I have complied this wellbeing book list to help improve your understanding of wellbeing. The more we understand something the easier it is to promote and enable positive and proactive personal choices. As wellbeing becomes a more consistent focus in our community, you may be interested in some of these reference books. You may have read some of these, but I thought it would be a great starting point to open a conversation about wellbeing literacy and perhaps add to your collection.

General wellbeing books: 

• Happiness trap – Russ Harris
• Happier – Tal Ban-Sharr
• Love 2.0 – Barbara Fredrickson
• Positivity – Barbara Fredrickson
• Lost connections – Johann Hari
• The Five Side Effects of Kindness – David Hamilton
• Play – Dr Stuart Brown
• Happiness Advantage – Shawn Achor
• Before Happiness – Shawn Achor
• 10 Mindful Minutes – Goldie Hawn
• The Brain that changes itself – Dr Norman Doidge
• Mindset – Carol Dweck
• 100 Ways to Happiness – Dr Timothy Sharp
• Willpower – Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney
• The Joy of Movement – Kellie McGonigal
• The How of Happiness – Sonja Lyubomirsky
• Character Strengths Matter: How to Live a Full Life – Shannon Polly and Kathryn Britton
• Mindful Relationships – Oli Doyle
• Creating Your Best Life – Caroline Adams Miller
• Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
• The Upside of Stress – Kelly Mcgonigal
• Tiny Habits – BJ Frog
• Resilient – Rick Hanson

Wellbeing books on parenting and families: 

• Buddhism for Mothers – Sarah Napthali
• Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
• No drama Discipline – Daniel Siegal
• The whole Brain Child – Daniel Siegal
• 21 Days to a Happier Family – Justin Coulson
• 9 Ways to a Resilient Child – Justin Coulson
• The Strength Switch By Dr Lea Waters
• The New adolescence – Christine Carter
• Raising Happiness – Christine Carter

Wellbeing books for children: 

• The energy bus – Jon Gordon
• Ripples Effect – Shawn Achor
• Have you Filled a Bucket? – Carol McCloud
• The huge bag of worries – Virginia Ironside
• The dot – Peter H Reynolds
• Mr Huff – Anna Walker
• Bucket Filling (From A- Z) – Carol McCloud
• Oh! The Places You’ll Go – Dr Suess
• The Wrong Stone – Russle Deal
• In my Heart – Jo Witek
• The Invisible String – Patrice Karst
• The boy, the mole, the fox & the horse – Charlie Mackesy

There are also two online resources I believe with additional book lists that may be relevant.

1. https://www.weareteachers.com/15-must-have-picture-books-for-teaching-social-emotional-skills/
2. http://peoplemaking.com.au/catalogues/Bounce%20Back%20Picture%20Story%20Books%202018.pdf

Business development:

• Let my People go Surfing – Yvon Choinard
• Happy Hour is 9 – 5 – Alexander Kjerulf
• How to be a positive leader – Jane Dutton & Gretchen Spreitzer
• Your Strengths Blueprint – Michelle McQuaid
• Your brain at work – David Rock

Hopefully there’s something in this wellbeing book list that sparks your interest and curiousity in learning more about wellbeing.