failure | life lessons | self-improvement | Tolstoy | War and Peace Lessons on failure from Pierre in Tolstoy’s War and Peace April 4, 2015November 21, 2018
depression | feel-good | low mood Amusing books and blazing fires: Sydney Smith’s 20 antidotes to depression and low spirits January 25, 2015January 4, 2020
anxiety | nature | relaxation | retreat Levin on The Joy of Retreating into Nature (Reasons to Read Anna Karenina, Part II) January 11, 2015February 15, 2022
War and Peace Ernest Hemingway’s list of 16 books we ought to read, including War and Peace and Anna Karenina December 31, 2014October 29, 2022
mental strength | buddhism | inspiring Aung San Suu Kyi’s favourite books, including John le Carré, Austen & WWI poetry December 27, 2014September 10, 2022
Tolstoy “Head and shoulders above the others”: What James Joyce Thought of Leo Tolstoy December 13, 2014October 29, 2022
Tolstoy Reasons to Read Anna Karenina, Part 1: The Authenticity of Levin November 8, 2014December 31, 2019
Tolstoy Initial Thoughts on Rosamund Bartlett’s Translation of Anna Karenina October 10, 2014November 21, 2018
anxiety | meditation | mindfulness | poetry | war | War and Peace Reading W.B. Yeats’s “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” as a Meditation on Life October 1, 2014January 3, 2020
finding direction | meaning and purpose | Tolstoy | twentysomethings | War and Peace If You Don’t Know Where to Go in Life, Try Reading War and Peace September 3, 2014December 31, 2019
poetry | grief | loss Poetry for Letting Go: In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver August 21, 2014December 16, 2022
mental strength | persevering through hardship I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes: One of The Best Thrillers Ever Written? August 14, 2014October 18, 2022
Tolstoy | anxiety | War and Peace What Leo Tolstoy Can Teach Us About Overcoming Anxiety August 1, 2014October 29, 2022
anxiety | depression | fiction on the brain | mindfulness Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s idea of ‘Flow’ & how we can create it by reading great fiction July 16, 2014October 29, 2022
mental health James Joyce’s daughter and the possible influence of her schizophrenia on Finnegans Wake July 4, 2014October 29, 2022
poetry | inspiring “Let My Country Awake” by Rabindranath Tagore to Inspire Individual and Social Change June 19, 2014September 8, 2022
mood-boosting books | bibliotherapy | fiction on the brain Why You Should Reread Your Favourite Novels (Again and Again) June 12, 2014March 10, 2022
life lessons What The Secret History by Donna Tartt Can Tell Us About Cultivating a Love for Learning June 11, 2014October 17, 2022
fiction on the brain | bibliotherapy Reading Fiction Doesn’t Mean You’re Lonely (but Non-fiction Might) May 30, 2014October 6, 2022
Tolstoy | life lessons | War and Peace 12 Life Lessons to Gain From Reading Leo Tolstoy May 27, 2014October 6, 2022
bibliotherapy | fiction on the brain How fiction is a simulation of life – books on the brain May 23, 2014October 29, 2022
fiction on the brain | bibliotherapy Why do we enjoy reading fiction? – books on the brain May 12, 2014October 29, 2022
bibliotherapy | reading for wellbeing | Tolstoy Tolstoy on the Importance of Books and Literacy in Prisons May 5, 2014November 21, 2018
courage | fear of death | persevering through hardship A Book for Life: Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry March 24, 2014November 30, 2018
Tolstoy | War and Peace On War & Peace: My Problems With The Pevear & Volokhonsky Translation (Part II) January 17, 2014January 7, 2020
