List of School of Life titles

10 Aug, 2026

The School of Life: Complete Bibliography

Ordered by year of publication, starting with the most recent

2024

1. Getting Over Your Parents: Untangling your childhood

2023

2. A Voice of One's Own: A Story About Confidence and Self-Belief - Sarah Burton (Photographer)

2022

3. How to Survive the Modern World - Alain de Botton
4. On Self-Hatred: Learning to like oneself

2021

5. What They Forgot to Teach You at School
6. Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
7. How to Find the Right Words: A guide to delivering life's most awkward messages

2020

8. How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity
9. A More Exciting Life: A guide to greater freedom, spontaneity and enjoyment - Alain de Botton (Editor)
10. Why We Hate Cheap Things (Essay Books)
11. What Can I Do When I Grow Up
12. Happy, Healthy Minds: A children's guide to emotional wellbeing - Alain de Botton (Editor), Lizzy Stewart (Illustrator)

2019

13. How to Overcome Your Childhood
14. Heartbreak
15. The School of Life Guide to Modern Manners

2018

16. Self-Knowledge
17. How to Travel - Alain de Botton (Editor)

2017

18. On Confidence
19. A Job to Love
20. Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person: & Other Essays
21. How to Find Love
22. On Being Nice

2016

23. Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
24. Relationships
25. Calm: Educate Yourself in the Art of Remaining Calm, and Learn how to Defend Yourself from Panic and Fury
26. Small Pleasures

