Friendship

Celebrate Friendship Week by exploring a diverse range of stories that center on the profound and transformative power of friendship, exploring its emotional, psychological, and social dimensions. Each book offers unique insights—from scientific studies on human connection to personal memoirs that celebrate enduring bonds, connection, loyalty, and personal growth. Delve into the complexities of maintaining strong friendships over time.

Whether examining how friendships shape our identities or offering practical advice for deepening relationships, this collection highlights the essential role friends play in our health, happiness, and sense of belonging.

Updated July 25, 2025
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How to win friends & influence people
Carnegie, Dale
Paper Book
Updated in 2022 for today's readers, Dale Carnegie's timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions. One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale...

158.2 Carnegie

We should not be friends : the story of a friendship
Schwalbe, Will
Paper Book
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A warm, funny, irresistible memoir that follows an improbable and life-changing college friendship over the course of forty years--from the best-selling author of The End of Your Life Book Club * "A rare view of male friendship."--NPR ...

177.62 Schwalbe 2023

The life council : 10 friends every woman needs
Tremaine, Laura
Audiobook

9780310367277

Fox and I : an uncommon friendship
Raven, Catherine
Paper Book
Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * 2022 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner * Shortlisted for the John Burroughs Medal * Finalist for the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize * Shortlisted for a Reading the West Book Award Instant New York Times<...

570.92 Raven Raven 2021

B.F.F. : a memoir of friendship lost and found
Tate, Christie
Paper Book
* "A love story about the miracle of friendship." --Maggie Smith * "Fearless and unflinching." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette * From the author of Group, a New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club Pick, a poignant, funny, and emotionally satisfying...

616.8915 Tate Tate 2023

The best minds : a story of friendship, madness, and the tragedy of good intentions
Rosen, Jonathan
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST *  Named a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Slate, and People One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 "Brave and nuanced . . . an act of...

616.898 Laudor Rosen 2023

Open wide : a cookbook for friends
Blanco, Benny
Paper Book
* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The debut cookbook from benny blanco--pop music super-producer, artist, actor on FXX's Dave, and consummate food freak--teaches you everything you need to know about cooking, enjoying life, and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time. ...

641.5 Blanco 2024

Good lookin' cookin' : a year of meals : a lifetime of family, friends, and food
Parton, Dolly
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * You're invited to pull up a chair to a year of meals, friends, and fun with the Partons, as Dolly and her sister (and favorite cook) Rachel share beloved, crowd-pleasing recipes and family stories.   "Hey, good lookin'--what ya got cookin...

641.564 Parton 2024

Friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing : a memoir
Perry, Matthew
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The BELOVED STAR OF FRIENDS takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this "CANDID, DARKLY FUNNY...POIGNANT" memoir (The New York Times) ...

791.45 Perry, Matthew Perry 2022

The Office BFFs : tales of The Office from two best friends who were there
Fischer, Jenna
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of Esquire's Best Celebrity Memoirs of All Time An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's friendship, and an insiders' view of Pam Beesly, Angela Martin, and the...

791.4572 Office Fischer 2022

My friend Anne Frank : the inspiring and heartbreaking true story of best friends torn apart and reunited against all odds
Pick-Goslar, Hannah
Paper Book
"Both heartbreaking and life-affirming" (Edith Eger, author of The Choice), the long-awaited New York Times bestselling memoir of Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar, who shares an intimate look into her life and friendship with Anne Frank.​ In...

940.5318 Frank, Anne Pick-Goslar 2023


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