21 Best nonfiction books like Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down by Corey Keyes

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Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down

By: Corey Keyes

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Emory University sociologist who coined the term languishing—low-grade mental weariness that af…

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1. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
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  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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2. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

By: Charan Ranganath

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
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3. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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4. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

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  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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5. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
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  • science
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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6. Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There

By: Tali Sharot

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Thinking Fast and Slow and The Power of Habit , a groundbreaking new study of how disru… read more

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7. The Cure for Burnout: How to Find Balance and Reclaim Your Life

By: Emily Ballesteros

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Is dread the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you working in the evenings … read more

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  • self help
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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers

By: Eric Potterat

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Learn how to perform at your very best, from the psychologist who has advised elite military operat… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen

9. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

By: Elizabeth Comen

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more

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"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

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10. Limitarianism

By: Ingrid Robeyns

3.99

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ Richard Wilkinso… read more

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11. Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma

By: Mariel Buqué

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, paradigm-shifting guide to healing intergenerational trauma—weaving together scient… read more

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  • counselling
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  • mental health
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"Take the Intergenerational ACES Questionnaire."

-Mariel Buqué, Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma

"Take the Intergenerational ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Questionnaire."

-Mariel Buqué, Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma

"Three core areas became the focus: (1) What happened to you? (2) What happened before you? and (3) What happened around you?"

-Mariel Buqué, Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma

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12. Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day

By: Daniel Goleman

3.37

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his groundbreaking #1 bestseller Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman revolutionized how we t… read more

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"With self-awareness, a basic definition tells us, “You know what you are feeling and why—and how it helps or hurts what you are trying to do."

-Daniel Goleman, Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day

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13. The Wealth Money Can't Buy: The 8 Hidden Habits to Live Your Richest Life

By: Robin S. Sharma

4.31

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking book redefining success to show readers how they can create truly abundant and ful… read more

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  • psychology
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14. Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down

By: Corey Keyes

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Emory University sociologist who coined the term languishing—low-grade mental weariness that af… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • personal development
  • health
  • counselling
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • science
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15. The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience

By: Aditi Nerurkar

4.11

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

“The key is managing stress, so we can lead healthier, happier lives. The 5 Resets will help you do… read more

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16. Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being

By: Sue Varma

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A practical program rooted in optimism to help you live fully and joyfully in an imperfect, turbule… read more

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Cover of The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions by Michael Norton

17. The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions

By: Michael Norton

3.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit and Angela Duckworth’s Grit, a … read more

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Cover of Cultures of Growth: How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations by Mary C. Murphy

18. Cultures of Growth: How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

By: Mary C. Murphy

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the protégé of Carol Dweck, the bestselling author of Mindset , award-winning social psycholog… read more

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  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work by Kandi Wiens

19. Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work

By: Kandi Wiens

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An essential guide everyone needs to protect themselves from burnout by learning to develop and mas… read more

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20. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

By: Rachelle Bergstein

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more

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Cover of May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It by Alex Edmans

21. May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It

By: Alex Edmans

4.08

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

How our biases cause us to fall for misinformation—and how to combat it. Our lives are minefield… read more

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17 Top audiobook books like Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down by Corey Keyes

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

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Transform Your Habits

Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

Transform Your Habits

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

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