31 Books like Passages

Your One Wild and Precious Life

by Maureen Gaffney • 2021

Nine life stages, nine psychological tasks. The roadmap for mastering yours, whatever your age.

3.47

255

🧠 Developmental Psychology 📋 Life Stages 🔗 Attachment Theory

Your One Wild and Precious Life 97%

Nine life stages, nine psychological tasks. The roadmap for mastering yours, whatever your age.

by Maureen Gaffney 2021

3.47

255 ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 📋 Life Stages 🔗 Attachment Theory

New Passages

by Gail Sheehy • 1996

Thirty extra years of life have no map. Here is the terrain from 50 to 85.

3.71

356

🌅 Midlife Transitions 👤 Adult Development 🌀 Conscious Aging

New Passages 96%

Thirty extra years of life have no map. Here is the terrain from 50 to 85.

by Gail Sheehy 1996

3.71

356 ratings

🌅 Midlife Transitions 👤 Adult Development 🌀 Conscious Aging

The Defining Decade

by Meg Jay • 2012

Why coasting through your twenties costs your thirties, and the research-backed moves to start now.

4.10

92k+

🧠 Adult Development 🔄 Life Transitions 💼 Career Development

The Defining Decade 96%

Why coasting through your twenties costs your thirties, and the research-backed moves to start now.

by Meg Jay 2012

4.10

92k+ ratings

🧠 Adult Development 🔄 Life Transitions 💼 Career Development

Quarterlife

by Satya Doyle Byock • 2022

Between 16 and 36, a developmental crisis hits: meaning and security pull in opposite directions.

3.96

4k+

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Emerging Adulthood 🌀 Jungian Psychology

Quarterlife 95%

Between 16 and 36, a developmental crisis hits: meaning and security pull in opposite directions.

by Satya Doyle Byock 2022

3.96

4k+ ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Emerging Adulthood 🌀 Jungian Psychology

Life Is in the Transitions

by Bruce Feiler • 2020

A disruption every 12 to 18 months. The skills of the people who navigated them best.

3.94

3k+

🌀 Life Transitions 📖 Narrative Psychology ✨ Meaning Making

Life Is in the Transitions 95%

A disruption every 12 to 18 months. The skills of the people who navigated them best.

by Bruce Feiler 2020

3.94

3k+ ratings

🌀 Life Transitions 📖 Narrative Psychology ✨ Meaning Making

Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis

by Alexandra Robbins • 2004

You're not behind. You're not broken. The rules for navigating the decade everyone finds hardest.

3.38

331

🧑‍🎓 Emerging Adulthood 💁 Twentysomething Life 🔄 Life Transitions

Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis Summary

Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis 95%

You're not behind. You're not broken. The rules for navigating the decade everyone finds hardest.

by Alexandra Robbins 2004

3.38

331 ratings

🧑‍🎓 Emerging Adulthood 💁 Twentysomething Life 🔄 Life Transitions

101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties

by Paul Angone • 2018

One hundred and one questions for the decade that doesn't come with a manual.

3.68

692

🧭 Quarterlife Crisis 🌉 Life Transitions 🔑 Adulting Guides

101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties Summary

101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties 95%

One hundred and one questions for the decade that doesn't come with a manual.

by Paul Angone 2018

3.68

692 ratings

🧭 Quarterlife Crisis 🌉 Life Transitions 🔑 Adulting Guides

The Middle Passage

by James Hollis • 1993

Your midlife crisis is not a breakdown. It is the psyche evicting the false self.

4.45

2k+

🌗 Midlife Transition 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🖤 Shadow Work

The Middle Passage 94%

Your midlife crisis is not a breakdown. It is the psyche evicting the false self.

by James Hollis 1993

4.45

2k+ ratings

🌗 Midlife Transition 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🖤 Shadow Work

Necessary Losses

by Judith Viorst • 1986

From your mother's arms to your own mortality, every step of growth requires a loss.

