The best 100 Healthy Living books

Healthy Living is a crucial aspect of our well-being, encompassing physical, mental, and emotional health. Our book list delves into practical strategies and insightful tips for leading a balanced and vibrant lifestyle, making it easier to navigate the complexities of maintaining good health.

Explore our collection to discover expert advice and evidence-based approaches to boost your well-being. Start your journey to a healthier you today by diving into these enriching reads!

The best 100 Healthy Living books
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Healthy Living Books: Savor by Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung

Savor

Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung
Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
4.0 (171 ratings)
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What's Savor about?

Savor (2010) provides advice and inspiration on how to find inner peace, joy and strength – especially for those trying to sustainably lose weight – with Buddhist teachings and techniques for appreciating the richness of life in the present moment. It also draws on the latest nutritional science research on the best ways to eat and exercise, presenting readers with a holistic method for improving their physical, psychological and spiritual well-being, and thereby transforming their lives.

Who should read Savor?

  • Anyone wanting to sustainably lose weight
  • Anyone wanting more peace and happiness in everyday life

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Healthy Living Books: Eat, Move, Sleep by Tom Rath

Eat, Move, Sleep

Tom Rath
How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes
4.0 (368 ratings)
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What's Eat, Move, Sleep about?

Eat, Move, Sleep (2013) offers simple tips for improving your health and well-being in some very important ways. You don’t have to revolutionize your lifestyle to get in shape and increase your energy levels – little changes can make a big difference, and these blinks will show you how.

Who should read Eat, Move, Sleep?

  • Anyone hoping to lead a healthier lifestyle
  • Workaholics struggling to improve their work-life balance
  • People with stressful jobs and packed daily routines

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Healthy Living Books: 30 Ways to Reboot Your Body by Ben Greenfield

30 Ways to Reboot Your Body

Ben Greenfield
A Complete User Manual for Getting the Most Out of the Human Body
3.5 (517 ratings)
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What's 30 Ways to Reboot Your Body about?

30 Ways to Reboot Your Body (2015) gives you the keys to repairing and regenerating your body so you can take your health and fitness goals to the next level. These blinks explain the importance of digestive health, light exercise and solid routines. Get ready to have your ideas about diet and exercise challenged.

Who should read 30 Ways to Reboot Your Body?

  • People tired of struggling with inflammation, weight gain and fatigue
  • Anyone interested in a fitness plan backed by real science
  • Readers suspicious about crash diets and hard exercise fads

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Healthy Living Books: How Not to Die by Michael Greger and Gene Stone

How Not to Die

Michael Greger and Gene Stone
Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
4.5 (544 ratings)
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What's How Not to Die about?

How Not to Die (2015) explains how a plant-based diet can extend your life while transforming your quality of living. These blinks offer a wealth of health-boosting nutritional information and hands-on dietary advice that you won’t get from your doctor.

Who should read How Not to Die?

  • Patients diagnosed with life-threatening conditions such as heart disease and diabetes
  • Those with a family history of such conditions
  • Anyone who is overweight, tired or generally feels unwell

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Healthy Living Books: The Sleep Solution by W. Chris Winter

The Sleep Solution

W. Chris Winter
Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It
4.2 (554 ratings)
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What's The Sleep Solution about?

The Sleep Solution (2017) discusses the fundamentals of sleeping. It explains why keeping a consistent rhythm and schedule is important, and how insomnia is not a lack of sleep, but rather a result of dealing poorly with substandard sleep. You’ll learn how to improve your sleeping patterns and, as a result, improve your quality of life.

Who should read The Sleep Solution?

  • People who suffer from insomnia
  • Stressed out workers who take sleeping pills to get some rest
  • Anyone who thinks getting a good night’s sleep isn’t that important

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Healthy Living Books: The Diabetes Code by Jason Fung

The Diabetes Code

Jason Fung
Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally
4.6 (274 ratings)
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What's The Diabetes Code about?

The Diabetes Code (2018) addresses one of the western world’s most alarming health epidemics: the rise of type 2 diabetes – a disorder closely related to poor diet and obesity. But as Jason Fung shows, it can be reversed. The important thing is to figure out what works and what doesn’t. Drawing on his professional experience as well as the latest scientific data, Fung makes a powerful case for a dietary strategy to prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes that you can start implementing today.

Who should read The Diabetes Code?

  • Type 2 diabetes patients
  • Anyone battling obesity
  • Nutritional therapists and doctors

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Healthy Living Books: Do Breathe by Michael Townsend Williams

Do Breathe

Michael Townsend Williams
Calm Your Mind. Find Focus. Get Stuff Done.
4.5 (794 ratings)
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What's Do Breathe about?

Do/Breathe (2015) is a calming antidote to the stressors of contemporary life, offering a simple guide to cultivating balance, honing focus, and learning to be present. Do/Breathe takes you right back to life’s basics – like breathing, eating, and sleeping – to show how adjusting fundamental practices, habits, and mindsets can produce positive, lasting change in your life. 

Who should read Do Breathe?

  • Busy professionals who never seem to reach the end of their to-do lists
  • Dreamers whose fear holds them back from chasing their goals
  • Multitaskers who want to juggle their roles and responsibilities without losing equilibrium

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Healthy Living Books: Super Human by Dave Asprey

Super Human

Dave Asprey
The Bulletproof Plan to Age Backward and Maybe Even Live Forever
4.1 (1,962 ratings)
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What's Super Human about?

“No supplement can replicate the full spectrum of light humans need from the sun.

Super Human (2019) is a guide to the latest research in longevity. By making basic changes in your diet and adopting cutting-edge anti-aging technology, you can bypass aging for decades to come while looking as good as you feel.

Who should read Super Human?

  • Middle-aged men and women who want to age backwards
  • Young adults suffering from obesity, fatigue, or health problems associated with aging
  • Bulletproof Diet devotees

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Healthy Living Books: Breath by James Nestor

Breath

James Nestor
The New Science of a Lost Art
4.6 (961 ratings)
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What's Breath about?

Breath (2020) is the fascinating and unexpected story of the power of breathing. Western science has overlooked the amazing effects that different methods of breathing can have on our health.

Who should read Breath?

  • Fans of popular science
  • People looking for simple ways to improve their health
  • Anyone keen to learn more about something we do unconsciously.

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Healthy Living Books: When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté

When the Body Says No

Gabor Maté
The Cost of Hidden Stress
4.6 (743 ratings)
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What's When the Body Says No about?

When the Body Says No (2003) probes the hidden connections between mental health and physical illness. Modern medical science often tries to reassure us that our minds and bodies are totally separate – when, in reality, they’re deeply interconnected. Mental stresses often play out in the body as physiological diseases, disorders, and chronic conditions that endanger our health and well-being.

Who should read When the Body Says No?

  • People who have chronic health conditions or who know others who have them
  • The eternally stressed
  • Those interested in the connections between mind and body

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Healthy Living Books: Body by Science by Doug McGuff, John Little

Body by Science

Doug McGuff, John Little
A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body Building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week
4.5 (504 ratings)
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What's Body by Science about?

Body by Science (2009) is a comprehensive guide to building muscle. This handbook is driven by data, and it offers a scientifically proven approach to sculpting a fitter, firmer body. All you’ll need is a few minutes a week.

Who should read Body by Science?

  • Fitness buffs looking to optimize their routine
  • Couch potatoes eager to amp up their physical activity
  • Anyone curious about the science of building up muscle

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Healthy Living Books: Food and Nutrition by P.K. Newby

Food and Nutrition

P.K. Newby
What Everyone Needs to Know
4.0 (281 ratings)
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What's Food and Nutrition about?

Food and Nutrition (2018) looks at the science behind what we eat. Based on only the best and most thorough studies, it cuts through the noise and fads to reveal what we really know about healthy eating.

Who should read Food and Nutrition?

  • Anyone interested in what actually constitutes a healthy diet
  • Foodies who want to make better choices
  • People curious about sustainable farming

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Healthy Living Books: SuperLife by Darin Olien

SuperLife

Darin Olien
The 5 Simple Fixes That Will Make You Healthy, Fit, and Eternally Awesome
4.2 (367 ratings)
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What's SuperLife about?

SuperLife (2015) is the missing manual for your body. By outlining the five life forces fundamental to human well-being, it explains how you can harness these forces to optimize your health, feel amazing, and live long into the future.

Who should read SuperLife?

