The Greatest Books of All Time on Happiness

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
50 Brave New World Aldous Huxley 1932 British English
402 The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle -334 Greek Ancient greek
816 The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia Samuel Johnson, Abraham Raimbach, Robert Smirke 1759 British English
844 Civilization and Its Discontents Sigmund Freud 1930 Austrian German
1054 Letters from a Stoic Seneca 64 Roman Latin
1528 The Consolation of Philosophy Boethius 524 Roman Latin
2889 The Traveller Oliver Goldsmith 1764 Irish English
2920 Discourses Of Epictetus Epictetus -108 Greek Greek
3115 Principia Ethica George Edward Moore 1903 British English
4269 Who Can Be Happy And Free In Russia? Nikolay Nekrasov 1870 Russian Russian
4625 Blue Bird Maurice Maeterlinck 1908 Belgian French
5142 Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 American English
6190 Stumbling On Happiness Daniel Gilbert 2006 American English
6487 The Enchanted April Elizabeth von Arnim 1922 British English
6488 Happy Are The Happy Yasmina Reza 2013 French French
7003 Le Bonheur De La Nuit Hélène Bessette 1954 French French
8105 The Home Maker Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1924 American English
8568 The Joyless Economy Tibor Scitovsky 1976 American English
9857 An Essay on Man Alexander Pope 1734 British English
11517 Enchiridion Of Epictetus Epictetus 135 Greek Greek
11544 Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill 1863 British English
12733 Living, Loving And Learning Leo Buscaglia 1982 American English
14059 The Simple Life Charles Wagner 1895 French French
14519 Awakening Joy James Baraz 2010 American English
14553 The Headspace Guide To Meditation And Mindfulness Andy Puddicombe 2011 British English
14751 On The Ends Of Good And Evil Marcus Tullius Cicero 45 Roman Latin
14729 Musonius Rufus Musonius Rufus, Cynthia King -30 Mixed Greek
14984 The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck Mark Manson 2016 American English
14984 The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Haemin Sunim 2012 Korean Korean
14984 The Happiest Man On Earth Eddie Jaku 2020 Unknown English
15746 Brave New World Including Brave New World Revisited Aldous Huxley 1932 British English
15898 Happiness in Marriage Margaret Sanger 1926 American English
16570 The Wisdom Of Life And Counsels And Maxims Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 German German
17120 The Book Of Joy Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho 2016 Tibetan English
17120 10% Happier Dan Harris 2014 American English
17120 Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz 1997 Mexican English
17120 Happiness And Other Stories Mary Lavin 1969 Irish English
17120 Good Vibes, Good Life Vex King 2018 British English
16951 You Can't Take It With You George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 1936 American English
17120 How Proust Can Change Your Life Alain de Botton 1997 British English
17120 Les Goûters Philo Brigitte Labbé 1996 French French
17120 Think Like A Monk Jay Shetty 2020 British English
17120 Desiring God John Piper 1986 American English
17120 The Courage To Be Disliked Ichirō Kishimi, Fumitake Koga 2013 Japanese Japanese
17120 Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman 2021 British English
17120 The Antidote Oliver Burkeman 2012 British English
17120 Three Days Of Happiness Sugaru Miaki 2013 Japanese Japanese
17120 Learned Optimism Martin E.P. Seligman 1990 American English
17120 The Comfort Crisis Michael Easter 2021 American English
17120 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17009 Discourses And Selected Writings Epictetus 108 Greek Greek
16890 Family Happiness And Other Stories Leo Tolstoy 1973 Russian Russian
16884 The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin 1973 American English
17120 A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Mastery Of Love Don Miguel Ruiz 1999 Mexican English
16920 Von Der Kürze Des Lebens · Vom Glücklichen Leben Seneca -49 Roman Latin
17086 Aphorismen Zur Lebensweisheit Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 German German
17120 Stand Firm Svend Brinkmann Danish Danish