4.07

4k+

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🕯️ Grief Work

Necessary Losses 94%

From your mother's arms to your own mortality, every step of growth requires a loss.

by Judith Viorst 1986

4.07

4k+ ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🕯️ Grief Work

Quarterlife Crisis

by Alexandra Robbins • 2001

The midlife crisis has a younger sibling, and it strikes before the first gray hair.

3.19

1k+

🌱 Early Adulthood 🎓 Post-Grad Life 💼 Career Anxiety

Quarterlife Crisis 94%

The midlife crisis has a younger sibling, and it strikes before the first gray hair.

by Alexandra Robbins 2001

3.19

1k+ ratings

🌱 Early Adulthood 🎓 Post-Grad Life 💼 Career Anxiety

Driving with Plato

by Robert Rowland Smith • 2011

What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.

3.24

278

🏛️ Everyday Philosophy 🌱 Life Stages 🪪 Identity Formation

Driving with Plato 94%

What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.

by Robert Rowland Smith 2011

3.24

278 ratings

🏛️ Everyday Philosophy 🌱 Life Stages 🪪 Identity Formation

The Evolving Self

by Robert Kegan • 1982

Every stage of adult life imprisons us in something invisible. Growing is learning to see it.

4.21

478

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Adult Development 🧩 Neo-Piagetian

The Evolving Self 94%

Every stage of adult life imprisons us in something invisible. Growing is learning to see it.

by Robert Kegan 1982

4.21

478 ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Adult Development 🧩 Neo-Piagetian

The Twentysomething Guide to Getting It Together

by Mary Traina • 2014

Quarterlife stuck? A full-life reset plan for career, money, health, dating, and friendships.

3.43

272

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🏠 Adulting Guides ⏰ Time Management

The Twentysomething Guide to Getting It Together Summary

The Twentysomething Guide to Getting It Together 94%

Quarterlife stuck? A full-life reset plan for career, money, health, dating, and friendships.

by Mary Traina 2014

3.43

272 ratings

🌀 Quarterlife Crisis 🏠 Adulting Guides ⏰ Time Management

The Twenty-Something Treatment

by Meg Jay • 2024

Your twenties can break you or build you. The difference is skill, not a pill.

4.13

1k+

🎯 Young Adulthood 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Twenty-Something Treatment 94%

Your twenties can break you or build you. The difference is skill, not a pill.

by Meg Jay 2024

4.13

1k+ ratings

🎯 Young Adulthood 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life

by James Hollis • 2005

Midlife dissatisfaction is not failure. It is the psyche's demand that you finally become yourself.

4.17

3k+

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌅 Midlife Transition 🌑 Shadow Work

Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life Summary

Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life 94%

Midlife dissatisfaction is not failure. It is the psyche's demand that you finally become yourself.

by James Hollis 2005

4.17

3k+ ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌅 Midlife Transition 🌑 Shadow Work

Learning to Love Midlife

by Chip Conley • 2024

The dozen shifts that trade a midlife crisis for your most purposeful, emotionally rich years.

3.68

1k+

🦋 Midlife Transitions 🍂 Aging Well 🧠 Positive Psychology

Learning to Love Midlife 94%

The dozen shifts that trade a midlife crisis for your most purposeful, emotionally rich years.

by Chip Conley 2024

3.68

1k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Transitions 🍂 Aging Well 🧠 Positive Psychology

From Strength to Strength

by Arthur C. Brooks • 2022

Your brain's peak mental speed fades early. The slower, wiser mind that follows is your edge.

3.94

17k+

🧭 Midlife Transition 🏆 High Achievers 🧠 Cognitive Aging

From Strength to Strength 94%

Your brain's peak mental speed fades early. The slower, wiser mind that follows is your edge.

by Arthur C. Brooks 2022

3.94

17k+ ratings

🧭 Midlife Transition 🏆 High Achievers 🧠 Cognitive Aging

Living an Examined Life

by James Hollis • 2018

What if adulthood only begins when you permit yourself to become who you actually are?

