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Filed under: Positive Psychology, All — Senia @ 2:58 am

I gave an intro course on Positive Psychology a few days ago, and folks asked me for recommended Positive Psychology books. Here are my TOP TEN recs.

Number 1 - This is the definitive MUST READ:
Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman

Number 2 - This is where a lot of the original research came from:
Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman

Number 3 - This is like the non-textbook textbook on the field.
A Primer in Positive Psychology by Chris Peterson

Number 4 -
Flow by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi

Number 5 -
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

Number 6 -
Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar

Number 7 -
The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz

Highly recommended:

Senia,
Thanks for publishing this list! The books on your list that I have already read were outstanding and I look forward to reading the others.
Thanks again for passing them along !
Dave Wheeler

Comment by Dave Wheeler — Wednesday October 24, 2007 @ 8:49 am
Hi Senia,

This is a pretty good list. I’ve read books 1 - 4 as well as “What you can and can’t change” & “The optimistic child” by Martin Seligman.

Even though this titles aren’t directly related to positive psychology I have read and recommend the following titles:

“Self-directed behaviour” by Donald Watson & Roland Tharp,
“Between Parent and Child” by Haim Ginott and
“How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk” by Adele Farber & Elaine Mazlish.

Thanks,

Ben

Comment by Ben — Monday October 29, 2007 @ 8:02 pm
Great list, though I would put Sonja’s book at number 1.

Comment by Mal — Tuesday April 1, 2008 @ 9:29 am