  • Future-minded people concerned about their long-term health and longevity
  • Young and middle-aged people who are suffering from premature aches and pains
  • People who want to feel their best every day

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Healthy Living Books: Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety by Drew Ramsey

Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety

Drew Ramsey
Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks
4.3 (473 ratings)
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What's Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety about?

Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety (2021) is a groundbreaking look at how nutrition can influence mental health. Based on the latest scientific information, it gives the lowdown on the mind-gut connection, inflammation, and keeping your microbiome healthy. 

Who should read Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety?

  • Those seeking a brain-boosting eating strategy
  • People craving a healthier relationship with food
  • Anyone suffering from depression or anxiety

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Healthy Living Books: Fast This Way by Dave Asprey

Fast This Way

Dave Asprey
Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be
4.5 (581 ratings)
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What's Fast This Way about?

Fast This Way (2021) is not just another book touting the benefits of fasting. Instead, it uses the most up-to-date science and the author’s years of experience to outline exactly how to sustainably fast for a long and healthy life.

Who should read Fast This Way?

  • People struggling with diet-related health problems
  • Aspiring biohackers
  • Anyone looking to up their self-discipline game

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Healthy Living Books: Exercised by Daniel E. Lieberman

Exercised

Daniel E. Lieberman
Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
4.2 (324 ratings)
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What's Exercised about?

Exercised (2020) is a cutting-edge account of physical activity, rest, and human health. Drawing on groundbreaking research in the fields of exercise science, evolutionary theory, and anthropology, it presents a unique account of the human body’s needs and abilities.

Who should read Exercised?

  • Fitness fanatics interested in a broader view of health and exercise
  • Exercise-avoiders seeking to change their ways for good
  • Amateur anthropologists and armchair doctors

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Healthy Living Books: Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood

Good Habits, Bad Habits

Wendy Wood
The Science of Making Positive Changes that Stick
4.5 (707 ratings)
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What's Good Habits, Bad Habits about?

Good Habits, Bad Habits (2019) lays out the workings of human habits, drawing on groundbreaking new research into the psychology of human behavior. Combining the insights of neuroscience and lab-based experiments, it shows how we can harness our habits to change our lives for the better.

Who should read Good Habits, Bad Habits?

  • Ambitious planners who lack follow-through
  • Serial dieters trying to change their eating habits for good
  • Anyone trying to kick a stubborn bad habit

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Healthy Living Books: Burn by Herman Pontzer

Burn

Herman Pontzer
The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
4.2 (160 ratings)
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What's Burn about?

Burn (2021) shines a light on the science behind metabolism – the way our bodies burn energy. Packed with memorable insights and facts, it draws on the latest metabolic research and delves into the evolutionary history of the human body. 

Who should read Burn?

  • Gym members wondering why they aren’t shifting more weight
  • Would-be dieters unsure of which nutritional plan to follow
  • Natural history buffs

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Healthy Living Books: The Wim Hof Method by Wim Hof

The Wim Hof Method

Wim Hof
Activate Your Full Human Potential
4.6 (331 ratings)
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What's The Wim Hof Method about?

The Wim Hof Method (2020) posits that we can overcome almost anything, from illness and depression to extreme climate conditions, by employing Wim Hof’s methods. Based on three pillars – cold, breathing, and mindset – The Wim Hof Method seeks to help you activate your full potential.

Who should read The Wim Hof Method?

  • Anyone looking to improve their general health and well-being
  • Endurance athletes and winter sport fanatics
  • Those looking for alternative remedies to illness and depression

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Healthy Living Books: Stress Less, Accomplish More by Emily Fletcher

Stress Less, Accomplish More

Emily Fletcher
Meditation for Extraordinary Performance
4.5 (477 ratings)
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What's Stress Less, Accomplish More about?

Stress Less, Accomplish More (2019) shows how meditation can help busy people accomplish more in their fast-paced lives. In recent years, science has revealed what meditators have known for millennia: this simple tool can be practiced anytime and anywhere to relieve stress, gain mental clarity, and improve performance across your life.

Who should read Stress Less, Accomplish More?

  • High achievers looking to increase productivity
  • Frustrated meditators who want to establish a regular practice
  • Meditation skeptics eager to know what all the fuss is about

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Healthy Living Books: The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter

The Comfort Crisis

Michael Easter
Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
4.4 (334 ratings)
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What's The Comfort Crisis about?

The Comfort Crisis (2021) offers a cure for the physical and mental health problems of modern-day life. It’s all about getting comfortable with discomfort, which can mean anything from roughing it in the wilderness to contemplating death.

Who should read The Comfort Crisis?

  • People feeling disillusioned with modern life
  • Restless spirits craving an Into the Wild experience
  • Anyone interested in improving their physical or mental health

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Healthy Living Books: How to Do the Work by Nicole LePera

How to Do the Work

Nicole LePera
Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
4.5 (658 ratings)
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What's How to Do the Work about?

How to Do the Work (2021) is a hands-on guide to healing our bodies and minds. The physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of our health are all interconnected. By changing how we eat and exercise, engaging in mindfulness and tackling past trauma, we can heal ourselves and transform our relationships.

Who should read How to Do the Work?

  • Spiritual seekers looking for new ways to connect with the world
  • Children of emotionally unavailable parents looking to heal past trauma
  • Anyone who’s tired of feeling sluggish and burnt out

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Healthy Living Books: Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Set Boundaries, Find Peace

Nedra Glover Tawwab
A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
4.6 (744 ratings)
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What's Set Boundaries, Find Peace about?

Set Boundaries, Find Peace (2021) lays out everything you need to know about boundaries: what they are, why you need them, and how to implement them in your life right now. By breaking down the ins and outs of setting healthy boundaries, these blinks will leave you feeling confident and empowered to finally tackle those thorny conversations that you’ve been avoiding for so long.

Who should read Set Boundaries, Find Peace?

  • People-pleasers who don’t know how to say no
  • Couples that have trouble communicating
  • Anyone who finds setting boundaries especially difficult

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Healthy Living Books: Love People, Use Things by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus

Love People, Use Things

Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus
Because the Opposite Never Works
4.4 (495 ratings)
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What's Love People, Use Things about?

Love People, Use Things (2021) is a manifesto extolling the pleasures of minimalism. This primer explains why living with fewer things can lead to less clutter and more fulfilling relationships.

Who should read Love People, Use Things?

  • Budding hoarders looking to cut back
  • Thrifty savers seeking tips on light living
  • Anyone interested in the practice of minimalism

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Healthy Living Books: Biohack Your Brain by Kristen Willeumier

Biohack Your Brain

Kristen Willeumier
How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance and Power
4.6 (1,156 ratings)
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What's Biohack Your Brain about?

Biohack Your Brain (2020) is a guide to caring for your most essential organ – the brain. Drawing on the latest neuroscientific research, it’s packed with actionable advice on everything from optimizing your diet for brain health to stimulating your gray cells and beating stress. Along the way, it sheds light on how you can start protecting yourself against cognitive diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Who should read Biohack Your Brain?

  • Thinkers and tinkerers
  • The stressed and anxious 
  • Self-improvers

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Healthy Living Books: Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

Intuitive Eating

Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach
4.3 (318 ratings)
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What's Intuitive Eating about?

Intuitive Eating (2012) has two aims: to expose the broken promises of the diet industry and to lay the foundations for a saner approach to healthy eating. It argues that we shouldn’t blindly accept the often screwy constraints of faddish diets – instead, we’d be much better off listening to our own bodies. Unlike our minds, which are far too receptive to irrational ideas about food, our bodies intuitively know what’s best for us. 

Who should read Intuitive Eating?

  • Would-be slimmers tired of always feeling hungry
  • Gastronomes seeking a healthier relationship with what they eat
  • Nutritionists and doctors interested in alternatives to traditional diets

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Healthy Living Books: Brain Food by Lisa Mosconi

Brain Food

Lisa Mosconi
How to Eat Smart and Sharpen Your Mind
4.6 (725 ratings)
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What's Brain Food about?

Brain Food (2018) highlights the role nutrition plays in your brain’s health. It explores the incredible brain-gut connection and reveals exactly what to eat and drink to maximize your cognitive power and prevent stress, dementia, and memory loss.

Who should read Brain Food?

  • People who want to transform sluggish minds into sharpshooters
  • Health nuts seeking simple hacks to achieve long-term well-being
  • Those who feel their brains could use a little TLC

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Healthy Living Books: The Expectation Effect by David Robson

The Expectation Effect

David Robson
How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
4.6 (1,100 ratings)
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What's The Expectation Effect about?

