20 Books About Thankfulness
Slow down and express gratitude for the good things in life ♥
October 26, 2021
These 20 books will help you take some time to slow down and express gratitude for the good things in life.
365 Thank Yous
The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life
John Kralik
The author explains how writing thank you notes led him out of hopelessness and into the fulfillment of lifelong dreams.
Chicken Soup for the Soul
The Power of Gratitude: 101 Stories About How Being Thankful Can Change Your Life
Amy Newmark, Deborah Norville
Collects over one hundred inspiring stories in which average people change their lives by actively practicing gratitude.
Enough About Me
The Unexpected Power of Selflessness
Richard Lui
When his father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, award-winning journalist Richard Lui left his national news anchor job to care for Dad—no small decision. But decisions to be selfless are rarely so dramatic. Enough About Me equips you with the practical tools to find meaning and compassion in even the smallest of everyday choices.
Grateful
The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
Diana Butler Bass
Offers practical suggestions for reclaiming gratitude as a part of contemporary Christian spiritual practice.
Grateful American
A Journey From Self to Service
Gary Sinise
Discusses the author’s impressive career in the theater and film industries and his charity work on behalf of active duty members of the military, military veterans, and first responders.
Gratitude
Oliver Sacks
During the last few months of his life, he wrote a set of essays in which he movingly explored his feelings about completing a life and coming to terms with his own death.
The Gratitude Diaries
How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life
Janice Kaplan
A woman chronicles her exploration of looking on the bright side of every life situation over the course of a year and discusses how gratitude can transform every part of a person’s life and lead to a more fulfilling existence.
Gratitude Works!
A Twenty-One-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity
Robert A. Emmons
A purposeful guide for cultivating gratitude as a way of life explores evidence-based practices while providing step-by-step advice for practicing gratitude in accordance with religious, philosophical and spiritual traditions that support scientific principles.
Happily Ever After
The Life-Changing Power of a Grateful Heart
Trista Sutter
Published to coincide with the author’s 10-year wedding anniversary television special, a personal account by the reality star of The Bachelor and Bachelorette traces her career and whirlwind romance with Ryan Sutter while sharing personal secrets to a fulfilling relationship.
Help, Thanks, Wow
The Three Essential Prayers
Anne Lamott
Describes the three simple prayers—asking for assistance from a higher power, expressing gratitude, and feeling awe—that help to deal with the hardships of daily life.
The Joy Compass
Eight Ways to Find Lasting Happiness, Gratitude, and Optimism in the Present Moment
Donald Altman
Presents eight mindfulness strategies to help readers overcome negativity and live happy lives, including such practices as humor, gratitude, foregiveness, affirmation, and meditation.
Leading With Gratitude
Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results
Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton
In Leading with Gratitude, New York Times bestselling authors, the “apostles of appreciation” Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick introduce readers to easy ways to add more gratitude to their work environment.
Living Life as a Thank You
The Transformative Power of Daily Gratitude
Nina Lesowitz, Mary Beth Sammons
The authors present a simple but comprehensive program for incorporating gratitude into one’s life and reaping its many benefits, in a book with motivational quotes, suggested gratitude practice and anecdotes that is divided into such chapters as “Thank You Power” and “Putting Gratitude into Action.”
The Power of Being Thankful
365 Devotions for Discovering the Strength of Gratitude
Joyce Meyer
A 365-day devotional that features Bible verses and prayers designed to create a daily habit of giving thanks to God.
Spirituality of Gratitude
The Unexpected Blessings of Thankfulness
Joshua Choonmin Kang
God invites us to enter into a world of thankfulness at every moment in our lives, even in the hard times—perhaps especially then. Come and discover a spirituality of gratitude with pastor and bestselling Korean author Joshua Choonmin Kang in these fifty-two short chapters that can be read in weekly sabbath reflection or daily devotional use.
Thank You Power
Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You
Deborah Norville
Offers scientific evidence proving that gratitude is the secret key to unlocking life’s full potential, sharing powerful personal stories of “thank you power” in action and teaching readers how to incorporate that power into their own lives.
Thanks a Thousand
A Gratitude Journey
A. J. Jacobs
A New York Times best-selling author describes a journey of gratitude as he attempts to thank every person involved in producing his morning cup of coffee, from Minnesota coal miners to farmers in Columbia and the marketers on Madison Avenue.
The Thank-You Project
Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time
Nancy Davis
A freelance writer describes the positive impact she experienced by sending thank-you notes to the numerous people in her life who had helped, influenced, or inspired her and offers a roadmap for adding more gratitude and happiness to life.
The Way of Gratitude
A New Spirituality for Today
Galen Guengerich
A leading minister offers an inspiring guide to living a meaningful life by embracing the power of gratitude.
When You Say ‘Thank You’, Mean It
An 11 Other Lessons for Instilling Lifelong Values in Your Children
Mary O’Donohue
A practical program that allows parents to instill timeless values in their children over the course of one year focuses on one key value a month and includes such fun and family-friendly activities as keeping a gratitude board, making a compassion-in-action calendar and much more.