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 and influence people
Carnegie, Dale
Paper Book
The most famous confidence-boosting book ever published; with sales of over 16 million copies worldwide Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, he offers practical...

158.2 Carnegie

The other significant others : reimagining life with friendship at the center
Cohen, Rhaina
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN INDIE BESTSELLER "The Other Significant Others...fundamentally, it's become my new Bible." -- Trevor Noah "An arresting work of compassion and insight." ―Lori Gottlieb "I loved and recommend [The Other Significant Others...

177.62 Cohen 2024

We should not be friends
Schwalbe, Will
Paper Book
From the best-selling author of The End of Your Life Book Club comes a warm, funny, irresistible book that follows an improbable and life-changing friendship over the course of forty years 'Moving' NEW YORK TIMES'...

177.62 Schwalbe 2023

The art and science of connection : why social health is the missing key to living together, healthier, and happier
Killam, Kasley
Paper Book
A groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be healthy that introduces the need for social health - the part of wellbeing that comes from feeling connected - to truly flourish. Exercise. Eat a balanced diet. Go to therapy. Most wellness advice is focused on achieving and...

302 Killam 2024

The laws of connection : the scientific secrets of building a strong social network
Robson, David (Science journalist)
Paper Book
This groundbreaking study reveals how social connections are far more important than we thought, showing us the steps we can take to build better relationships and improve our lives. Social connection is as essential for our health and happiness as a balanced diet and regular...

302.3 Robson 2024

Platonic : how understanding your attachment style can help you make and keep friends
Franco, Marisa G.
Paper Book
When was the last time you made a new friend?For many adults, the answer is too long ago. Loneliness is an increasing problem across the world, with swathes of people unsure how to go about establishing new connections outside the fertile school, college, or university years. In this rigorously...

302.34 Franco 2022

Fox and I : an uncommon friendship
Raven, Catherine
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2022 PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD A solitary woman's inspiring, moving, surprising, and often funny memoir about the transformative power of her unusual friendship with a wild fox. Catherine Raven left home at 15, fleeing an abusive father and an...

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
When the Rosens moved to New Rochelle, New York in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor became inseparable. Both children of professors, the boys were best friends and fierce rivals who soon followed each other to Yale University. Michael blazed through Yale in three years,...

616.898 Laudor Rosen 2023

Good lookin' cookin' : a year of meals : a lifetime of family, friends, and food
Parton, Dolly
Paper Book
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

The Blues Brothers : an epic friendship, the rise of improv, and the making of an American film classic
De Visé, Daniel
Paper Book
The Blues Brothers hit theatres on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage; but Aykroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the film, had a greater mission: to honour the then-seemingly forgotten tradition of rhythm and blues, some of whose greatest artists...

791.4372 Blues De Vise 2024

Friends, lovers and the big terrible thing : a memoir
Perry, Matthew
Paper Book
'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir . . . and it may just save lives' Daily Mail 'Funny, fascinating, compelling . . . also a wonderful read for fans of Friends' The Times 'HI, MY NAME IS MATTHEW, although you may know me by my...

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
Pick-Goslar, Hannah
Paper Book
THE LONG-AWAITED, MOVING MEMOIR OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HANNAH PICK-GOSLAR. 'Heartbreaking and life-affirming' - Edith Eger, bestselling author of The Choice 'An extraordinary story of love, loss and the power of friendship in the darkest time.' - Jack Fairweather,...

940.5318 Frank, Anne Pick-Goslar 2023

The forgotten girls : an American story
Potts, Monica
Paper Book
Growing up gifted and working-class in the foothills of the Ozarks, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of learning as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous family lives - broken marriages, shuttered stores and factories. They...

976.7054 Potts 2023


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