Books For Improving Life
The U.S. is the only country in the world where people go bankrupt because of medical debt — it happens to at least 500,000 Americans every year. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Americans owed at least $220 billion in medical debt in 2024.
May these books protect you and bring you greater happiness.
Please feel free to submit book recommendations to be added to this list.
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Healing Trauma: Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment―and Your Life
Mind over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine
Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child The Heart of Parenting
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies are Turning us All into Patients
Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
The Commercial Determinants of Health
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
The Mindful Path to Self-compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
