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.