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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Plays well with others : the surprising science behind why everything you know about relationships is (mostly) wrong
Barker, Eric
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER From the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Barking Up the Wrong Tree comes a cure-all for our increasing emotional distance and loneliness--a smart, surprising, and thoroughly entertaining...

158.2 Barker 2022

How to win friends & influence people
Carnegie, Dale
Paper Book
For more than sixty years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. The iconic bestseller. The world's benchmark business and personal development book. This...

158.2 Carnegie

Platonic : how the science of attachment 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

Own your past, change your future : a not-so-complicated approach to relationships, mental health, and wellness
Delony, John
Audiobook

616.8521 Delony 2022

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
Ebook

616.898 Laudor Rosen 2023

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 full name. My friends call...

791.45 Perry, Matthew Perry 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
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


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