By Dan Harris

The Nightline anchor, who had a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, takes readers on a rollicking ride through the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news during which he discovered a way to get happier that is truly achievable.

By Jordan B. Peterson

A renowned psychologist and cultural critic discusses the importance of clear and honest thinking and offers 12 directives for living happily and keeping out the abundant chaos and nihilism in the modern, ever–changing world.

By Gary Chapman
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian, Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian

Outlines five expressions of love—quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch—and explains how to identify and communicate effectively in a spouse's "love language."

By Steve Harvey
Recommended By Alisa Fogel, Librarian-Programming

“Counsels women on understanding the mindset of a man when it comes to relationships, covering topics such as cheating, sex, age, family, money, respect, and commitment (From the Publisher).”

Became the movie: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man.

By Paddy S. Welles

A professional psychologist offers a personal guide to forming loving, lasting relationships with the people closest to us, with a practical program of professional therapy and reflection exercises that touches on such subjects as love and sex, the requirements for building lasting love, how to end unhealthy involvements, and more.

By James Clear

A leading expert on habit formation reveals practical strategies to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

By Gretchen Craft Rubin

Presents the information about habit formation, along with strategies for breaking habits that are counterproductive and for forming good habits that enhance the quality of life and help in the attainment of life goals.

By Elizabeth Gilbert

Shares the author’s wisdom and thoughts on creativity, offering insight into inspiration and discussing the attitudes, approaches, and habits needed to live a creative life.

By Charlamagne Tha God

An instant New York Times bestseller! Charlamagne Tha God—the self–proclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and “the most important voice in hip-hop”—shares his eight principles for unlocking your God–given privilege.

By George Brescia

A leading style expert outlines a method for "conscious dressing" that explains how to pursue daily goals by using one's wardrobe choices to promote self-confidence and reflect how one wants to be perceived.

By Melody Beattie

The companion volume to Melody Beattie's Codependent No More provides exercises to help readers learn how to handle their emotions and stop getting caught up in other people's problems.

By Vin T. Sparano

A comprehensive encyclopedia for surviving the outdoor world. Includes reference on outdoor sports like boating, archery, kayaking, etc. as well as valuable skills such as fishing, hunting, and first aid.

By Michael S. Sweeney

Provides survival information from the American Red Cross, U.S. Army, Boy Scouts of America, and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Covers preparation, shelter, food, water, fire, navigation, signaling, hazards and first aid in various environments.

By Susan Allison

Author Susan Allison, a survivor of the divorce process and a clinical hypnotherapist, offers advice that motivates you to view divorce not as a failure but as a transitional time when both partners can embrace the new direction their lives are taking.

By John Cleese
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

The Monty Python comic master shares lighthearted advice on how anyone can learn the skill of creativity, drawing on whimsical personal experience to explain how to get into the right frame of mind, develop worthwhile ideas and overcome blocks.

By Cal Newport
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Argues that the world urgently needs a reduction of personal online time as part of a healthy lifestyle choice and offers a thirty-day digital declutter process that helps people feel less overwhelmed and more in control.

By Brian Tracy

An expert in personal development shows readers how to overcome the urge to procrastinate in both one’s personal and professional lives and offers twenty-one practical steps designed to end procrastination, get important tasks done, and utilize the principles and techniques of time management.

By Valerie Bertinelli
Recommended By Donna Burger, Readers' Services Librarian

The actress and TV personality returns with a look at turning 60 and learning to love herself the way she is despite a past spent judging herself too harshly.

By Justine Bateman
Recommended By Sharon Long, Assistant Library Director

Face is a book of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women's faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be "fixed." Based on "older face" experiences of the author, Justine Bateman, and those of dozens of women and men she interviewed, the book presents the reader with the many root causes for society's often negative attitudes toward women's older faces. In doing so, Bateman rejects those ingrained assumptions about the necessity of fixing older women's faces, suggesting that we move on from judging someone's worth based on the condition of her face. With impassioned prose and a laser-sharp eye, Bateman argues that a woman's confidence should grow as she ages, not be destroyed by society's misled attitude about that one square foot of skin.

By Stefan Fatsis
Recommended By Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

“…Fatsis with wry candor and hard-won empathy unveils the mind of the modern pro athlete and the workings of a storied sports franchise as no writer has before (From the Publisher).”

By Gretchen Rubin

Identifies four key personality types that shape every aspect of behavior, explaining how to gain better understanding about each personality's strengths and vulnerabilities for better decision-making, reduced stress, and more effective communication.

By Clinton Kelly
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

The style consultant and co-host of What Not to Wear shares his witty expertise on everything from the importance of tailoring and making the perfect omelet to party planning, table manners, thank-you notes, and more, with frank and funny advice on how to become fabulous in every aspect of one's life.

By Sarah Knight
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Provides a straight-talking, humorous, and helpful guide to shedding self-doubt and finding one's own path to success.

