Bookshelf

Every book mentioned across the site, gathered here in one place. They’re not all “calming” reading exactly – some are dense, some are two thousand years old, one or two even argue with each other – but they’re where to go next if a page here has caught your interest and you want more than a paragraph can give you.

The list is split into four sections by the author’s surname – pick the range that covers the name you’re after. Or use the sortable table further down the page if you’d rather browse by title or author directly.

Title ⇅ Author ⇅
Humour, SeriouslyJennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas→
Journal to the SelfKathleen Adams→
Never Let GoSuzanne Alderson→
I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help!Xavier Amador→
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius→
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and BeyondJudith Beck→
The Middlepause: On Turning FiftyMarina Benjamin→
How to Be SickToni Bernhard→
The Novel CureElla Berthoud & Susan Elderkin→
The Anxiety and Phobia WorkbookEdmund Bourne→
Radical AcceptanceTara Brach→
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the SoulStuart Brown→
Four Thousand WeeksOliver Burkeman→
Feeling Good: The New Mood TherapyDavid Burns→
You Are Not a DiagnosisTanya Byron→
The Worry TrickDavid A. Carbonell→
What Doesn't Kill UsScott Carney→
Atomic HabitsJames Clear→
The Alignment ProblemBrian Christian→
The Sound BookTrevor Cox→
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal ExperienceMihaly Csikszentmihalyi→
AnchoredDeb Dana→
The New BreedKate Darling→
Emotional AgilitySusan David→
The Heart of YogaT.K.V. Desikachar→
Self-TherapyJay Earley→
The Comfort CrisisMichael Easter→
Motherless DaughtersHope Edelman→
GutGiulia Enders→
Silence: How to Find Inner Peace in a Busy WorldChristina Feldman→
TouchTiffany Field→
Tiny HabitsBJ Fogg→
Celebration of DisciplineRichard Foster→
Altered TraitsDaniel Goleman & Richard J. Davidson→
This Naked MindAnnie Grace→
The Unexpected Joy of Being SoberCatherine Gray→
Beyond BiofeedbackElmer & Alyce Green→
Mind Over MoodDennis Greenberger & Christine Padesky→
RHS Your Wellbeing GardenAlistair Griffiths & Matthew Keightley→
The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt→
10% HappierDan Harris→
The Happiness TrapRuss Harris→
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without ReligionSam Harris→
The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S.N. GoenkaWilliam Hart→
A Liberated MindSteven Hayes→
Moving On: Breaking Up Without Breaking DownSuzie Hayman→
The Scent of DesireRachel Herz→
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We EatHal Herzog→
The Wim Hof MethodWim Hof→
The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday→
The Universal SenseSeth Horowitz→
ProtocolsAndrew Huberman→
The Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam James→
Wherever You Go, There You AreJon Kabat-Zinn→
How to AgeAnne Karpf→
Loving What IsByron Katie→
Blue SpacesCatherine Kelly→
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie Kondo→
The Rise of SupermanSteven Kotler→
Listening to ProzacPeter Kramer→
Be More HumanSir Norman Lamb→
Waking the TigerPeter Levine→
This Is Your Brain on MusicDaniel Levitin→
The Orphaned AdultAlexander Levy→
Forest BathingQing Li→
Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart, and MindDavid J. Linden→
DBT Skills Training ManualMarsha Linehan→
CureJo Marchant→
Heal and Move On: Seven Steps to Recovering from a Break-UpAndrew G. Marshall→
The Mind-Gut ConnectionEmeran Mayer→
I'm Fine (But Not Really)Dr Peter Meades→
Poverty SafariDarren McGarvey→
