The Happiness Animal
by Will Jelbert
EmotionsAdded on January 14, 2026
Description
From the bestselling author of "Word Wise"Voted #1 Happiness Book on GoodreadsAfter mythbusting what makes us happy, author Will Jelbert reveals the five muscles you can exercise for happiness. Backed by research from the world's leading psychologists and full of entertaining yet poignant anecdotes, this is a candid road map to a better life.Updated and fully revised, 11-year-anniversary editionIn this new accessible re-write of The Happiness Animal, the original bestseller is transformed into as concise and small a time commitment as possible. It's the original roadmap to a better life, made simpler.
Reader Reviews
In The Happiness Animal author Will Jelbert displays a remarkable facility with the English language while drawing on his own compelling life story and an obvious depth of reading on the subject. The book approaches one of the most significant subjects in the human experience - happiness. Everyone has asked the question - "How can I be happy?" And the more thoughtful among us, have asked, "What is happiness?" You can't pursue it if if you don't know what it is. Jelbert's approach is interesting.
I've just finished reading "The Happiness Animal" by Will Jelbert and found it to be an excellent read. I've always been interested in applied psychology and found this book to be full of great principles and useful exercises about being true to yourself, finding piece within yourself and discovering true happiness in life. Happiness is probably one of my biggest values in life and reading this book really made me see and think about life in a different light. I particularly like the way it was
Good ideas overall, but the writing style lacks conciseness with lots of repetitions, spelling out the obvious and giving oversimplified examples. The exercises the author offers didn't seem particularly helpful or practical to me.
