The Art of Happiness
by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama
★ Top 10 book of 1998 · #10 on Best Books of 1998
A renowned spiritual leader joins forces with a psychiatrist to explain, for the first time, how he reached his calm and lasting serenity. Readers are shown how they might cultivate similar inner peace themselves.
Best for: Readers seeking inner peace from a spiritual leader and a psychiatrist
The Art of Happiness is #10 on BookWard's Best Books of 1998, out of 36 1998 books that cleared our data bar.
The Art of Happiness on the Best Books of 1998
The Art of Happiness came out in 1998. Of the 36 books first published in 1998 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #10 on our Best Books of 1998 list.
Why it made the list: 334 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (14 ratings); 23 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 1998 list
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey, #8
- A Bad Case of Stripes David Shannon, #9
- Rainbow Six Tom Clancy, #11
- Skellig David Almond, #12
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 289 want to read it, 23 are reading it now and 22 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 14 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 67 | 55% |
| Reader love | 83 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 75 | 20% |
Questions about The Art of Happiness
When was The Art of Happiness published?
The Art of Happiness by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama was first published in 1998.
Was The Art of Happiness one of the best books of 1998?
The Art of Happiness is #10 on BookWard's Best Books of 1998, out of 36 1998 books that cleared our data bar. 334 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (14 ratings); 23 are reading it right now.
Why is The Art of Happiness on the Best Books of 1998 list?
334 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (14 ratings); 23 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 1998
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling, #1
- Holes Louis Sachar, #2
- A Clash of Kings George R. R. Martin, #3
- Bag of Bones Stephen King, #4
- Among the Hidden Margaret Peterson Haddix, #5
- Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson, #6
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How we know
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