Because nothing boosts happiness more than a great book, each month, I suggest:
- one outstanding book about happiness or habits
- one outstanding work of children’s or young-adult literature–I have a crazy passion for kidlit
- one eccentric pick–a widely admired and excellent book that I love, yes, but one that may not appeal to everyone
Shop at IndieBound, BN.com, or Amazon (I’m an affiliate), or your favorite local bookstore.
Or my favorite, visit the library! In fact, for my second episode of “A Little Happier” — the new 2-minute mini-episodes of my podcast I’m doing each week — I talked about how much I love going to the library. Listen here.
For all the books I choose, I love them; I’ve read most of them at least twice if not many times; and they’re widely admired. Drumroll…
A book about happiness, good habits, or human nature:
First Impressions: What You Don’t Know About How Others See You by Ann Demarais and Valerie White
Buy from IndieBound; BN.com; Amazon.
An outstanding children’s book:
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
Buy from IndieBound; BN.com; Amazon.
An eccentric pick:
Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris by Leanne Shapton
Buy from IndieBound; BN.com; Amazon.
Some readers have said that they wished that I’d describe and make the case for my book choices, instead of just providing links. I’ve noticed that many times, when someone describes a book to me, I want to read it less. And often, weirdly, the better a book is, the worse it sounds.
Nevertheless, because so many readers have requested it, I’ve decided to give a bit more context for these choices in the book-club newsletter. So if you’d like to know more about why I made these selections, check there. To get that free monthly book-club newsletter, and to make sure you don’ t miss any recommendations, sign up here.
If you read last month’s recommendations…what did you think?
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