The loneliness pandemic is upon us, but there are antidotes. These books help us step away from the deluge of the online world and foster meaningful connection with others. So go ahead, give that friend a call, set up that coffee date, and go visit a bookstore together. Life is better with company.
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The Art of Gathering
How We Meet and Why It Matters
Radical Friendship
Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World
Find Your People
Building Deep Community in a Lonely World
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Revised, Updated)
Indistractable
How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
The Courage to Be Disliked (Export)
I Never Thought of It That Way
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
Friendship
The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond
We Heal Together
Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection
Mattering
The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose
The Friendship Bench
How Fourteen Grandmothers Inspired a Mental Health Revolution
Prosocial
Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups
Community, Third Edition
The Structure of Belonging
Dopamine Kids
A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Child's Brain and Take Back Your Family in the Age of Screens and Ultraprocessed Foods
Digital Exhaustion
Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life
Stolen Focus
Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again
Returning Home to Our Bodies
Reimagining the Relationship Between Our Bodies and the World--Practices for Connecting Somatics, Nature, and Social Cha
A Time to Gather
How Ritual Created the World--And How It Can Save Us
The Art of Noticing
131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday
| # | Title | Subtitle | Author(s) | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Should Get Together | The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships | Kat Vellos | 2020 | |
| 2 | The Art of Gathering | How We Meet and Why It Matters | Priya Parker | 2020 | |
| 3 | Radical Friendship | Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World | Kate Johnson | 2021 | |
| 4 | Find Your People | Building Deep Community in a Lonely World | Jennie Allen | 2023 | |
| 5 | Bowling Alone | The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Revised, Updated) | Robert D Putnam | 2020 | |
| 6 | Indistractable | How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life | Nir Eyal | 2019 | |
| 7 | The Courage to Be Disliked (Export) | Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga | 2025 | ||
| 8 | I Never Thought of It That Way | How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times | Mónica Guzmán | 2024 | |
| 9 | Friendship | The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond | Lydia Denworth | 2021 | |
| 10 | We Heal Together | Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection | Michelle Cassandra Johnson | 2023 | |
| 11 | Mattering | The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose | Jennifer Breheny Wallace | 2026 | |
| 12 | The Friendship Bench | How Fourteen Grandmothers Inspired a Mental Health Revolution | Dixon Chibanda | 2025 | |
| 13 | Prosocial | Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups | Paul W B Atkins, David Sloan Wilson, and Steven C Hayes | 2019 | |
| 14 | Community, Third Edition | The Structure of Belonging | Peter Block | 2026 | |
| 15 | Dopamine Kids | A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Child's Brain and Take Back Your Family in the Age of Screens and Ultraprocessed Foods | Michaeleen Doucleff | 2026 | |
| 16 | Digital Exhaustion | Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life | Paul Leonardi | 2025 | |
| 17 | Stolen Focus | Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari | 2023 | |
| 18 | Returning Home to Our Bodies | Reimagining the Relationship Between Our Bodies and the World--Practices for Connecting Somatics, Nature, and Social Cha | Abigail Rose Clarke | 2024 | |
| 19 | A Time to Gather | How Ritual Created the World--And How It Can Save Us | Bruce Feiler | 2026 | |
| 20 | The Art of Noticing | 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday | Rob Walker | 2019 |