Flourishing

A collection of essays asking what makes a life worth living, rather than what makes one go wrong. Edited by Corey L. M. Keyes and Jonathan Haidt, it gathers leading psychologists on happiness, resilience, courage, play, meaningful work and close relationships.

Academic in tone and written for readers who want the research rather than the takeaway, it is one of the founding texts of positive psychology and still one of the most cited.