Best Happiness Books - Books about Happiness

A Listmania! list by David Leonhardt "The Happy Guy" (Ontario, Canada)
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The list author says: "There are oodles of books about happiness, and many, many of them are quite good. These are just the ones that I would call exceptional - the best happiness books you can buy - that I would recommend to anyone."
Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: The 9 habits of maximum happiness
1.  Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: The 9 habits of maximum happiness by David Leonhardt
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  "Of the top 5 best happiness books, this is the most motivating and energizing.  Plus it is founded 100% on the latest psychological research, and it drew on books such as those listed below."
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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
2.  The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama
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  "Of those that take the spiritual approach, this is the best of the happiness books I have read.  The Dalai Lama offers "compassion" as the root of happiness."
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Discovering the Pathway to Fulfillment, Well-Being, and Enduring Personal Joy
3.  The Pursuit of Happiness: Discovering the Pathway to Fulfillment, Well-Being, and Enduring Personal Joy by David G. Myers
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  "Several of the best books on happiness take a scientific approach.  This is the best of the lot.  David Myers makes happiness easy to understand."
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Mary Lou Retton's Gateways To Happiness : 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life
4.  Mary Lou Retton's Gateways To Happiness : 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life by Mary Lou Retton
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  "The biggest cohort of happiness books take the feel-good, inspirational approach.  That does not make them the best books about happiness books available, Mary Lou Retton's stands above similar books."
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
5.  Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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  "Few of the best happiness books present new theories. This book suggests that people are happiest when they are so focused that time and space almost disappear."
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101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life
6.  101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life by David Riklan
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  "This is one of the best compendiums of self-help, beyond just happiness, that I own.  I refer to it frequently when looking for self-help inspiration.  I contributed one article to the book, on happiness, of course, and we are in the company of Zig Ziglar and sereval others more famous than I am."
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