The Expectation Effect (2022) explores the connection between our minds, our bodies, and our outcomes. It explores how our expectations can form our realities, and reveals the extent to which self-fulfilling prophecies shape our lives.

Who should read The Expectation Effect?

  • Anyone struggling with a negative mindset
  • Psychology buffs looking for a fresh perspective
  • Health and wellness fans wanting new insights

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Healthy Living Books: How to Meet Your Self by Nicole LePera

How to Meet Your Self

Nicole LePera
The Workbook for Self-Discovery
4.2 (246 ratings)
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What's How to Meet Your Self about?

How to Meet Your Self (2022) is a practical guide to self-discovery. These simple exercises can help you to become more conscious, and more in touch with your own body and emotions, ultimately allowing you to discover your true self.

Who should read How to Meet Your Self?

  • Self seekers
  • People who feel stuck on autopilot
  • Anyone who’s unhappy and doesn’t know why

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Healthy Living Books: Million Dollar Habits by Brian Tracy

Million Dollar Habits

Brian Tracy
Proven Power Practices to Double and Triple Your Income
4.4 (1,555 ratings)
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What's Million Dollar Habits about?

Million Dollar Habits (2017) is the manual to your brain and your life that you never got in school. It explains the “secrets” of success and what you need to do to unlock your full potential.

Who should read Million Dollar Habits?

  • Millionaire wannabes
  • Couch potatoes looking to get fit and healthy 
  • People who want to develop great relationships

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Healthy Living Books: Why We Eat (Too Much) by Andrew Jenkinson

Why We Eat (Too Much)

Andrew Jenkinson
The New Science of Appetite
4.1 (219 ratings)
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What's Why We Eat (Too Much) about?

Why We Eat (Too Much) (2021) illuminates the new science of metabolism. An exploration of how our bodies process the calories we eat into the fuel that keeps our cells running, it demolishes old myths about the value of dieting. When we really understand appetite, it argues, we can finally begin eating healthfully rather than attempting to starve our bodies into submission. 

Who should read Why We Eat (Too Much)?

  • Frustrated dieters 
  • Science lovers 
  • Sugar addicts

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Healthy Living Books: Master Your Core by Bohdanna Zazulak

Master Your Core

Bohdanna Zazulak
A Science-Based Guide to Achieve Peak Performance and Resilience to Injury
4.3 (461 ratings)
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What's Master Your Core about?

Master Your Core (2021) provides a holistic overview of how strengthening your core can directly boost your athletic performance and mood while reducing injuries. It offers a scientific explanation of “core stability” and includes breathing, stretching, and dynamic exercises to train your core muscles and improve your overall health.

Who should read Master Your Core?

  • Desk workers who want to improve their posture and mood
  • Injury-adverse athletes looking to boost strength and power
  • Anyone craving sculpted abs with a side of mental well-being

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Healthy Living Books: Evolve Your Brain by Joe Dispenza

Evolve Your Brain

Joe Dispenza
The Science of Changing Your Mind
4.6 (789 ratings)
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What's Evolve Your Brain about?

Evolve Your Brain (2007) dives deep into the human brain and its structures. It demonstrates the power of neuroplasticity to change thinking, behavior, and biology.

Who should read Evolve Your Brain?

  • Curious minds who are, well, curious about their minds
  • Self-help fans seeking brain-based advice on achieving their goals
  • Anyone with a brain wondering why it didn’t come with an owner’s manual

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Healthy Living Books: Eat It! by Jordan Syatt and Michael Vacanti

Eat It!

Jordan Syatt and Michael Vacanti
The Most Sustainable Diet and Workout Ever Made: Burn Fat, Get Strong, and Enjoy Your Favorite Foods Guilt Free
4.5 (617 ratings)
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What's Eat It! about?

Eat It! (2022) offers a sensible, fact-based and reassuring weight-loss program for those of us who are tired of chasing the latest diet trends. You’ll find sound advice and a guilt-free approach to shedding pounds and eating sensibly.

Who should read Eat It!?

  • Anyone trying to lose weight
  • People who’d like a healthier relationship with food
  • Health-conscious individuals

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Healthy Living Books: Outlive by Peter Attia, with Bill Gifford

Outlive

Peter Attia, with Bill Gifford
The Science and Art of Longevity
4.3 (1,428 ratings)
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What's Outlive about?

Outlive (2023) is a comprehensive guide to living a longer, healthier, and more fulfilling life. Drawing on cutting-edge science and practical advice, it empowers you to optimize your exercise, nutrition, sleep, and emotional health for maximum longevity.

Who should read Outlive?

  • Individuals seeking a healthier, longer life
  • Fitness enthusiasts wanting well-rounded advice
  • Anyone interested in optimizing mental well-being

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Healthy Living Books: Eat to Beat Your Diet by William W. Li

Eat to Beat Your Diet

William W. Li
Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer
4.2 (93 ratings)
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What's Eat to Beat Your Diet about?

Eat to Beat Your Diet (2023) is a science-backed guide to healthy weight loss and disease-free living. It reveals surprising links between fat, metabolism, and certain nutrients, showing that eating more of the most beneficial foods is actually the path to increased health and happiness.

Who should read Eat to Beat Your Diet?

  • Those who want to lose weight
  • People looking to stave off chronic disease naturally 
  • Health-conscious foodies

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Healthy Living Books: Young Forever by Mark Hyman

Young Forever

Mark Hyman
The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
4.5 (395 ratings)
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What's Young Forever about?

Forever Young (2023) challenges the notion that poor health associated with aging is an inevitable part of life. Instead, it provides a roadmap to not only live longer but to enjoy good health until death.

Who should read Young Forever?

  • Young people wanting to set themselves up for a long, healthy life
  • Older people looking to reverse the aging process
  • Those suffering from disease who want to improve their well-being

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Healthy Living Books: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Dr. Daniel G. Amen

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Dr. Daniel G. Amen
The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
4.0 (498 ratings)
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What's Change Your Brain, Change Your Life about?

Unlock your brain's full potential with cutting-edge techniques and personalized brain health approaches detailed in this revised and updated version of the original Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (1999) by Dr. Daniel G. Amen.

Who should read Change Your Brain, Change Your Life?

  • All brain owners
  • Brainiacs seeking to enhance their mind powers
  • Health-conscious people wanting better knowledge of brain health

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Healthy Living Books: Built to Move by Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett

Built to Move

Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett
The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully
4.6 (367 ratings)
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What's Built to Move about?

Built to Move (2023) is your ultimate guide to building a better, healthier, more functional body. The concept is simple – it provides a handful of simple tests to assess your movement, and a handful of easy-to-follow routines to improve it. Utilizing the latest insights of mobility, sleep, and nutrition science, you’ll learn to keep your body and mind as fit as possible with minimal effort – no matter if you’re a couch potato or a world class athlete. 

Who should read Built to Move?

  • Couch potatoes looking for a minimal movement practice to stay healthy
  • Professional athletes looking to keep their body as fit as possible 
  • Anyone who wants to move better and without pain 

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Healthy Living Books: Retrain Your Brain by Seth J. Gillihan

Retrain Your Brain

Seth J. Gillihan
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks
4.3 (740 ratings)
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What's Retrain Your Brain about?

Retrain Your Brain (2016) is all about learning practical strategies to break free from negative thought patterns and cultivate a more positive, fulfilling life. Whether you're struggling with anxiety or depression, or just want to improve your overall mental well-being, this guide is a valuable resource for retraining your brain and becoming your best self.

Who should read Retrain Your Brain?

  • Anyone suffering from depression, anxiety, or low mood
  • Life hackers looking for tools to enhance emotional well-being
  • Curious minds interested in the science behind cognitive behavioral therapy

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Healthy Living Books: The 12-week Fitness Project by Rujuta Diwekar

The 12-week Fitness Project

Rujuta Diwekar
4.1 (309 ratings)
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What's The 12-week Fitness Project about?

The 12-week Fitness Project (2021) offers an alternative to restrictive diets that addresses health beyond the scale, creating sustainable change that draws on time-tested wisdom to improve overall well-being.

Who should read The 12-week Fitness Project?

