Job Wellness

Books on wellness in the workplace, including navigating burnout, work-life balance, and getting along with co-workers.

Updated November 25, 2025
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Feel-Good Productivity : How to Do More of What Matters to You
Paper Book
The secret to productivity isn't discipline. It's joy. We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But what if there's another way? Dr Ali Abdaal - the world's most-followed productivity...
Art of Danish Living : How the World's Happiest People Find Joy at Work
Wiking, Meik
Paper Book
A beautiful, research-backed guide on how to work like the happiest people in the world, the Danes. From the author of the million-copy bestseller The Little Book of Hygge. ​Based on a new study from the Happiness Research Institute, Meik Wiking reveals...
Over Work : Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life
Paper Book
"Brigid Schulte is a vital voice on the future of work, and her carefully researched book lights the way to fewer hours, less stress, and more meaning." ―Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the...
Slow productivity : the lost art of accomplishment without burnout
Newport, Cal.
Paper Book
A New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller "Brilliant and timely" -- Oliver Burkeman ~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~ From the New York Times bestselling...
Good Enough Job : Reclaiming Life from Work.
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Paper Book
"Superb."--Oliver Burkeman A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches. From the moment we ask children what they want to "be" when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life's ultimate objective. Many entangle...
Exit Interview : The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career
Paper Book
A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon.com, from the author of Nothing Good Can Come from This. "A unique and brilliant book." --Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks What would you...
Workparent : the complete guide to succeeding on the job, staying true to yourse
Dowling, Daisy.
Paper Book
An all-in-one resource for every working mother and father. Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we've never had a trusted, go-to guide all our own—one that coaches us on how to do well at work, be the loving and engaged parents we...
Joy at work : [online electronic book] organizing your professional life.
Kondo, Marie
Paper Book
Declutter your desk and brighten up your business with this transformative guide from an organizational psychologist and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. The workplace is a magnet for...
Your time to thrive : end burnout, increase well-being, and unlock your full pot
Khidekel, Marina.
Paper Book
This revolutionary guide to real change introduces microsteps--tiny, science-backed changes that will help you get your life back on track. ​Live the life you want, not the life you settle for. Helping people build...
The weekend effect : the life-changing benefits of taking time off and challengi
Onstad, Katrina.
Paper Book
Encroaching work demands--coupled with domestic chores, overbooked schedules, and the incessant pinging of our devices--have taken a toll on what used to be our free time: the weekend. With no space to tune out and recharge, every aspect of our lives is suffering: our health is deteriorating, our...
Laziness does not exist : a defense of the exhausted, exploited, and overworked
Price, Devon
Paper Book
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to "a better, more human way to live" (Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author) that examines the "laziness lie"--which falsely tells us we are not working or learning hard enough. Extra...

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