The Humor CodePeter McGraw & Joel Warner→
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills WorkbookMatthew McKay, Jeffrey Wood & Jeffrey Brantley→
Yoga NidraRichard Miller→
Co-IntelligenceEthan Mollick→
The Myth of the Chemical CureJoanna Moncrieff→
TogetherVivek Murthy→
Self-TrackingGina Neff & Dawn Nafus→
Breath: The New Science of a Lost ArtJames Nestor→
Digital MinimalismCal Newport→
Blue MindWallace J. Nichols→
The Ritual EffectMichael Norton→
Drugs Without the Hot AirDavid Nutt→
Couch FictionPhilippa Perry→
Such Stuff as DreamsKeith Oatley→
How to Do NothingJenny Odell→
Made for Each OtherMeg Daley Olmert→
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work LessAlex Soojung-Kim Pang→
The Extended MindAnnie Murphy Paul→
Expressive Writing: Words That HealJames Pennebaker & John Evans→
How to Be a StoicMassimo Pigliucci→
How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan→
How to Break Up with Your PhoneCatherine Price→
The Power of FunCatherine Price→
Get Some HeadspaceAndy Puddicombe→
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the BrainJohn Ratey→
How to Think Like a Roman EmperorDonald Robertson→
The Cancer WhispererSophie Sabbage→
MusicophiliaOliver Sacks→
Goodbye, ThingsFumio Sasaki→
Guided Imagery for GroupsAndrew E. Schwartz→
No Bad PartsRichard Schwartz→
Getting Past Your PastFrancine Shapiro→
LifespanDavid Sinclair→
Trick or TreatmentSimon Singh & Edzard Ernst→
Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture PracticeMark Singleton→
Winter SwimmingSusanna Søberg→
Talking the Tough Stuff with TeensFiona Spargo-Mabbs→
The Well-Gardened MindSue Stuart-Smith→
Searching for NormalSami Timimi→
Deep MedicineEric Topol→
Alone TogetherSherry Turkle→
Why Losing Your Job Could Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to YouEleanor Tweddell→
The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der Kolk→
Suggestible YouErik Vance→
The Good LifeRobert Waldinger & Marc Schulz→
Why We SleepMatthew Walker→
Recovering from Redundancy: A Guide to Surviving a LayoffAdrian Warner→
Money: A User's GuideLaura Whateley→
The PTSD WorkbookMary Beth Williams & Soili Poijula→
The Nature FixFlorence Williams→
TenderPenny Wincer→
Overcoming Anticipatory AnxietySally M. Winston and Martin N. Seif→
The Sleep SolutionW. Chris Winter→
Therapy 101Jeffrey C. Wood & Minnie Wood→
The Nightmare and Sleep Disorder ToolkitCourtney Worley, Michael Nadorff & Brigitte Holzinger→
Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth LivingDimitris Xygalatas→
Staring at the SunIrvin Yalom→
Reinventing Your LifeJeffrey Young→
Hold Me TightSue Johnson→
LonelinessJohn Cacioppo→
It’s OK That You’re Not OKMegan Devine→
Grief WorksJulia Samuel→
The Paradox of ChoiceBarry Schwartz→
How to DecideAnnie Duke→
From Strength to StrengthArthur Brooks→
The 100-Year LifeLynda Gratton→
The Invisible WomanHelen Walmsley-Johnson→
This Chair RocksAshton Applewhite→
How to Fund the Life You WantRobin Powell→
Ambiguous LossPauline Boss→
With the End in MindKathryn Mannix→
The Sleep BookGuy Meadows→
Say Good Night to InsomniaGregg Jacobs→
Where Memories GoSally Magnusson→
Who CaresEmily Kenway→
The Imposter CureJessamy Hibberd→
The Secret Thoughts of Successful WomenValerie Young→
The Definitive Guide to the Perimenopause and MenopauseLouise Newson→
MenopausingDavina McCall→
The Friendship CureKate Leaver→
PlatonicMarisa Franco→
A Biography of LonelinessFay Bound Alberti→
The Lonely CityOlivia Laing→
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to YourselfKristin Neff→
The Compassionate Mind WorkbookChris Irons and Elaine Beaumont→