  • Frustrated dieters wondering why restriction seems to work against them
  • Wellness seekers looking for better sleep, more energy and better digestion
  • Those looking to incorporate more variety in their diets while creating sustainable lifestyle change

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Healthy Living Books: The Joy of Saying No by Natalie Lue

The Joy of Saying No

Natalie Lue
A Simple Plan to Stop People-Pleasing, Reclaim Your Boundaries, and Say Yes to the Life You Want
4.1 (187 ratings)
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What's The Joy of Saying No about?

The Joy of Saying No (2022) is a practical guide for people pleasers. It explains what people pleasing is, why it impacts well-being, the different ways it manifests in behaviors, and how it can be overcome, so that people can live more authentically.

Who should read The Joy of Saying No?

  • Life-long people pleasers 
  • Individuals who struggle to say no or set healthy boundaries
  • People aged 20 to 80, who were raised in the Age of Obedience

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Healthy Living Books: The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown

The Oxygen Advantage

Patrick McKeown
The Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques for a Healthier, Slimmer, Faster and Fitter You
4.3 (343 ratings)
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What's The Oxygen Advantage about?

The Oxygen Advantage (2015) reveals how simple breath control can unlock untapped power to improve fitness, focus, and overall well-being. 

Who should read The Oxygen Advantage?

  • Athletes or fitness enthusiasts looking to gain an edge in endurance, performance, and workout recovery
  • Those interested in boosting concentration, mental clarity, and accessing meditative states through breathing
  • People looking for holistic health approaches rooted in evolutionary biology and ancestral lifestyles

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Healthy Living Books: Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness for Beginners

Jon Kabat-Zinn
Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life
4.4 (113 ratings)
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What's Mindfulness for Beginners about?

Mindfulness for Beginners (2016) teaches wholeness and contentment are qualities present within each of us, accessible through mindful awareness. It serves as both a practical guide to and philosophical exploration of mindfulness.

Who should read Mindfulness for Beginners?

  • Overthinkers who want to step back from unproductive thought patterns
  • Self-critics ready to develop a kind relationship with themselves
  • Stressed-out professionals who want to replenish themselves by finding inner peace

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Healthy Living Books: How Not to Age by Michael Greger

How Not to Age

Michael Greger
The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
4.1 (455 ratings)
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What's How Not to Age about?

How Not to Age (2021) delves into the scientific understanding of the aging process, exploring biological mechanisms and lifestyle choices that can influence longevity and vitality. It offers a comprehensive look at research-based strategies, from diet and exercise to sleep and stress management, to slow down aging and improve overall health. Get practical advice, debunk the myths, and discover effective, scientifically grounded approaches to aging well.

Who should read How Not to Age?

  • Health enthusiasts 
  • People who plan to live past 100
  • Anyone curious about separating myth from fact in the anti-aging industry

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Healthy Living Books: How to Be the Love You Seek by Nicole LePera

How to Be the Love You Seek

Nicole LePera
Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships
4.1 (123 ratings)
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What's How to Be the Love You Seek about?

How to Be the Love You Seek (2023) is part candid memoir, part practical manual to improving your romantic relationships. Supported by personal experience and patient case studies, it argues that deep inner work is the essential prerequisite to secure, loving outer relationships – and outlines the process to make this transformation possible. 

Who should read How to Be the Love You Seek?

  • Anyone looking to improve their romantic relationship(s) 
  • Individuals committed to moving past old wounds and trauma 
  • People interested in self-development and personal growth 

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Healthy Living Books: Dopamine Detox by Thibaut Meurisse

Dopamine Detox

Thibaut Meurisse
A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things
4.3 (689 ratings)
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What's Dopamine Detox about?

Dopamine Detox (2020) is a concise guide that addresses a prevalent issue in today's distraction-filled world, offering you practical strategies to overcome procrastination and enhance focus. It reveals the impact of excessive dopamine stimulation on your ability to concentrate and tackle demanding tasks. Through a step-by-step approach, it empowers you to implement a dopamine detox in just 48 hours, enabling you to regain control over your attention and pursue your goals with renewed clarity.

Who should read Dopamine Detox?

  • Chronic procrastinators
  • Goal-setters struggling to find motivation
  • Professionals seeking enhanced productivity methods

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Healthy Living Books: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Olivia Telford

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Olivia Telford
Simple Techniques to Instantly Be Happier, Find Inner Peace, and Improve Your Life
4.5 (332 ratings)
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What's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy about?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (2020) explores a range of mental health topics, including managing anxiety, overcoming guilt, handling addiction, and integrating mindfulness into your daily life. Filled with practical tips, exercises, and real-world examples, it offers a user-friendly approach to enhancing mental well-being.

Who should read Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

  • Anyone who has experienced depression or anxiety
  • People interested in mental health disorders and solutions
  • Psychology students exploring therapeutic techniques

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Healthy Living Books: Quantum Body by Deepak Chopra, MD., Jack Tuszynski, PhD & Brian Fertig, MD

Quantum Body

Deepak Chopra, MD., Jack Tuszynski, PhD & Brian Fertig, MD
The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life
3.0 (88 ratings)
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What's Quantum Body about?

Quantum Body (2023) presents a groundbreaking exploration of health and well-being, delving into the intricate relationship between quantum science and our physical existence. It introduces the concept of the quantum body, an infinite, subatomic entity that profoundly influences your physical and mental state and health, yet frequently goes unrecognized.

Who should read Quantum Body?

  • Health enthusiasts interested in quantum science
  • Anyone exploring nontraditional health approaches
  • Fans of Deepak Chopra's work

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Healthy Living Books: Zero Sugar / One Month by Becky Gillaspy

Zero Sugar / One Month

Becky Gillaspy
Reduce Cravings - Reset Metabolism - Lose Weight - Lower Blood Sugar
3.5 (274 ratings)
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What's Zero Sugar / One Month about?

Zero Sugar / One Month (2024) is a roadmap aimed at helping individuals eliminate sugar from their diet to achieve long-term health. It provides actionable advice, including guides on what to eat, how to resist temptation, and a day-by-day timeline of what to expect – along with motivational anecdotes and tips to navigate emotional challenges and build confidence throughout the 30-day journey. 

Who should read Zero Sugar / One Month?

  • Individuals looking to reduce their sugar intake for weight loss or health reasons 
  • Health-conscious folks seeking a structured, time-bound nutrition challenge 
  • Anyone curious about sugar’s impact on their health and well-being

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Healthy Living Books: Little Treatments, Big Effects by Jessica Schleider

Little Treatments, Big Effects

Jessica Schleider
How to Build Meaningful Moments That Can Transform Your Mental Health
2.9 (52 ratings)
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What's Little Treatments, Big Effects about?

Little Treatments, Big Effects (2023) addresses the widespread issue of unmet psychological needs and introduces single-session interventions as a novel complement to traditional approaches. It argues for systemic changes in mental health care and demonstrates how these brief interventions can create significant impacts.

Who should read Little Treatments, Big Effects?

  • Individuals seeking accessible mental health care solutions
  • Mental health professionals interested in brief intervention strategies
  • Caregivers looking for quick, effective ways to psychologically support youth

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Healthy Living Books: Languishing by Corey Keyes

Languishing

Corey Keyes
How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
4.4 (198 ratings)
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What's Languishing about?

Languishing (2024) delves into the often-overlooked state between mental well-being and mental illness: languishing. It offers a comprehensive analysis of how individuals can find themselves stuck in this state of stagnation and emptiness and presents a compelling guide for recognizing and addressing this state. Through an exploration of strategies for enhancing well-being, it empowers readers to transform their mental health landscape, advocating for a proactive approach to emotional and psychological resilience.

Who should read Languishing?

  • Individuals experiencing burnout or feeling overwhelmed by life
  • Wellness and life coaches
  • Anyone curious about or looking to improve their mental well-being

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Healthy Living Books: Stress Resets by Jennifer L. Taitz

Stress Resets

Jennifer L. Taitz
How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes
4.4 (181 ratings)
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What's Stress Resets about?

Stress Resets (2024) offers a plethora of quick and scientifically validated methods for managing stress. It introduces you to effective exercises that promise to ease your stress quickly without intensive meditation, medications, or alcohol. Through practical tips and exercises, it teaches you to regulate your emotions and build resilience, fundamentally changing how you perceive and handle stress.

Who should read Stress Resets?

  • Busy professionals looking to enhance their stress management skills
  • Stressed students needing focus and anxiety relief
  • Overwhelmed parents seeking emotional balance

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Healthy Living Books: You, Happier by Daniel G. Amen, MD

You, Happier

Daniel G. Amen, MD
The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type
4.5 (338 ratings)
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What's You, Happier about?

