Adults - Books on Gratitude Nonfiction

Updated March 21, 2026
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The gratitude diaries : how a year looking on the bright side can transform your life
Kaplan, Janice.
Paper Book
In this New York Times bestseller, Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work and health. Her pioneering reseach was praised in People and Vanity Fair and hailed on TV shows including Today, The O'Reilly Factor, and CBS...
The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world....
Devotions : the selected poems of Mary Oliver
Oliver, Mary
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A READ WITH JENNA PICK * From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, a definitive and enduring collection of her best work "No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love. . . . Perhaps more important, the...
The little book of hygge : Danish secrets to happy living
Wiking, Meik
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller Embrace Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) and become happier with this definitive guide to the Danish philosophy of cozy living, comfort, togetherness, and well-being. Why are Danes the happiest people in the world? The answer, says Meik Wiking, CEO of the...
Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Paper Book
An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist...
The gifts of imperfection
Brown, Brené
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own. Don't miss the five-part HBO Max...
Think you'll be happy : moving through grief with grit, grace, and gratitude
Avant, Nicole
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER! "Nicole Avant gives a raw and courageous look into how she found the light in her darkest moment. She reminds us that grief is different for everyone, and we have the power to move through it in our own unique way." --Cleo Wade, New York Times...
Grateful : the transformative power of giving thanks
Bass, Diana Butler
Paper Book
The Wilbur Award-winning book Grateful is now available in paperback and with an updated subtitle. If gratitude is good, why is it so hard to do? In Grateful, Diana Butler Bass untangles our conflicting understandings of gratitude and sets the table for a renewed practice of giving thanks....
Leading with gratitude : eight leadership practices for extraordinary business results
Gostick, Adrian Robert
Paper Book
The influential New York Times bestselling authors--the "apostles of appreciation" Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick--provide managers and executives with easy ways to add more gratitude to the everyday work environment to help bolster moral, efficiency, and profitability.
Then came life : living with courage, spirit, and gratitude after breast cancer
Lucas, Geralyn.
Paper Book
The author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy dares all women who have had a stumble in life to harness their fighting spirit and stand back up with courage and optimism.   One mastectomy, two C-sections, three pant’s sizes, and lots of red lipstick later,...

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