The Eight Main Works Our Exploration Is Centered Around:
- The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
- Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux
- The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by the Dalai Lama
- Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson
- The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Pyschology of Well Being by Daniel Hayborn -OR- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine
- Hector and the Search for Happiness by Francois Lelord
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -OR- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Other Resources (Separated by Topic Where Applicable):
General
- The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
- Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- “Bright-sided”: When Happiness Doesn’t Help by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
- When the Mind Wanders, Happiness also Strays by John Tierney Nytimes November 15, 2o1o
Economics
- What Can Economists Learn From Happiness Research? by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer
- The Economics of Happiness by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer
- Income and Happiness: Towards a Unified Theory by Richard A Easterlin
- On the Foundations of Happiness by Luis Rayo and Gary S. Becker
- Will Raising the Incomes of All the Increase Happiness of All? by Richard A. Easterlin
- “Age and Happiness: The U-bend of Life. Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older.
The Economist (December 16, 2010)