You, Happier (2024) is a guide to achieving lasting happiness and well-being by understanding and adapting to your own specific brain type. Packed with practical strategies and science-backed insights, it offers a roadmap to improving brain health and unlocking the keys to feeling good, both mentally and physically.

Who should read You, Happier?

  • People struggling with anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenges
  • Health-conscious individuals looking to improve their overall well-being
  • Anyone seeking practical strategies to boost happiness, resilience, and life satisfaction

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Healthy Living Books: The Hunger Habit by Judson Brewer

The Hunger Habit

Judson Brewer
Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop
4.4 (241 ratings)
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What's The Hunger Habit about?

The Hunger Habit (2024) explores the psychological aspects of why we eat beyond our basic energy needs. Delving into how emotional hunger leads to unhealthy eating habits, it offers mindfulness strategies to manage cravings and develop a healthier relationship with food.

Who should read The Hunger Habit?

  • Individuals struggling with emotional and habitual eating
  • Mindfulness practitioners seeking dietary behavior change
  • Health enthusiasts skeptical of fad diets

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Healthy Living Books: Good Energy by Casey Means

Good Energy

Casey Means
The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
4.2 (404 ratings)
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What's Good Energy about?

Good Energy (2024) explores the connection between metabolism and a wide range of health conditions, from depression to heart disease and cancer. These diverse ailments, it argues, can often be traced back to the same underlying issue: metabolic dysfunction. The upshot? One of the best things you can do for your health is to boost your metabolism – and that’s much simpler than you think. 

Who should read Good Energy?

  • Individuals exploring metabolic health improvement
  • Readers facing chronic health conditions
  • Health-conscious, proactive lifestyle seekers

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Healthy Living Books: What It Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill

What It Takes to Heal

Prentis Hemphill
How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
3.8 (84 ratings)
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What's What It Takes to Heal about?

What It Takes to Heal (2024) explores the interconnected nature of personal and collective healing, drawing on the author’s experiences as a therapist, facilitator, and social justice advocate. It offers insights into how trauma manifests in individuals and communities, emphasizing the importance of understanding your own healing journey in relation to broader societal issues. Through a blend of personal anecdotes, practical exercises, and philosophical reflections, it provides a roadmap for cultivating resilience, compassion, and transformative change.

Who should read What It Takes to Heal?

  • Self-help enthusiasts and mindfulness practitioners
  • Social justice activists and organizers
  • Community leaders and educators

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Healthy Living Books: The Anatomy of Anxiety by Ellen Vora

The Anatomy of Anxiety

Ellen Vora
Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response
4.0 (215 ratings)
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What's The Anatomy of Anxiety about?

The Anatomy of Anxiety (2022) challenges the conventional view that anxiety is solely a mental disorder. It proposes that many forms of anxiety originate from bodily imbalances rather than troubled thoughts. It offers actionable strategies for managing anxiety through lifestyle and diet adjustments, while also suggesting that some forms of anxiety can serve as helpful signals for achieving a more balanced life.

Who should read The Anatomy of Anxiety?

  • Individuals struggling with chronic anxiety
  • Highly sensitive people seeking to understand and embrace their nature
  • Anyone looking to deepen their self-awareness and personal growth journey

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Healthy Living Books: Blind Spots by Marty Makary

Blind Spots

Marty Makary
When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health
4.3 (85 ratings)
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What's Blind Spots about?

Blind Spots (2024) examines how modern medicine sometimes gets crucial issues wrong, leading to widespread public harm. It explores the consequences of medical groupthink, highlighting failures like the opioid crisis and misguided dietary advice, while advocating for a more transparent and evidence-based healthcare system. Through critical topics such as nutrition, childbirth, and the microbiome, it sheds light on the gaps in medical knowledge that continue to affect patient outcomes

Who should read Blind Spots?

  • Healthcare professionals seeking to improve patient-centered care approaches
  • Medical students interested in understanding systemic issues in healthcare
  • Anyone curious about healthcare costs and reform efforts

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Healthy Living Books: Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain by Partha Nandi

Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain

Partha Nandi
Five Pillars for Gut Health and Cognitive Optimization
4.4 (318 ratings)
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What's Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain about?

Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain (2024) delves into the vital connection between gut health and cognitive function, illustrating how a balanced gut microbiome can help prevent mental decline and neurodegenerative diseases. It offers a holistic wellness approach rooted in nutrition, physical activity, and fostering a sense of community.

Who should read Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain?

  • Health-conscious individuals seeking to improve gut and brain connection
  • Those concerned about preventing mental decline or neurodegenerative diseases
  • Readers exploring holistic approaches to nutrition and overall wellness

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Healthy Living Books: Tell Yourself a Better Lie by Marisa Peer

Tell Yourself a Better Lie

Marisa Peer
Use the Power of Rapid Transformational Therapy to Edit Your Story and Rewrite Your Life.
3.4 (95 ratings)
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What's Tell Yourself a Better Lie about?

Tell Yourself a Better Lie (2021) explores how the stories we tell ourselves shape our reality, and offers strategies to reframe negative beliefs into empowering ones. Through practical tools and case studies, you’ll learn to identify and transform self-limiting thoughts – and take steps toward personal growth and emotional well-being. 

Who should read Tell Yourself a Better Lie?

  • Self-improvement enthusiasts seeking to overcome self-limiting beliefs
  • Ambitious professionals looking to boost confidence and resilience
  • Anyone struggling with persistent negative self-talk or doubt

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Healthy Living Books: Life Time by Russell G. Foster

Life Time

Russell G. Foster
Your Body Clock and Its Essential Roles in Good Health and Sleep
4.5 (33 ratings)
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What's Life Time about?

Life Time (2022) reveals how your body’s 24-hour biological clock shapes your health, sleep, and mental performance. Through groundbreaking research in circadian science, you’ll discover how simple timing adjustments can dramatically improve immunity, sharpen thinking, and prevent disease. Armed with this revolutionary understanding of daily rhythms, you’ll learn to optimize every hour for better health and longevity.

Who should read Life Time?

  • Insomniacs searching for science-based solutions to sleep better
  • Working professionals trying to optimize their daily performance rhythms
  • Health-conscious individuals interested in preventing disease through lifestyle timing

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Healthy Living Books: Sleep Drink Breathe by Michael Breus

Sleep Drink Breathe

Michael Breus
Simple Daily Habits for Profound Long-Term Health
4.2 (231 ratings)
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What's Sleep Drink Breathe about?

Sleep Drink Breathe (2024) presents a straightforward approach to transforming health and wellness through three fundamental biological behaviors. It explains how making simple adjustments to sleeping, hydrating, and breathing can dramatically improve energy, stress levels, and cognitive function in a matter of weeks.

Who should read Sleep Drink Breathe?

  • Health-conscious people seeking science-backed fundamentals
  • Consumers seeking effective alternatives to expensive health products
  • Anyone dealing with sleep issues, fatigue, or stress

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Healthy Living Books: The Longevity Formula by Avanti Kumar-Singh

The Longevity Formula

Avanti Kumar-Singh
Ayurvedic Principles to Reduce Inflammation, Increase Cellular Repair, and Live with Vitality
4.0 (140 ratings)
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What's The Longevity Formula about?

The Longevity Formula (2024) explores holistic practices and personalized strategies for enhancing longevity, blending ancestral wisdom with contemporary medical insights. Underscoring the importance of synchronizing your circadian rhythm, balancing your gut microbiome, and stimulating your vagus nerve, it offers a path to optimizing your health span and life span. 

Who should read The Longevity Formula?

  • Adults seeking to enhance vitality 
  • Healthcare practitioners exploring integrative approaches 
  • Anyone curious about Ayurveda 

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Healthy Living Books: The Baby Book by William Sears

The Baby Book

William Sears
Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two
4.6 (7 ratings)
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What's The Baby Book about?

The Baby Book (1993) is a comprehensive guide to infant and toddler care, emphasizing a nurturing, responsive approach known as attachment parenting. It covers topics like breastfeeding, co-sleeping, babywearing, and understanding a child’s cues to foster a strong parent-child bond. With practical advice and medical insights, it encourages parents to trust their instincts and create a loving, supportive environment for their baby’s development.

Who should read The Baby Book?

  • New parents seeking guidance on infant care
  • Breastfeeding mothers looking for expert advice and support
  • Anyone wanting a broader perspective on caring for babies and young children

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Healthy Living Books: The End of Alzheimer's Program by Dale Bredesen

The End of Alzheimer's Program

Dale Bredesen
The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age
4.3 (59 ratings)
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What's The End of Alzheimer's Program about?

