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Our Favorite Books of 2025

By Jill Suttie, Jeremy Adam Smith, Kia Afcari, Sahar Habib Ghazi, Kira M. Newman, Hope Reese, Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | December 8, 2025

By Jill Suttie, Jeremy Adam Smith, Kia Afcari, Sahar Habib Ghazi, Kira M. Newman, Hope Reese, Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | December 8, 2025

Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.

By Kira M. Newman | December 1, 2025

This month, seek out joy together.

By Greater Good Editors | November 20, 2025

We gathered articles that explore holiday stress management, managing conflict, picking gifts, making resolutions, and more.

By Jill Suttie | November 19, 2025

A new study finds that sharing positive feelings with your partner provides health benefits beyond your individual happiness alone.

By Kia Afcari, Arthur Brooks | November 5, 2025

A new book offers science-based strategies to help you find more love, enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning in work and life.

By Anya Kamenetz | October 20, 2025

There is a lot of positive news about young people's well-being that is not receiving much attention.

By Mohsen Joshanloo | September 24, 2025

Wealth alone does not determine how happy a nation is. Certain low-income countries are remarkably efficient at generating happiness.

By Science of Happiness Podcast | September 11, 2025

Even just a few minutes of dancing can shift energy, release emotions, and remind us to care for ourselves while we care for others.

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