By Bob Burg

A business parable in the tradition of The One Minute Manager explains how to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment by prioritizing the needs of others, in an inspirational tale that introduces a young protagonist to five business principles as imparted by a series of mysterious teachers.

By Gretchen Rubin
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

Recounts the author's efforts to render her home a place of greater simplicity, comfort, and love, discussing how she experimented with a range of concrete resolutions and came to redefine her views about family, time, and material comforts.

By Tal Ben-Shahar

Provides a complete crash course on what happiness is and how to strive for it, based on the principles of positive psychology.

By Gretchen Craft Rubin
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

"Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project (From the Publisher)."

By Louis E. LaGrand

Grief counseling expert Dr. Louis LaGrand describes 101 tips and prescriptions to help mourners through their tragic loss.

By Marianne Power
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Offers a humorous and honest account of the author's year-long quest to remake her life using the advice from some of the best known and acclaimed self-help books.

By Beth Lisick

A lighthearted analysis of the multibillion-dollar self-help industry traces the author’s year-long experimentation with the empowerment and self-improvement philosophies of such names as John Gray, Richard Simmons, and Suze Orman.

By Sharon & David Bowers
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

Offers clear, step-by-step instructions of the domestic arts that would’ve been taught once upon a time in a Home Economics course, such as cooking, hemming a pair of pants, folding a fitted sheet, writing a thank-you note and much more.

By Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

A masterclass and look book in one, The Home Edit is filled with bright photographs and detailed tips, from placing plastic dishware in a drawer where little hands can reach to categorizing pantry items by color (there's nothing like a little ROYGBIV to soothe the soul). Above all, it's like having your best friends at your side to help you turn the chaos into calm.

By Laura Schlessinger

Arguing that values and character are the key elements to a richer and more fulfilling life, a syndicated radio host explores current trends in irresponsible behavior.

By Dale Carnegie

The classic, inspirational personal development guide provides an authoritative program for developing the basic and essential people skills that readers need to achieve maximum lifetime success.

By Dale Carnegie

Explains how to apply Carnegie's advice to a world driven by electronic communication devices, sharing advice on topics ranging from e-mail etiquette to cyber bullying.

By Kelly Cutrone

Advises readers to discover who they are and what they want and how to go out there and get it.

By Priscilla Warner

Chronicles the author's efforts to find inner peace through daily meditation and a variety of other spiritual and alternative health practices.

By Jennifer L. Scott
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

A guide to enjoying a sophisticated life in the style of a modern Parisian aristocrat shares lessons gleaned by the author while living behind Famille Chic's doors in the exclusive sixteenth arrondissement, covering such topics as grooming, dressing, and deprivation-free eating.

By Marie Kondo

Presents a guide to cleaning and organizing a living space, discussing best methods for decluttering and the impact that an organized home can have on mood and physical and mental health.

By Michelle Obama

A former first lady offers practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.

By Jason Gay
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services

A popular columnist at The Wall Street Journal offers a rulebook for experiencing life and all its inherent humor by taking note of small daily victories, ones that aren’t necessarily meaningful, but that make you feel good.

By Gary Chapman
Recommended By Isabel Zinman, Readers' Services Librarian

“Christian marriage counselor Chapman has written this guide for anyone, regardless of religious or spiritual persuasion, who wants to become loving and compassionate. Chapman focuses on seven traits-kindness, patience, forgiveness, courtesy, humility, generosity, and honesty-as foundations for loving relationships, challenging readers to develop them as habits for everyday living (From Library Journal).”

By Steve Howe

Here is a comprehensive, detailed camping how-to compiled by Backpacker field experts for anyone traveling by foot, boat, bicycle, or skis, through all kinds of terrain, year-around. Gleaned from the lifetime experiences of four Backpacker magazine field experts, this compendium of advice, checklists, suggestions, priorities, rules of thumb, and special considerations presents the best from the best. Learn how to select sites, arrange your kitchen, build a portable toilet, pitch a tent, build a fire, and leave no trace.

By Judith Martin

Offer suggestions for the right things to say in difficult situations, examples of the wrong things, ideas for conducting a conversation without giving offense, and polite ways to upbraid the rude.

By Gretchen Rubin
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian

Offers manageable steps for creating a more serene, orderly environment, which contributes to maintaining inner calm.

By Charles Duhigg
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Explains how self-control and success are largely driven by habits, and shares scientifically-based guidelines for achieving personal goals and overall well-being by adjusting specific habits.

By Brené Brown

Outlines theories about the "physics of vulnerability" to explain the role of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak in personal strength and achieving a sense of purpose.

By Volker Nolte

Successful coaches and world-class rowers come together to present the techniques, training methods and racing strategies that make rowers faster and more efficient in the water.

By Marie Kondo

Offers an illustrated guide to organizing closets, folding clothes, and minimizing clutter.

By Lauren A. Rothman

The go-to manual on how to dress for every professional occasion and a valuable resource for understanding dress codes by industry, city, and gender so that your visual cues will make a strong impact. Make a commitment to being better dressed at work with Style Bible.