1. The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
“Happiness comes from between. It comes from getting the right relationship between yourself and others, yourself and your work, and yourself and something larger than yourself.”
2. The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
“Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it is the realization that we can.”
3. The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama & Howard Cutler
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
4. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
“The days are long, but the years are short.”
5. Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman
“Use your signature strengths and virtues in the service of something much larger than you are.”
6. The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
“Happiness is within your control.”
7. The Happiness Equation by Neil Pasricha
“Want nothing + do anything = have everything.”
8. The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
“Money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think.”
9. The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
“Hygge is about giving your responsible, stressed-out, adult self a break.”
10. Happiness Is a Serious Problem by Dennis Prager
“There is a ‘missing tile syndrome’ in life. Learn to love the tiles you have.”
11. Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar
“Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning.”
12. The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu
“We grow in kindness when our kindness is tested.”
13. Flourish by Martin Seligman
“Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships, and accomplishment.”
14. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
“We are more often controlled by the imagination than by reason.”
15. 10% Happier by Dan Harris
“The pursuit of happiness becomes the source of our unhappiness.”
16. Option B by Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
“Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us.”
17. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
18. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
19. Awareness by Anthony de Mello
“The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is that of being offended.”
20. The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
“You are not your thoughts; you are aware of your thoughts.”
21. Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
“Our capacity to connect with others depends on the quality of our attention.”
22. Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
“Sometimes you need to lose everything to find the real you.”
23. Positivity by Barbara Fredrickson
“The key to resilience is trying really hard, then stopping, recovering, and then trying again.”
24. Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
“What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.”
25. Atomic Habits by James Clear
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
26. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
“Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.”
27. The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
These books blend timeless wisdom, modern research, and actionable strategies to guide you toward a happier life. Which one will you pick up first?