Are literary worlds truly magic, or are there actual reasons why you feel happier while reading? Whether you read for relaxation, motivation, or pure escapism, the truth is that reading can actually make you happier.

Reading helps relieve tension, its proven that we can reduce our stress by reading for just six minutes at a time.

Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation.

We have enlisted certain books which you may enjoy reading and have proven to be very helpful.

Stress Management:

• 1. Why zebras don’t get ulcers by Robert M.Sapolsky
• 2. The four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
• 3. 10% Happier by Dan Harris
• 4. The upside of stress by Kelly McGonial
• 5. Burnout by Emily Nagoski
• 6. Rising strong by Brene Brown
• 7. Who moved my cheese? By Spencer Johnson
• 8. Declutter your mind by SJ.Scott
• 9. Full catastrophe living by Jon Kabat- Zinn
• 10. When the body says no by Gabor Mate
• 11. From stress to stillness by Gina Lake
• 12. The stress-proof brain by Melanie Greenberg
• 13. The little book of mindfulness by Patrizia Collard
• 14. How to stop worrying and start living by Dale Carnegie
• 15. Under pressure by Lisa Damour

 

Biographies for refreshing your mind:

• 1. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
• 2. The diary of young girl by Anne Frank
• 3. Autobiography of Mark Twain
• 4. The wit and wisdom of Ratan Tata
• 5. Wings of Fire
• 6. E=mc² by David Bodanis
• 7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• 8. Napoleon: A life by Andrew Roberts
• 9. Radioactive By Lauren Redness
• 10. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• 11. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
• 12. All we know:Three lives By Lisa Cohen
• 13. The lady and the peacock:The life of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma by Peter Popham
• 14. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• 15. Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman

 

Fictions and short stories:

• 1. The bell jar by Sylvia Plath
• 2. Made you up by Francesca Zappia
• 3. The illustrated mum by Jacqueline Wilson
• 4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• 5. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
• 6. Fight Club by Chuk Palahniuk
• 7. Challenger deep by Neal Shusterman
• 8. This too shall pass by Julia Samuel
• 9. The longing for less by Kyle Chayka
• 10. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by mark Manson

 

Positive Thinking:

• 1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• 2. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• 3. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 4. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
• 5. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• 6. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• 7. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
• 8. The secret , The power , The magic by Rhonda Byrne
• 9. The Charge by Brendon Burchard
• 10. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff – and it’s all small stuff by Richard Carlson

 

Relationship guidance:

• 1. Getting the love you want by Harville Hendricx
• 2. Hold me tight by Sue Johnson
• 3. 7 Principles that make marriage work
• 4. 5 Love languages by Gary Chapman
• 5. Men are from Mars ,Women are from Venus by John Gray
• 6. Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone
• 7. Mindful relationship habits by SJ.Scott
• 8. Science of happily ever after by TY Tashiro
• 9. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• 10. The Love Letters , A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

 

Books for low self-esteem:

• 1. The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
• 2. The gifts of imperfection by Brene Brown
• 3. What to Say When You Talk to Your Self by Shad Helmstetter
• 4. Ten Days to Self-Esteem – David D Burns
• 5. What’s Right with Me by Carlene DeRoo and Carolyn DeRoo
• 6. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
• 7. The Real Rules for Girls by Mindy Morgenstern
• 8. The Magic of Thinking Big – David J. Schwartz
• 9. Mindsight: Change Your Brain And Your Life – Daniel J Siegel
• 10. Body Confidence: The Scientific Approach on How to Shine From Within by Dr. Katherine E. Iscoe