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