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Not another New Year's Self Improvement list

Books to help you appreciate yourself and find joy just as you are now.

Oakland Public Library

10 items

  • BookChapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022. — 814.6 GAY
  • The Happiness Project

    Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

    Rubin, Gretchen
    BookNew York : Harper, 2011. — 158 RUBIN 2011
  • Wintering

    the Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

    May, Katherine,
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2020. — 818.603 MAY
  • BookNew York, NY : Little, Brown Spark, 2022. — 155.2 HERSEY
  • Black Joy

    a Strategy for Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration

    Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M.,
    BookNew York : Gallery Books, 2022. — 305.89607 LEWIS
  • The Little Book of Joy

    365 Ways to Celebrate Every Day

    Diaz, Joanne Ruelos
    BookDunsfold, Surrey : Magic Cat Publishing, 2021. — J 155.41242 DIAZ
  • BookNew York : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — 158.1 TAWWAB
  • 52 Ways to Walk

    the Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time

    Streets, Annabel,
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2022] — 796.51 STREETS