Recommendations for Books on Positive Psychology?

Number 1 - This is the definitive MUST READ:
Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman

Number 2 - This is where a lot of the original research came from:
Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman

Number 3 - This is like the non-textbook textbook on the field.
A Primer in Positive Psychology by Chris Peterson

Number 4 -
Flow by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi

Number 5 -
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

Number 6 -
Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar

Number 7 -
The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz

Highly recommended by the positive psychology authors on this site:
* What You Can Change and What You Can’t by Martin Seligman
* The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
* Stumbling on Happiness by Dan Gilbert
* Mindset by Carol Dweck
* The Resilience Factor by Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte
* Aging Well by George Vaillant
* Positive Psychology Coaching by Robert Biswas-Diener and Ben Dean
* Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain by Sharon Begley

Highly recommended and more academic books:
* Handbook of Positive Psychology edited by C.R. Snyder and Shane J. Lopez
* The Appreciative Inquiry Summit by James Ludema et al.

Where have our authors given talks?

• 2007 Appreciative Inquiry Conference (David J. Pollay)
• 4.18.07 - 4.20.07 Applied Positive Psychology Conference (Emma Judge, John Yeager)
• 2.22.07 - 2.28.07 Gratitude Cruise (Caroline Miller)
• Adolescent Meeting (Miriam Ufberg and Amanda Conley)
• 1.21.07 - 1.22.07 Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology Conference (Senia Maymin)

Where have our authors been published?

International Coaching Psychology Review - special issue: Positive Psychology (March, 2007)

• Sulynn and Kathryn Britton
• Jordan Silberman
• Dana Arakawa and Margaret Greenberg

Where have our Positive Psychology News Daily articles been reprinted?

• Good News Network
• Novgorod Psychological Network

On this links page, we will also be featuring our authors’ favorite links! Coming soon … including Author Websites, Positive Psychology sources of information, and Banners to link back to PPND.

Positive Psychology-related websites that our authors recommend:

http://www.goodworkproject.org/ (recommended by Miriam Ufberg)

Good News Network (recommended by Senia)
http://www.happinessclub.com/ (recommended by Senia)
Novgorod Psychological Portal (recommended by Senia)

Gratitude Club (recommended by Caroline)
No Regrets Zone (recommended by Caroline)

All Author Websites:

• Kathryn Britton
  Theano Coaching by Kathryn Britton
• Cabinet Girls
  Cabinet Girls
• Flourishing Schools
  Positive Psychology for Education
• Greenwich Academic
  Academic Coaching: Positive Psychology combined with Tutoring (CT and NY)
• Margaret Greenberg
  Margarent Greenberg
• Caroline Miller
  Caroline Miller
• Peter Minich
  Peter Minich
• Momentum Project
  The Momentum Project - How’s Your Momentum?
• Student Flourishing
  Student Flourishing
• Tom Rath
  Tom Rath
• Senia.com
  Positive Psychology Coaching
• Dave Shearon
  Positive Psychology applied to lawyers and educations
• Yakov Smirnoff
  Yakov Smirnoff

More Information:

Tal Ben-Shahar speaks about his most popular class at Harvard undergrad on the Diana Rehm show (6-21-07): link.