2013

27. School of Life Volume 2 - Alain de Botton (Editor)

Year Not Listed

28. A Simpler Life - Ryan Bartaby
29. The Meaning of Life
30. The Good Enough Parent: How to Raise Contented, Interesting and Resilient Children
31. The Sorrows of Love (Essay Books)
32. Anxiety: Meditations on the Anxious Mind
33. The Sorrows of Work (Essay Books)
34. Stay or Leave: How to remain in, or end your relationship
35. The Emotionally Intelligent Office: 20 Key Emotional Skills for the Workplace
36. Sex
37. What is Psychotherapy? (Essay Books) - Alain de Botton (Editor)
38. What is Culture For? (Essay Books) - Alain de Botton (Editor)
39. On Failure: How to succeed at defeat
40. How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds: Calming the chaos
41. Things Never to Tell Children - Ben Javens (Illustrator)
42. Mind & Body
43. Reasons to Be Hopeful
44. Dating (The Love Series)
45. On Mental Illness: What can calm, reassure and console
46. How to Reform Capitalism (Essay Books) - Alain de Botton (Editor)
47. A Replacement for Religion
48. How to Get on With Your Colleagues: A guide to better collaboration (Work series)
49. Philosophy in 40 ideas: From Aristotle to Zhong: Lessons for Life
50. Arguments (The School of Life Love series)
51. Procrastination: How to do it well
52. How Ready Are You For Love?: A path to more fulfilling and joyful relationships
53. Affairs
54. A More Loving World: How to increase compassion, kindness and joy
55. The Secrets of Successful Relationships (The Secrets Series, 1)
56. What Adults Don't Know About Art: Inspiring young minds to love and enjoy art
57. Insomnia: A Guide to, and Consolation for, the Restless Early Hours - Alain de Botton (Editor)
58. An Emotional Menagerie: Feelings from A to Z
59. The School of Life Dictionary
60. What Adults Don't Know About Architecture: Inspiring young minds to build a more beautiful world
61. Art Against Despair
62. The Joys and Sorrows of Parenting: 26 Essays to Reassure and Console - Bronia Stewart (Photographer)
63. Essential Ideas: Self-Awareness
64. From Trauma to Healing: How to locate, process and recover from psychological wounds
65. The School of Life: Quotes to Live By: A collection to revive and inspire
66. Essential Ideas: Love
67. Who Am I?: Psychological Exercises to Develop Self-understanding - Alain de Botton (Editor)
68. Phone Detox: Bring sanity to your most intense technological relationship
69. Nature and Me: A guide to the joys and excitements of the outdoors
70. The Calm Workbook: A Guide to Greater Serenity - Alain de Botton (Editor)
71. How Emotionally Mature Are You?: A Guide to Psychological Adulthood
72. The School of Life: An Emotional Education
73. Big Ideas from History: A history of the world for you
74. Essential Ideas: Serenity
75. Thinking & Eating: Recipes to nourish and inspire - Alain de Botton (Editor)
76. The Career Workbook: Fulfilment at work
77. The Secrets of Successful Friendships (The Secrets Series, 2)
78. The Couple's Workbook: Homework to help love last - Alain de Botton (Editor)
79. Big Ideas from Literature - Anna Doherty (Illustrator)
80. A Therapeutic Atlas: Destinations to inspire and enchant
81. A Therapeutic Library
82. The School of Life Collected Essays: Reflections on Self-Knowledge, Emotional Maturity and Calm
83. On Loneliness: How to overcome isolation and enjoy solitude - Julia Hawkins (Photographer)
84. A History of Ideas: The most intriguing, relevant and helpful concepts from the story of humanity
85. What Are You Feeling?: A picture book of your emotions - Daniel Gray-Barnett (Illustrator)
86. The Confidence Workbook: Building courage and self-belief
87. Confidence In 40 Images: The art of self-belief
88. Know Yourself: A path to self-knowledge
89. How to Think Like An Entrepreneur - Philip Delves Broughton
90. Calm in 40 Images: The art of finding serenity
91. Drawing as Therapy: Know Yourself Through Art - Alain de Botton (Editor)
92. On Divorce: Portraits and voices of separation - Harry Borden (Photographer)
93. The School of Life: How to Get Married: The foundations for a lasting relationship
94. What Are They Feeling?: The Adventures of an Empathy Detective
95. Self-Knowledge in 40 Images: The art of self-understanding
96. The Book of Me
97. How To Understand Yourself: Psychological tests and questionnaires to develop emotional intelligence
98. Emotional First Aid Kit
99. A Simpler Life: A Guide to Greater Serenity, Ease and Clarity - Alain de Botton, Rachel Lanning (Narrator)
100. On Family: The challenges and joys of family life
101. The Ingredients of Emotional Maturity: How to become more self-aware and resilient
102. Screen-Free Fun: 80 amazing activities from sock sliding to raindrop racing
103. Big Ideas From Science: How scientific discoveries shape our lives
104. The Couple' Workbook
105. Bold Truths: 20 philosophical prints - Alain de Botton (Editor)
106. The Simplier Life
107. The Secrets of Successful Friendships: How to succeed at defeat - Rachel Lanning (Narrator)
108. A Toolkit for Conversations - 100 Question Cards in a presentation box
109. The Vices and Virtues of Collaboration
110. Self-Reflection Journal
111. Aspects of Love: Reflections on the art of loving
112. Big Ideas from Art: Learning to appreciate art and creativity
113. Everyday Philosophy
114. Letting Go Cards: Learn to release the past
115. Creative Thinking Cards: Nurture imagination, invention and play
116. Calma: Como Entender As Origens Da Ansiedade, Da Raiva E Do Medo Pode Nos Levar À Serenidade
117. Everyday Wonder: Rediscover presence and serenity
118. Complete The Sentence: Find out what's really on your mind
119. Complete The Story: Exercise your imagination; discover your true self
120. Mood Map: 60 cards to help us define and explain our emotions
121. The School of Life Writing Journal - Sage: Find greater calm, joy and self-awareness
122. The School of Life Writing Journal - Burgundy: Find greater calm, joy and self-awareness
123. Writing as Therapy Journal: Ideas: A linen-bound notebook designed to accommodate ideas, aspirations and worries
124. Untitled School of Life Resilience
125. The School of Life: On Love