The End of Alzheimer's Program (2020) provides a step-by-step plan to protect – and even restore – cognitive health. It uncovers hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s, such as inflammation, toxins, and insulin resistance, and offers practical strategies to address them. Through a targeted approach that includes diet, sleep, exercise, and personalized interventions, this program empowers you to take control of your brain health and enhance mental clarity.

Who should read The End of Alzheimer's Program?

  • Caregivers and families of patients with Alzheimer’s
  • Individuals concerned about brain health and longevity
  • Medical professionals and researchers studying cognitive decline

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Healthy Living Books: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker
The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
4.5 (124 ratings)
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What's Why We Sleep about?

Why We Sleep (2017) examines the essential role sleep plays in nearly every facet of our physical and mental well-being. Drawing on decades of scientific research, it reveals how sleep strengthens memory, supports learning, bolsters the immune system, and regulates emotions. Building on these insights, it offers thoughtful solutions that challenge modern attitudes toward rest, paving the way for a healthier and more productive future.

Who should read Why We Sleep?

  • Anyone skeptical about the importance of sleep
  • People with insomnia
  • Dreamers curious about what happens in slumberland

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Healthy Living Books: The Ageless Brain by Dale E. Bredesen

The Ageless Brain

Dale E. Bredesen
How to Sharpen and Protect Your Mind for a Lifetime
4.3 (331 ratings)
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What's The Ageless Brain about?

The Ageless Brain (2025) presents a comprehensive approach to preventing and reversing cognitive decline. Through diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes, it integrates cutting-edge neuroscience with practical strategies aimed at maintaining and enhancing brain health throughout one's life. 

Who should read The Ageless Brain?

  • People of any age who want to prevent cognitive decline
  • Caregivers of those with memory loss or Alzheimer’s
  • Anyone who wants to improve their overall brain health and longevity

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Healthy Living Books: The Stress Paradox by Sharon Horesh Bergquist

The Stress Paradox

Sharon Horesh Bergquist
Why You Need Stress to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier
4.5 (68 ratings)
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What's The Stress Paradox about?

The Stress Paradox (2025) flips the script on how we think about pressure, showing that the very thing we try to avoid might actually help us grow stronger, smarter, and more resilient. What if stress isn’t your enemy, but your hidden superpower? Find out how stepping outside your comfort zone might be the best thing you can do for your health and wellbeing. 

Who should read The Stress Paradox?

  • Health and wellness enthusiasts
  • Therapists, coaches, and fitness gurus
  • Anyone interested in strengthening themselves

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Healthy Living Books: Taming the Molecule of More by Michael E. Long

Taming the Molecule of More

Michael E. Long
A Step-by-Step Guide to Make Dopamine Work for You
4.3 (73 ratings)
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What's Taming the Molecule of More about?

Taming the Molecule of More (2025) provides practical methods for guiding the brain chemical that fuels your drive and wanting. You’ll get insights into managing urges, sparking motivation when it flags, and handling modern situations from relationships to digital distractions. Its step-by-step approach shows how dopamine can support you, leading to greater satisfaction and personal command in daily life.

Who should read Taming the Molecule of More?

  • People seeking science-backed strategies for managing daily motivation
  • Individuals wanting control over modern habits like tech use
  • Anyone curious about the brain chemistry of satisfaction and dissatisfaction

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Healthy Living Books: The Gut-Brain Paradox by Steven R. Gundry

The Gut-Brain Paradox

Steven R. Gundry
Boost Mood, Clear Brain Fog, and Reverse Disease with Your Gut
4.4 (178 ratings)
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What's The Gut-Brain Paradox about?

The Gut-Brain Paradox (2025) explores how the gut microbiome profoundly influences mental clarity, emotional balance, and neurological health. It explains how modern diets and environmental factors disrupt this gut-brain connection – and how restoring microbial balance can reverse symptoms like brain fog, anxiety, and cognitive decline.

Who should read The Gut-Brain Paradox?

  • Health-conscious adults seeking natural brain support
  • Nutrition-focused biohackers exploring gut microbiome science
  • Anyone interested in mind-body connections

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Healthy Living Books: Brain by Elizabeth R. Ricker

Brain

Elizabeth R. Ricker
An Owner's Guide
4.4 (145 ratings)
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What's Brain about?

Brain (2025) offers a practical, science-backed roadmap for optimizing mental performance and emotional well-being. It blends neuroscience, psychology, and real-world tools to help you understand how your brain works – and how to improve memory, focus, mood, and resilience at any stage of life.

Who should read Brain?

  • Productivity enthusiasts seeking scientifically grounded ways to improve focus
  • Students and lifelong learners curious about the brain
  • Biohackers and self-optimizers interested in increasing cognitive performance

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Healthy Living Books: Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine by David A. Kessler

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine

David A. Kessler
The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight
4.1 (108 ratings)
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What's Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine about?

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine (2025) methodically deconstructs the harmful ideas that obesity is a personal failing and that weight loss is a matter of willpower. It offers an up-to-date precis of how science understands weight loss, touching on neuroscience and nutrition, and a thorough analysis of how the latest GLP-1 weight loss drugs can be folded into a holistic weight management approach.

Who should read Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine?

  • Obese and overweight people who want to understand their body's biology
  • Health-care professionals who want a scientific grounding in how weight loss works
  • Anyone considering GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic or Mounjaro for weight management

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Healthy Living Books: Heavily Meditated by Dave Asprey

Heavily Meditated

Dave Asprey
The Fast Path to Dissolve Stress and Activate Inner Peace
4.4 (45 ratings)
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What's Heavily Meditated about?

Heavily Meditated (2025) offers a practical guide to rewiring the mind and body using a blend of ancient spiritual practices and modern science. It introduces a toolkit of techniques – including meditation, sleep optimization, and ego training – to boost mental clarity, emotional resilience, and physical energy. The goal is to help you reclaim your focus, clear out hidden stress, and unlock your full potential.

Who should read Heavily Meditated?

  • Anyone seeking practical tools for mental and emotional clarity
  • Biohackers looking to upgrade focus, sleep, and performance
  • Stressed achievers wanting lasting energy and inner peace

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Healthy Living Books: The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo

The Book of Awakening

Mark Nepo
Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
4.1 (113 ratings)
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What's The Book of Awakening about?

The Book of Awakening (2000) offers daily reflections designed to inspire mindfulness, emotional clarity, and spiritual growth. Blending personal stories with poetic insights and simple meditative practices, it invites readers to meet life’s challenges with presence and compassion. Each entry encourages a deeper, more grounded connection to both self and world.

Who should read The Book of Awakening?

  • Spiritually curious seekers craving daily reflection
  • Emotionally overwhelmed readers needing gentle guidance
  • Open-minded people exploring personal growth and meaning

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Healthy Living Books: The Brain at Rest by Joseph Jebelli

The Brain at Rest

Joseph Jebelli
How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life
4.7 (167 ratings)
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What's The Brain at Rest about?

The Brain at Rest (2025) challenges the conventional wisdom that constant productivity is the key to success, revealing how letting your mind wander can actually make you more creative and less stressed. This science-backed guide offers a refreshing antidote to our culture of overwork, showing how rest activates the brain’s default network and can lead to greater contentment and improved mental performance.

Who should read The Brain at Rest?

  • Overworked professionals who want to develop a better work-life balance
  • Creatives looking to sharpen their idea-generation skills
  • Anyone interested in the neuroscience of cognition, creativity, and rest

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Healthy Living Books: The Headache by Tom Zeller Jr.

The Headache

Tom Zeller Jr.
The Most Confounding Affliction – And a Search for Relief
3.8 (41 ratings)
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What's The Headache about?

The Headache (2025) is a deep exploration of one of the most common – and most misunderstood – human ailments. It blends personal experience with scientific investigation to reveal why headache disorders are so often dismissed, and how that’s finally beginning to change.

Who should read The Headache?

  • People living with chronic headaches or migraine
  • Friends or partners of someone with head pain
  • Medical students and new doctors entering neurology

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Healthy Living Books: The Stronger Sex by Starre Vartan

The Stronger Sex

Starre Vartan
What Science Tells Us about the Power of the Female Body
4.0 (52 ratings)
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What's The Stronger Sex about?

