The New Yorker/Ceridwen Dovey: Can Reading Make You Happier?

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Can Reading Make You Happier?

By Ceridwen Dovey

June 9, 2015

For all avid readers who have been self-medicating with great books their entire lives, it comes as no surprise that reading books can be good for you.
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Several years ago, I was given as a gift a remote session with a bibliotherapist at the London headquarters of the School of Life, which offers innovative courses to help people deal with the daily emotional challenges of existence. I have to admit that at first I didn’t really like the idea of being given

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    Ceridwen Dovey is the author of the short-story collection “Only the Animals” and the novels “Blood Kin” and “In the Garden of the Fugitives.”Read more »

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