenreich

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    The best books on Optimism - Always Looking Up by Michael J Fox

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    Always Looking Up
    by Michael J Fox

The best books on Optimism, recommended by Elaine Fox

The psychologist and professor of cognitive neuroscience, Elaine Fox, reveals the benefits of positive thinking—if grounded in realism. Some of us may be genetically predisposed towards pessimism, but can overcome it.

    The best books on Dutch Women (and Happiness), recommended by Ellen de Bruin

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    The best books on Dutch Women (and Happiness) - French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano

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    French Women Don’t Get Fat
    by Mireille Guiliano

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    The best books on Dutch Women (and Happiness) - Women and the Birth of Capitalism in Western Europe by Tine de Moor and Jan Luiten van Zanden

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    Women and the Birth of Capitalism in Western Europe
    by Tine de Moor and Jan Luiten van Zanden

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    The best books on Dutch Women (and Happiness) - On Blondes by Joanna Pitman

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    On Blondes
    by Joanna Pitman

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    The best books on Dutch Women (and Happiness) - The Encyclopedia of Stupidity by Matthijs van Boxsel

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    The Encyclopedia of Stupidity
    by Matthijs van Boxsel

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    The best books on Dutch Women (and Happiness) - Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

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    Freedom
    by Jonathan Franzen

The best books on Dutch Women (and Happiness), recommended by Ellen de Bruin

The Dutch science journalist takes a light-hearted look at national stereotypes: why Dutch women are happy, and what it means to be blonde. She picks the best books on Dutch women.

    The best books on How to Be Happier, recommended by Gretchen Rubin

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    The best books on How to Be Happier - The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell

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    The Life of Samuel Johnson
    by James Boswell

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    The best books on How to Be Happier - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

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    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    by Benjamin Franklin

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    The best books on How to Be Happier - Story of a Soul by Therese de Lisieux

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    Story of a Soul
    by Therese de Lisieux

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    The best books on How to Be Happier - The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

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    The Enchanted April
    by Elizabeth von Arnim

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    The best books on How to Be Happier - Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin

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    Happy All the Time
    by Laurie Colwin

The best books on How to Be Happier, recommended by Gretchen Rubin

The author who gave us The Happiness Project passes on tips for happier living, with a little help from Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin and a nun with humour on her mind.

    Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses his Favourite Books

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    Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses his Favourite Books - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos

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    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    by Anita Loos

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    Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses his Favourite Books - A Book of English Belief by Joanna M Hughes

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    A Book of English Belief
    by Joanna M Hughes

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    Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses his Favourite Books - A Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

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    A Pilgrim’s Progress
    by John Bunyan

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    Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses his Favourite Books - Dear Lady Disdain by Paula Marshall

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    Dear Lady Disdain
    by Paula Marshall

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    Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses his Favourite Books - A Year of Grace by Victor Gollancz

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    A Year of Grace
    by Victor Gollancz

Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses his Favourite Books

Rabbi Lionel Blue chooses some of his favourite books. Fans may be surprised by his choices, but one thing is key: a happy ending.

    The best books on The Meaning of Life, recommended by Paul Thagard

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    The best books on The Meaning of Life - Descartes' Error by Antonio Damasio

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    Descartes' Error
    by Antonio Damasio

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    The best books on The Meaning of Life - The Really Hard Problem by Owen Flanagan

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    The Really Hard Problem
    by Owen Flanagan

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    The best books on The Meaning of Life - The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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    The How of Happiness
    by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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    The best books on The Meaning of Life - Education’s End by Anthony T Kronman

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    Education’s End
    by Anthony T Kronman

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    The best books on The Meaning of Life - The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton

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    The Meaning of Life
    by Terry Eagleton

The best books on The Meaning of Life, recommended by Paul Thagard

Finding meaning in life is not the same as finding happiness, argues Canadian philosopher Paul Thagard. He picks the best books on the meaning of life.

    The best books on Happiness, recommended by Jonathan Haidt

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    The best books on Happiness - Dhammapada

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    Dhammapada

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    The best books on Happiness - Ambition by Gilbert Brim

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    Ambition
    by Gilbert Brim

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    The best books on Happiness - Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

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    Stumbling on Happiness
    by Daniel Gilbert

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    The best books on Happiness - The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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    The How of Happiness
    by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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    The best books on Happiness - Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich

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    Dancing in the Streets
    by Barbara Ehrenreich

The best books on Happiness, recommended by Jonathan Haidt

Most of us want to be happy, and yet it’s hard to achieve. Jonathan Haidt, psychologist and author of  the classic The Happiness Hypothesis, talks us through five books, old and new, to better understand happiness.

    The best books on Happiness at Work, recommended by Jessica Pryce-Jones

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - First, Break All the Rules by Jessica Pryce-Jones

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    First, Break All the Rules
    by Jessica Pryce-Jones

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - Authentic Happiness by Martin E P Seligman

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    Authentic Happiness
    by Martin E P Seligman

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - Happiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard

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    Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
    by Richard Layard

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

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    Stumbling on Happiness
    by Daniel Gilbert

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    The best books on Happiness at Work - The No Asshole Rule by Robert I Sutton

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    The No Asshole Rule
    by Robert I Sutton

The best books on Happiness at Work, recommended by Jessica Pryce-Jones

The CEO of iOpener, a human asset management consultancy, explains how you can increase happiness and thus productivity in the workplace. She picks five essential reads for bosses and employees.

    The best books on How To Be Happy, recommended by Anthony Seldon

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    The best books on How To Be Happy - The Sovereignty of Good by Iris Murdoch

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    The Sovereignty of Good
    by Iris Murdoch

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    The best books on How To Be Happy - Peace is the Way by Deepak Chopra

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    Peace is the Way
    by Deepak Chopra

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    The best books on How To Be Happy - The Case for God by Karen Armstrong

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    The Case for God
    by Karen Armstrong

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    The best books on How To Be Happy - A Question of Trust by Onora O’Neill

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    A Question of Trust
    by Onora O’Neill

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    The best books on How To Be Happy - Happiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard

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    Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
    by Richard Layard

The best books on How To Be Happy, recommended by Anthony Seldon

The contemporary historian and educationalist Antony Seldon discusses his selection of books on how to be happy.

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