Books recommended by Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin is an American writer and researcher known for exploring the themes of happiness, habits, and human behavior. She became famous with the book The Happiness Project, in which she documented a year dedicated to testing strategies for living better, and consolidated her reputation with Better Than Before, about habit formation, and The Four Tendencies, which proposes a typology of how people respond to expectations.

Her reading recommendations reflect her interest in psychology, self-knowledge, and productivity, but also biography and literature — she is a voracious reader and frequently shares lists and reflections on books on her podcast and blog, making her curation a reference for anyone seeking titles about how to live and work better.