How To Have A Better Day:

Here’s the short list:

Here’s the long list: (as described by Maria Popova at 7 Must-Read Books on the Art and Science of Happiness):

1. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by psychology professor Jonathan Haidt 
2. Stumbling On Happiness by psychologist Daniel Gilbert 
3. The Art of Happiness by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama 
4. Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill by French scientist-turned-Buddhist-monk Matthieu Ricard
5. 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 New York Magazine writer Gretchen Rubin 
6. Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Dr. Martin Seligman, father of the thriving positive psychology movement 
7. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown, sociologist and “researcher-storyteller”