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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I Never Thought of It That Way
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
Digital Exhaustion
Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life
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
We Heal Together
Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection
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
Friendship
The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond
Mattering
The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose
The Friendship Bench
How Fourteen Grandmothers Inspired a Mental Health Revolution
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
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
The Art of Loving
The Centennial Edition
This Book Won't Make You Happy
Eight Keys to Finding True Contentment
| # | Title | Subtitle | Author(s) | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Should Get Together | The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships | Kat Vellos | 2020 | |
| 2 | I Never Thought of It That Way | How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times | Mónica Guzmán | 2024 | |
| 3 | Digital Exhaustion | Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life | Paul Leonardi | 2025 | |
| 4 | The Art of Gathering | How We Meet and Why It Matters | Priya Parker | 2020 | |
| 5 | Radical Friendship | Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World | Kate Johnson | 2021 | |
| 6 | We Heal Together | Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection | Michelle Cassandra Johnson | 2023 | |
| 7 | Find Your People | Building Deep Community in a Lonely World | Jennie Allen | 2023 | |
| 8 | Bowling Alone | The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Revised, Updated) | Robert D Putnam | 2020 | |
| 9 | Indistractable | How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life | Nir Eyal | 2019 | |
| 10 | Friendship | The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond | Lydia Denworth | 2021 | |
| 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 | Community, Third Edition | The Structure of Belonging | Peter Block | 2026 | |
| 14 | 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 | |
| 15 | Stolen Focus | Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari | 2023 | |
| 16 | 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 | |
| 17 | A Time to Gather | How Ritual Created the World--And How It Can Save Us | Bruce Feiler | 2026 | |
| 18 | The Art of Noticing | 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday | Rob Walker | 2019 | |
| 19 | The Art of Loving | The Centennial Edition | Erich Fromm | 2000 | |
| 20 | This Book Won't Make You Happy | Eight Keys to Finding True Contentment | Niro Feliciano | 2022 |