Weiner came of age as an NPR correspondent, reporting from some of the gloomiest, unhappiest places on Earth. From the relationship between democracy and happiness to the role of religion, temperature and failure in happiness, the book offers a provocative perspective on what happiness is - and isn’t - and where we might find it.
The hunt for happiness seems to be a global, fundamentally human pursuit - but what exactly is its actual prey and does that prey have a natural habitat? That’s exactly what Eric Weiner explores in The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World - a fascinating tale of psychology, geopolitics, science, travel and humor, and a fine addition to these 7 essential books on happiness. Americans have it inscribed into their constitution.
