Hunt for Happiness Week
Created by Seana Zimmer, adult services library assistant at the Hillsborough branch
We could all use a little more happiness every week, but this is the week selected by the Society of Happy People in 2001 to Hunt for Happiness. We hope this list will make your search successful!
As librarians, we know that sometimes happiness is a brand new book; here are a few “happiness books” just published in 2020:
- “Brain Wash: Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness” by David Perlmutter
- “Decorate Happy: Bold, Colorful Interiors” by Anthony Baratta
- “Do Nothing: How to Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving” by Celeste Anne Headlee“Ignite Your Light: A Sunrise-to-Moonlight Guide to Feeling Joyful, Resilient, and Lit from Within” by Jolene Hart
- “The Ikigai Journey: A Practical Guide to Finding Happiness and Purpose the Japanese Way” by Héctor García
- “Preaching Happiness: Creating a Just and Joyful World” by Ginny Sassaman
A selection from before 2020:
- “Happiness” by Paul Jenner
- “Happiness: 25 Ways to Live Joyfully Through Art” by Christophe André
- “Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill” by Matthieu Ricard
- “Happiness: A History” by Darrin M. McMahon
- “Happiness: A Philosopher’s Guide” by Frédéric Lenoir
- “Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile” by Daniel Nettle
- “Happiness and the Good Life” by Mike W. Martin
- “The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life” by Shawn Achor
- “The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work” by Shawn Achor
- “The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50” by Jonathan Rauch
- “The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything” by Neil Pasricha
- “The Happiness Hack: How to Take Charge of Your Brain and Program More Happiness Into Your Life” by Ellen Petry Leanse
- “The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think Is Right Is Wrong: A History of What Really Makes Us Happy” by Jennifer Michael Hecht
- “The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun” by Gretchen Rubin
- “The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success” by Emma Seppala
- “The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living” by Russ
- “Stumbling on Happiness” by Daniel Todd Gilbert Harris