The 14 Best Happiness Books of 2025
In anxious, overworked times, happiness requires intention. These 14 books offer tools for building joy, meaning, and emotional resilience.
From habits that boost joy to insights that shift perspective, these 14 books on happiness show that feeling good isn’t luck—it’s a practice.
How to Be Enough: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfectionists
Our demanding culture is silently fueling an epidemic of unhealthy perfectionism. Many people who look like they’re hitting it out of the park feel like they are striking out. Fortunately, through practices of self-acceptance, all of us with perfectionism can keep our standards high without losing our personal sense of worth. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Ellen Hendriksen, in the Next Big Idea App or view on Amazon.
The Bright Side: How Optimists Change the World, and How You Can Be One
By Sumit Paul-Choudhury
Despite evidence suggesting that the default state of humans individually is optimism for their own lives, collectively we tend to veer toward pessimism. The greatest chance our species has at overcoming global problems is by expanding our positive assumptions to the big picture. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Sumit Paul-Choudhury, in the Next Big Idea App or view on Amazon.
Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life’s Purpose
By Martha Beck
There are practical methods for halting the upward spiral of anxious panic, as well as long-term mindset shifts that replace damaging thought patterns with joy and bliss. Learning to live in a perpetual creative response to the present moment is a natural, lasting remedy for anxiety. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Martha Beck, in the Next Big Idea App or view on Amazon.
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