The Stronger Sex (2025) dismantles the long-held myth of the “weaker sex” by redefining what it truly means to be strong. It takes you on a journey through the science of female biology, revealing the hidden superpowers in everything from your immune system to your metabolism. Prepare to see the female body not as a collection of limitations, but as a marvel of resilience, durability, and power.

Who should read The Stronger Sex?

  • Athletes and coaches seeking a new performance edge
  • Health enthusiasts interested in the science of the female body
  • Anyone questioning traditional ideas about physical strength and gender

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Healthy Living Books: Strong Minds by Noel Brick

Strong Minds

Noel Brick
Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology
4.3 (112 ratings)
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What's Strong Minds about?

Strong Minds (2021) shows how top athletes blend mental discipline with physical skill to deliver when it matters most. Through stories of champions like Meb Keflezighi, Megan Rapinoe, and Michael Phelps, it uncovers the psychological tools that keep high-performers focused, resilient, and adaptable under pressure. But this isn’t a treatise on elite sports: the same techniques, it shows, can help anyone tackle big work goals, meet tough deadlines, or push through personal challenges with more confidence and control.

Who should read Strong Minds?

  • Athletes seeking a mental performance edge
  • Professionals facing high-pressure goals
  • Anyone aiming to build resilience

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Healthy Living Books: This Isn't Working by Meghan French Dunbar

This Isn't Working

Meghan French Dunbar
How Women Can Overcome Stress and Overload to Find Success
3.4 (5 ratings)
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What's This Isn't Working about?

This Isn’t Working (2025) uncovers how patriarchal workplace structures create impossible double standards for women leaders, causing chronic stress and burnout that no amount of individual resilience can overcome. It offers a playbook for recognizing these systemic patterns, developing protective strategies, building collective power, and ultimately reshaping organizations to value human sustainability alongside business success. 

Who should read This Isn't Working?

  • Reformed “lean-iners” who followed all the advice but hit invisible walls anyway
  • Exhausted optimists who still believe in change but need sustainable ways to create it
  • Anyone who genuinely wants to understand and address workplace inequality

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Healthy Living Books: A High-Performing Mind by Andrew D. Thompson

A High-Performing Mind

Andrew D. Thompson
Strengthen Your Mind and Live Your Best Life
4.5 (377 ratings)
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What's A High-Performing Mind about?

A High-Performing Mind (2024) is a practical and energising guide that shows how to train your mind to be more focused, resilient, and effective under pressure. It explores how to build mental habits that support confidence, clarity, and long-term success in everyday life. It offers a toolkit for anyone who wants to overcome setbacks, perform at their best, and feel more in control of their thoughts, emotions, and outcomes.

Who should read A High-Performing Mind?

  • Anyone feeling stuck in a personal or professional rut
  • People who want to sharpen focus and boost performance
  • High achievers looking to level up their mindset

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Healthy Living Books: Stronger by Michael Joseph Gross

Stronger

Michael Joseph Gross
The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives
4.3 (204 ratings)
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What's Stronger about?

Stronger (2025) challenges outdated biases against muscle and strength training by highlighting the crucial role of muscles in our health and wellbeing. Through fascinating stories from history to modern research, it reveals how everyone – regardless of age, gender and ability – can benefit from strength training. 

Who should read Stronger?

  • Fitness beginners who want to understand the health benefits of strength training
  • History and science readers who enjoy historical stories blended with modern research and practical application
  • Anyone seeking evidence-based approaches to maintaining independence in old age

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Healthy Living Books: How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend by Rachel Barr

How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend

Rachel Barr
A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
4.4 (255 ratings)
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What's How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend about?

How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend (2025) is a self-help guide from a neuroscience perspective. From exercise to online habits, learn how to work with your brain rather than against it.

Who should read How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend?

  • Anyone curious about neuroscience
  • Those who are interested in the topics of self and identity
  • Anyone who wants to improve their overall health and well-being

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Healthy Living Books: Nobody Wants Your Sh*t by Messie Condo

Nobody Wants Your Sh*t

Messie Condo
The Art of Decluttering Before You Die
4.4 (56 ratings)
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What's Nobody Wants Your Sh*t about?

Nobody Wants Your Sh*t (2023) delivers a profanity-laced wake-up call about clearing out possessions while you still can. It blends irreverent humor alongside actionable decluttering advice, aiming to help you simplify your daily existence and spare loved ones from the burden of your possessions.

Who should read Nobody Wants Your Sh*t?

  • Overwhelmed homeowners facing decades of accumulation
  • Those who’ve tried decluttering but keep reaccumulating
  • Anyone seeking mental clarity beyond just tidy spaces

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Healthy Living Books: Joyspan by Kerry Burnight

Joyspan

Kerry Burnight
The Art and Science of Thriving in Life's Second Half
4.5 (36 ratings)
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What's Joyspan about?

Joyspan (2025) reframes aging as an era of growth, offering a practical, science-based path to sustaining inner well-being beyond lifespan and healthspan. It shows you how to leverage strengths that often sharpen with age – like judgment, empathy, patience, problem-solving, resilience, and a deeper spiritual life – so you stay visible to yourself and live fully to the end.

Who should read Joyspan?

  • Adults in midlife and beyond seeking more meaning and joy
  • Caregivers and family members supporting aging loved ones
  • Health and wellness professionals working with older adults

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Healthy Living Books: Smarter by Emily Austen

Smarter

Emily Austen
10 Lessons for a More Productive and Less-Stressed Life
4.3 (135 ratings)
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What's Smarter about?

Smarter (2024) offers a revolutionary approach to achieving more through strategic productivity, challenging the toxic “busyness” culture that leaves so many ambitious women feeling burnt out. This empowering guide provides clear practical steps to help you reframe your mindset, establish healthy boundaries, and leverage your natural strengths for lasting success on your own terms.

Who should read Smarter?

  • Ambitious women who feel burnt out from "hustle culture" 
  • Entrepreneurs and business leaders looking to optimize their productivity 
  • Working mothers juggling career demands with family responsibilities 

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Healthy Living Books: Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green

Everything Is Tuberculosis

John Green
The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
4.4 (46 ratings)
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What's Everything Is Tuberculosis about?

Everything Is Tuberculosis (2025) reveals how humanity’s deadliest infection is not just a biological problem but a story of profound injustice. Through the unforgettable journey of a young Sierra Leonean man named Henry Reider, you’ll discover how the disease was shaped by prejudice, why a cure that has existed for decades is withheld by corporate greed, and what it takes to fight back. It’s an urgent call to understand that the true cause of tuberculosis is injustice, and therefore, the cure must be justice.

Who should read Everything Is Tuberculosis?

  • History buffs interested in the social impact of disease
  • Activists passionate about global health equity and human rights
  • Anyone curious about the intersection of medicine and society

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Healthy Living Books: Dealing with Feeling by Marc Brackett

Dealing with Feeling

Marc Brackett
Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want
4.5 (110 ratings)
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What's Dealing with Feeling about?

Dealing with Feeling (2025) examines the emotional literacy gap, or the inability to recognize and regulate emotions, along with the steep costs this dysregulation creates across all areas of life. It offers a practical system for building the emotional skills that schools and families failed to teach.

Who should read Dealing with Feeling?

  • Those struggling with emotional management who recognize patterns of suppression or explosion in their own lives
  • People navigating difficult relationships at work, at home, or in their personal lives
  • Anyone who feels their emotions control them rather than inform them

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Healthy Living Books: Small Moves, Big Life by Andrea Leigh Rogers

Small Moves, Big Life

Andrea Leigh Rogers
Supercharge Your Energy, Productivity, and Happiness
4.4 (176 ratings)
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What's Small Moves, Big Life about?

Small Moves, Big Life (2025) shows how life gets better when you stop chasing huge changes and start taking tiny actions that actually fit your day. It gives you simple energy-enhancing habits that help you build a life that feels joyful and manageable, even when everything else is loud and busy.

Who should read Small Moves, Big Life?

  • People who want to feel better without a total life makeover
  • Anyone stretched thin by work, family, and everything else
  • Self improvement fans who love practical, doable steps

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Healthy Living Books: 52 Weeks of Wellbeing by Ryan Hopkins

52 Weeks of Wellbeing

Ryan Hopkins
A No-Nonsense Guide to a Fulfilling Work Life
4.5 (95 ratings)
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What's 52 Weeks of Wellbeing about?

