7 must-read mental health books like Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong by Elizabeth Day

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Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

By: Elizabeth Day

3.86

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

In Failosophy: a handbook for when things go wrong, Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail, and creat…

"We have made ourselves look like failures in our mind's eye simply because the original plan was faulty. In the rush to achieve illusory perfection, we have ignored our own limitations and tried to do too much."

-Elizabeth Day, Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

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1. Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

By: A. Helwa

4.51

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Are you longing to experience a more intimate and loving relationship with the Divine? Secrets … read more

Similar categories in A. Helwa's Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"The word “Allah"

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"In Arabic, the word fitna, meaning “hardship,"

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"To every cry of, 'Oh God'. He answers a hundred times, 'I am here'."

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"We are all born with spiritual wings, Islam simply reminds us how to fly."

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

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2. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

By: Julie Smith

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides… read more

Similar categories in Julie Smith's Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When we focus on trying to fix the problem, it is easy to underestimate the power of simply being there."

-Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

"In acceptance, the new reality is still not OK. It is still not as we want it to be. But we begin to take on the new reality, listen to our needs, open up to new experiences and make connections."

-Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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3. Conversations on Love

By: Natasha Lunn

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A celebration of love in all its forms, featuring conversations with: Philippa Perry on falling in … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Lunn's Conversations on Love book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"And I grew to understand that the grief I felt equalled the love. - Greg Wise"

-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

"The things I flew past in the race to get what I didn't have were actually the gifts all along."

-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

"I'm here for the good and the bad and everything in between". True friends see through any level of performance or denial or avoidance."

-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

"It's important when you've good news to tell the right people. People who understand the dream or have a dream of their own. Otherwise, you end up feeling deflated."

-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

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4. Perkumpulan Anak Luar Nikah

By: Grace Tioso

4.77

Format: 396 pages, Paperback

Shocking Confession from an Indonesian’s Ex-ASEAN Scholarship Recipient Judul artikel itu menggu… read more

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5. Good Material

By: Dolly Alderton

3.91

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and f… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Good Material book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • audiobook
"Thirty-five is the youth of middle age."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Remember, a broken heart is a jester's greatest prop."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"You know how to be along without being lonely. Do you know how rare that is?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Why is it that London always seems the most alive and full of possibility on the nights when you've got no plans?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

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6. How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

By: Pandora Sykes

3.75

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Modern life is full of choices. We’re told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want… read more

Similar categories in Pandora Sykes's How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"The woman that does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. Our desire for validation is far older than the internet."

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"Me without reading is like me without food. I would wilt and become silent. I don't read because it is 'better' than watching television. I read because I don't know what else to do."

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"In a world crowded with the white noise of other people's narratives -- the collective narrative of social media; the multi-strand narratives of binge TV -- having your own, singular, internal narrat…"

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"It can’t be long before burnout is recognized by the NHS as a type of work-related stress. But we should be vary of using it as a non-specific term. Almost every single zeitgeisty buzz word or phrase…"

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

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7. Dear Dolly

By: Dolly Alderton

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-professional problem-solver was that t… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Dear Dolly book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Pero, ¿quién se enamora de lo correcto?"

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

"Watching a best friend become a parent is a magical thing. It can open up a part of their personality that you've never seen before and it can also open a new chapter of your friendship."

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

"...romantics are, ironically, the worst culprits for being relationship avoidant. This is for two reasons. The first being that committing to someone would mean they would have to call off the search…"

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

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8. Seorang Pria yang Melalui Duka dengan Mencuci Piring

By: Andreas Kurniawan

4.51

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Ketika menyambut pasien yang sedang berduka, seorang psikiater akan menggali keilmuan yang dimiliki… read more

Similar categories in Andreas Kurniawan's Seorang Pria yang Melalui Duka dengan Mencuci Piring book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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9. Jog On: How Running Saved My Life

By: Bella Mackie

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Divorced and struggling with deep-rooted mental health problems, Bella Mackie ended her twenties in… read more

Similar categories in Bella Mackie's Jog On: How Running Saved My Life book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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10. Kembali Bebas

By: Sasa Ahadiah

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Tata dan Ibra sudah menikah lebih dari 28 tahun. Ketika resepsi pernikahan anak bungsu mereka seles… read more

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11. Mimi Lemon

By: Cyntha Hariadi

4.23

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Bagi banyak orang, hidup bisa demikian panjang. Saat satu kegembiraan bukanlah sebuah akhir. Akan a… read more

Similar categories in Cyntha Hariadi's Mimi Lemon book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • short stories
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12. Menua Dengan Gembira

By: Andina Dwifatma

4.16

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Menua dengan Gembira merupakan buku kumpulan esai pertama Andina Dwifatma. Ia menyebut esai-esainya… read more

Similar categories in Andina Dwifatma's Menua Dengan Gembira book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • nonfiction
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13. When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

By: Haemin Sunim

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From renowned Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim, a guide to turning life's challenges into opportun… read more

Similar categories in Haemin Sunim's When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • self help
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

By: Elizabeth Day

3.86

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

In Failosophy: a handbook for when things go wrong, Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail, and creat… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • audiobook
  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • philosophy
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • leadership
"We have made ourselves look like failures in our mind's eye simply because the original plan was faulty. In the rush to achieve illusory perfection, we have ignored our own limitations and tried to d…"

-Elizabeth Day, Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

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15. The Success Myth: Our obsession with achievement is a trap. This is how to break free

By: Emma Gannon

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Emma Gannon was thriving in her portfolio career, enjoying a happy personal life and to anyone look… read more

Similar categories in Emma Gannon's The Success Myth: Our obsession with achievement is a trap. This is how to break free book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. I Wish I Knew This Earlier: Lessons on Love

By: Toni Tone

3.99

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** We’ve all been on promising dates that left us feeling worse in the l… read more

Similar categories in Toni Tone's I Wish I Knew This Earlier: Lessons on Love book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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17. Feel Good Club: A Guide to Feeling Good and Being Okay with it When You’Re Not

By: Aimie Lawlor-Skillen

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From the creators of the inspirational Instagram account @wearefeelgoodclub , comes a guide to help… read more

Similar categories in Aimie Lawlor-Skillen's Feel Good Club: A Guide to Feeling Good and Being Okay with it When You’Re Not book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • nonfiction
  • self help
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18. Work Like a Woman

By: Mary Portas

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Work Like A Woman explains why the way we work now is in desperate need of change, how you can camp… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • leadership
"Each one of us embodies a million different aspects of the complicated kaleidoscope that is personality."

-Mary Portas, Work Like a Woman

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19. Stoic at Work: Ancient Wisdom to Make Your Job a Bit Less Annoying

By: Annie Lawson

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Marcus Aurelius's timeless insights into human behaviour show that 2000 years on, not much has chan… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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20. Be Your Own Best Friend: The Glorious Truths of Being Female

By: Chessie King

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER This book is a celebration of… Your best friend Your cheerleader Your s… read more

Similar categories in Chessie King's Be Your Own Best Friend: The Glorious Truths of Being Female book and Elizabeth Day's Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

  • self help
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Sabotage

By: Emma Gannon

3.89

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

We all have a relationship with self-sabotage, a tendency to put barriers in the way of our progres… read more

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  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help

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Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

Julie Smith

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Conversations on Love

Natasha Lunn

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Good Material

Dolly Alderton

3.91

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How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

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3.75

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2.50

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Omar Saif Ghobash

4.11

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Nouman Ali Khan

3.50

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