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HourLife Collection · 15 books · 85 insights

Happiness & Positive Psychology

Books about joy, optimism, fulfillment, and practical wellbeing research.

Collection Index

A shelf with an argument.

Every collection gathers books around a practical life problem. Open the title that feels closest, then let the shelf widen the frame.

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01

Susan Cain 2022

Bittersweet

The ache is not a defect. It is proof that something you love is calling you toward depth.

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Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey 2023

Build the Life You Want

The life you want is built by practicing love where your emotions are asking for attention.

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Ali Abdaal 2023

Feel-Good Productivity

The best productivity system is not the one that makes you feel like a machine. It is the one that gives your best work a better emotional climate.

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 1990

Flow

Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.

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Martin E. P. Seligman 1990

Learned Optimism

Optimism is not pretending the weather is fine. It is learning which storms are local, temporary, and survivable enough to keep walking.

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Eric Jorgenson 2020

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

A calm mind, a fit body, and a house full of love. These things cannot be bought. They must be earned.

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Oliver Burkeman 2012

The Antidote

The effort to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable.

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Dalai Lama XIV, Howard C. Cutler 1998

The Art of Happiness

Happiness is not found by escaping suffering. It is trained by meeting life with a mind that keeps choosing warmth.

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Charlie Mackesy 2019

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

What do you want to be when you grow up? Kind.

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Matt Haig 2021

The Comfort Book

It is okay to be a work in progress and a miracle at the same time.

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Robert Waldinger, Marc Schulz 2023

The Good Life

The good life is not a destination. It is the repeated practice of turning toward the people who make life worth living.

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Gretchen Rubin 2009

The Happiness Project

The days are long, but the years are short.

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Meik Wiking 2016

The Little Book of Hygge

Hygge is the art of making ordinary time feel safe, warm, and worth sharing.

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Benjamin Hoff 1982

The Tao of Pooh

The way opens when you stop trying to outsmart the forest and begin moving with your own nature.

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Mitch Albom 1997

Tuesdays with Morrie

Love each other or perish.

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