In 2012, older people in reading groups chose the following Mood-Boosting Books:

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast by Charlie Connelly

The Bad Dog's Diary: A Year in the Life of Blake: Lover... Fighter... Dog by Martin Howard

Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place by Annie Proulx

The Builders by Maeve Binchy

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

A Long Lunch by Simon Hoggart

Penguin's Poems for Life selected by Laura Barber

Reading in Bed by Sue Gee

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

Selected Stories by Anton Chekhov

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka

The Snow Goose and The Small Miracle by Paul Gallico

Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon

Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006 by Wendy Cope

Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin

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.