52 Weeks of Wellbeing (2024) explores how to build a healthier, more fulfilling work life through 52 small, practical changes spread across a year. It focuses on simple, research-backed ideas – like improving boundaries, rest, movement and digital habits – that help people protect their mental health and thrive in modern, high-pressure workplaces.

Who should read 52 Weeks of Wellbeing?

  • Overworked corporate professionals seeking better work-life balance
  • Forward-thinking HR and wellbeing leaders improving workplace culture
  • Health-conscious people wanting practical weekly wellbeing habits

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Healthy Living Books: Why We Drink Too Much by Charles Knowles

Why We Drink Too Much

Charles Knowles
The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture
4.4 (79 ratings)
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What's Why We Drink Too Much about?

Why We Drink Too Much (2025) reveals why some people can drink socially while others spiral into dependence. It explores how alcohol hijacks ancient survival circuits in the brain, traces the spectrum from casual consumption through grey area reliance to full dependence, and explains why the answer lies in genetics and life experiences rather than weak willpower. It offers 12 science-backed principles for anyone ready to change their relationship with alcohol, from initial abstinence through to lasting sobriety.

Who should read Why We Drink Too Much?

  • Anyone questioning their relationship with alcohol
  • Family members and supporters of people who drink
  • Healthcare professionals and addiction treatment specialists

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Healthy Living Books: Weightless by Rocio Salas-Whalen

Weightless

Rocio Salas-Whalen
A Doctor's Guide to GLP-1 Medications, Sustainable Weight Loss, and the Health You Deserve
4.2 (37 ratings)
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What's Weightless about?

Weightless (2026) argues that while GLP-1 medications have revolutionized obesity treatment, patients often receive prescriptions without the essential guidance needed to achieve and sustain results. This comprehensive guide, covering everything from selecting the right medication and understanding how it changes hunger signals to adopting crucial lifestyle changes like increased protein intake and strength training, fills that gap. 

Who should read Weightless?

  • People considering GLP-1 therapy
  • People currently on GLP-1 therapy
  • Anyone who’s ever struggled with their weight

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Healthy Living Books: The Balancing Act by Nedra Glover Tawwab

The Balancing Act

Nedra Glover Tawwab
4.5 (97 ratings)
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What's The Balancing Act about?

The Balancing Act (2026) blends psychological insight with practical guidance to help readers understand and cultivate healthy dependency and connection without losing their sense of self. It explores how to navigate relationship dynamics –⁠ specifically codependency and counter-dependency –⁠ in order to build more authentic, balanced connections and foster both closeness and independence.

Who should read The Balancing Act?

  • Anyone struggling with codependency or setting boundaries in relationships
  • People who never ask others for help and think this makes them strong
  • Individuals working on attachment or self-worth issues

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Healthy Living Books: The Invincible Brain by Majid Fotuhi

The Invincible Brain

Majid Fotuhi
The Clinically Proven Plan to Age-Proof Your Brain
4.6 (146 ratings)
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What's The Invincible Brain about?

The Invincible Brain (2026) reveals how your daily habits play a vital role in shaping your memory, focus, and long-term brain health – right down to the level of your cells. It explains what you can start doing today to help your brain grow stronger, sharper, and more resilient, no matter how old you are.

Who should read The Invincible Brain?

  • People who worry about memory loss or Alzheimer’s disease
  • Anyone interested in staying mentally sharp and protecting their brain as they age
  • Individuals dealing with brain fog, stress, or attention challenges

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Healthy Living Books: The Anatomy of Awakening by Sue Morter

The Anatomy of Awakening

Sue Morter
The 5 Hidden Codes to Activate Self-Healing, Unlock Your Higher Consciousness, and Live Your Divine Destiny
4.1 (103 ratings)
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What's The Anatomy of Awakening about?

The Anatomy of Awakening (2026) explains how people can move from stress-based, habitual reactions into a steadier, more authentic state of awareness by reconnecting with the body’s deeper energetic and nervous-system patterns. It presents five core principles, along with practical exercises, aimed at healing, expanding consciousness, and helping you live with more clarity, peace, and purpose.

Who should read The Anatomy of Awakening?

  • Stressed professionals seeking calm and embodiment
  • Spiritually curious seekers exploring healing and consciousness
  • Growth-minded people wanting deeper self-awareness

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Healthy Living Books: How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson

How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

Jenny Lawson
Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative
4.3 (12 ratings)
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What's How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay about?

How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay (2026) hands you practical, lived-in strategies for handling mental health struggles, creative block, and overwhelming anxiety. You’ll find ways to reframe your darkest moments into sources of strength, along with tools for setting unapologetic boundaries that protect your peace. These insights help you survive and thrive on the days your brain tries to sabotage you.

Who should read How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay?

  • Anyone working through anxiety and depressive episodes
  • Creatives stuck in artistic paralysis and crippling self-doubt
  • Introverts looking for practical tools to set social boundaries

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Healthy Living Books: In a Good Place by Leidy Klotz

In a Good Place

Leidy Klotz
How the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive
4.5 (13 ratings)
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What's In a Good Place about?

In a Good Place (2026) explores how the spaces around us quietly shape the people we become. Drawing on psychology, design, and everyday life, it reveals how homes, offices, streets, and public spaces can either nourish or frustrate our need for agency, connection, and a sense of belonging.

Who should read In a Good Place?

  • People interested in psychology and everyday environments
  • Readers seeking calmer, more meaningful living spaces
  • Designers, managers, and parents shaping shared spaces

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Healthy Living Books: This Is the Door by Darcey Steinke

This Is the Door

Darcey Steinke
The Body, Pain, and Faith
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What's This Is the Door about?

This Is the Door (2025) is an exploration of physical pain and what it reveals about the human condition. Drawing on personal experience, neuroscience, philosophy, and spiritual tradition, it examines how suffering reshapes identity, empathy, and the way we move through the world. It argues that pain – however unwanted – can open us to a deeper understanding of our own bodies, our connections to others, and the fragility and wonder of being alive.

Who should read This Is the Door?

  • Individuals navigating chronic pain, illness, or physical limitation
  • Those drawn to the intersection of science, spirituality, and the body
  • Anyone who has felt suffering change them, and wants to understand how pain can reshape identity

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Healthy Living Books: What's Going Right by Paul Conti

What's Going Right

Paul Conti
A Powerful New Method for Optimizing Your Mental Health
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What's What's Going Right about?

What’s Going Right (2026) offers a refreshing approach to mental health by shifting the focus away from endless self-criticism and toward the powerful drives that are already working within you. With insights on self-awareness, motivation, and emotional balance, it explores how people can reconnect with purpose, resilience, creativity, and genuine joy in everyday life.

Who should read What's Going Right?

  • People feeling emotionally stuck, overwhelmed, or burned out
  • Anyone interested in psychology and self-awareness
  • Coaches and caregivers who support others going through difficult times

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Healthy Living Books: Off the Scales by Aimee Donnellan

Off the Scales

Aimee Donnellan
The Inside Story of Ozempic and the Race to Cure Obesity
5.0 (2 ratings)
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What's Off the Scales about?

Off the Scales (2026) explores the decades-long global race to create a long-lasting version of the GLP-1 drug semaglutide to help fight the growing diabetes and obesity epidemics. Presenting all sides of the story, from the fraught scientific competition to be the first to bring these drugs to market, to the side effects rippling through global societies, it uncovers.

Who should read Off the Scales?

  • People who are interested in the medical breakthroughs changing society
  • Curious minds seeking the inside story on the science behind the headlines
  • Anyone who has struggled with weight, Type 2 diabetes, or is considering treatment with a semaglutide medication

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What's the best Healthy Living book to read?

While choosing just one book about a topic is always tough, many people regard Savor as the ultimate read on Healthy Living.

What are the Top 10 Healthy Living books?

Blinkist curators have picked the following:
  • Savor by Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung
  • Eat, Move, Sleep by Tom Rath
  • 30 Ways to Reboot Your Body by Ben Greenfield
  • How Not to Die by Michael Greger and Gene Stone
  • The Sleep Solution by W. Chris Winter
  • The Diabetes Code by Jason Fung
  • Do Breathe by Michael Townsend Williams
  • Super Human by Dave Asprey
  • Breath by James Nestor
  • When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté

Who are the top Healthy Living book authors?

When it comes to Healthy Living, these are the authors who stand out as some of the most influential:
  • Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung
  • Tom Rath
  • Ben Greenfield
  • Michael Greger and Gene Stone
  • W. Chris Winter