Books about happiness

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The deepest happiness comes from full absorption in a challenging activity. The classic study of flow.

Daniel Gilbert

We're surprisingly bad at predicting what will make us happy. A witty tour of why, and what to do about it.

Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler

Conversations between the Dalai Lama and a psychiatrist about training the mind for happiness.

Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

Stop living for other people's approval. A philosophical dialogue introducing Alfred Adler's psychology.

Jonathan Haidt

A social psychologist tests ten great ideas from ancient wisdom against modern science.

Shawn Achor

Happiness fuels success, not the other way round. Seven principles from positive psychology applied to work.