The psychologist Carl Rogers famously said that the good life is a direction, not a destination. Understanding what this means is probably the most important thing a person can do if they want to live ...

A reference book disguised as a self-help book, The How of Happiness is far more credible than most other books whose titles promise you help “getting the life you want.” It may be more useful, too.

When I saw the title of longtime New Yorker writer and cultural essayist Adam Gopnik’s slim new volume, “All That Happiness Is,” the song “Happiness” from the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown ...

The Ireland that Niall Williams writes about in this novel is gone — or would be if he hadn’t cradled it so tenderly in the clover of his prose. Escaping into the pages of “This Is Happiness” feels as ...

Why do some people find meaning, purpose, and fulfillment in life while others do not? Jonathan Haidt’s book offers a detailed answer to this question. His “happiness hypothesis” aligns philosophical, ...