20 books
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16 voters
Optimism Books
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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.96 — 20,777 ratings — published 1990
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 13,475 ratings — published 2010
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,319 ratings — published 2018
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.36 — 201,608 ratings — published 2018
Good News, Bad News (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,789 ratings — published 2012
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.37 — 875,033 ratings — published 1946
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,736 ratings — published 2011
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.76 — 301,212 ratings — published 1759
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)
by (shelved 6 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,637 ratings — published 2012
It's Tough to Lose Your Balloon (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.76 — 421 ratings — published 2015
The Power of Positive Thinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.14 — 127,073 ratings — published 1952
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.74 — 10,434 ratings — published 2009
Humankind: A Hopeful History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.32 — 79,810 ratings — published 2019
Sunny (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 5 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 257 ratings — published 2020
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.82 — 25,232 ratings — published 2008
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,582 ratings — published 2023
Saturday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.50 — 2,842 ratings — published 2019
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,577 ratings — published 2010
The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,973 ratings — published 2011
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,832 ratings — published 2024
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.20 — 456,813 ratings — published 2020
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.90 — 10,455 ratings — published 2007
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.21 — 42,952 ratings — published 2014
The Happiness Project (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.65 — 181,269 ratings — published 2009
It’s Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.81 — 496 ratings — published 2018
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,224 ratings — published
Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.97 — 11,825 ratings — published 2004
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.88 — 11,513 ratings — published 2016
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,783 ratings — published 2016
Until I Say Goodbye: A Book about Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,089 ratings — published 2012
The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,421 ratings — published 1995
Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.02 — 91,749 ratings — published 1913
Who Moved My Cheese? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.87 — 510,629 ratings — published 1998
Peaks and Valleys: Making Good And Bad Times Work For You--At Work And In Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,938 ratings — published 2009
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,545 ratings — published 2002
The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,147 ratings — published 2012
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.86 — 272,451 ratings — published 1970
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.38 — 85,751 ratings — published 2022
The Comfort Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.05 — 73,485 ratings — published 2021
A Day So Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.77 — 514 ratings — published
Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.93 — 635 ratings — published 2024
Happy Dreamer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,752 ratings — published 2017
The Future King: Rise of the Sorcerer (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.96 — 84 ratings — published
The Bright Side (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.85 — 220 ratings — published
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.29 — 6,867 ratings — published 1888
Philosophical Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,002 ratings — published 1716
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.12 — 24,850 ratings — published 2020
Laziness Does Not Exist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 3.90 — 11,091 ratings — published 2021
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.13 — 45,255 ratings — published 2010
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as optimism)
avg rating 4.37 — 442,428 ratings — published 1990
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables












