Mood-boosting Books 2012 list
In January 2012 we launched Mood-Boosting Books with a list of 27 uplifting titles.
The Beach Café by Lucy Diamond
Being Human by Neil Astley
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
Couch Fiction by Philippa Perry
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Hector and the Search for Happiness by Francois Lelord
Life According to Lubka by Laurie Graham
Life with the Lid Off by Nicola Hodgkinson
A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Men at Work by Mike Gayle
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Tackling Life by Charlie Oatway
That Awkward Age by Roger McGough
To the Moon and Back by Jill Mansell
Trouble on the Heath by Terry Jones
A Winter Book by Tove Jansson
Stop What You're Doing and Read This - Various contributors
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Waterlog by Roger Deakin
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Get involved
We are on the look-out for recommendations for our 2013 Mood-boosting Books list.
Whether it's a novel, non-fiction, poetry or a graphic novel, we would love to hear about the books that have made you feel better.
- Tweet your recommendations using #moodboosting
- Email us with your uplifting reads
Your recommendations will then be put to reading groups who will decide which books make it into the final list, which will be released in May 2013.