4.29

1k+

🕉️ Jungian Psychology 🖤 Shadow Work 🧭 Midlife Transition

Living an Examined Life 94%

What if adulthood only begins when you permit yourself to become who you actually are?

by James Hollis 2018

4.29

1k+ ratings

🕉️ Jungian Psychology 🖤 Shadow Work 🧭 Midlife Transition

The Happiness Curve

by Jonathan Rauch • 2018

Midlife discontent is not a crisis. It is predictable, temporary, and the upswing needs no action.

3.63

2k+

🔄 Midlife Transitions 📊 Happiness Research 😊 Positive Psychology

The Happiness Curve 94%

Midlife discontent is not a crisis. It is predictable, temporary, and the upswing needs no action.

by Jonathan Rauch 2018

3.63

2k+ ratings

🔄 Midlife Transitions 📊 Happiness Research 😊 Positive Psychology

Late Bloomers

by Rich Karlgaard • 2019

The race to succeed young is breaking people. What if the real advantage is arriving late?

4.00

2k+

🪴 Career Reinvention 📚 Educational Pressure 🌀 Non-Linear Success

Late Bloomers 93%

The race to succeed young is breaking people. What if the real advantage is arriving late?

by Rich Karlgaard 2019

4.00

2k+ ratings

🪴 Career Reinvention 📚 Educational Pressure 🌀 Non-Linear Success

Working Identity

by Herminia Ibarra • 2002

Find your passion is backward: new careers are built through doing, not through knowing.

4.03

2k+

🔀 Career Change 🧪 Career Experimentation 🏢 Organizational Behavior

Working Identity 93%

Find your passion is backward: new careers are built through doing, not through knowing.

by Herminia Ibarra 2002

4.03

2k+ ratings

🔀 Career Change 🧪 Career Experimentation 🏢 Organizational Behavior

101 Secrets for Your Twenties

by Paul Angone • 2013

No dream job, no friend group, no clue: 101 secrets for the decade that refuses to make sense.

3.53

2k+

🌪️ Quarter-Life Crisis 🏠 Adulting 😂 Humorous Self-Help

101 Secrets for Your Twenties 93%

No dream job, no friend group, no clue: 101 secrets for the decade that refuses to make sense.

by Paul Angone 2013

3.53

2k+ ratings

🌪️ Quarter-Life Crisis 🏠 Adulting 😂 Humorous Self-Help

The Twentysomething Handbook

by Nora Bradbury-Haehl • 2021

Budgeting, cooking, job hunting, therapy, friendship: the guide your twenties never got. Until now.

3.60

140

🏠 Adulting Guide 🌱 Early Adulthood 🔧 Life Skills

The Twentysomething Handbook 93%

Budgeting, cooking, job hunting, therapy, friendship: the guide your twenties never got. Until now.

by Nora Bradbury-Haehl 2021

3.60

140 ratings

🏠 Adulting Guide 🌱 Early Adulthood 🔧 Life Skills

Living Your Unlived Life

by Robert A. Johnson • 2007

The self you abandoned returns at midlife. The crisis is your invitation, not your collapse.

3.89

534

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌅 Midlife Transition 🌙 Dream Work

Living Your Unlived Life 93%

The self you abandoned returns at midlife. The crisis is your invitation, not your collapse.

by Robert A. Johnson 2007

3.89

534 ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌅 Midlife Transition 🌙 Dream Work

Triumphs of Experience

by George E. Vaillant • 2012

Harvard tracked 268 men for 75 years. One predictor of happiness beat income, IQ, and genes.

4.15

1k+

🧪 Longitudinal Research 🌱 Adult Development 😊 Happiness Research

Triumphs of Experience 93%

Harvard tracked 268 men for 75 years. One predictor of happiness beat income, IQ, and genes.

by George E. Vaillant 2012

4.15

1k+ ratings

🧪 Longitudinal Research 🌱 Adult Development 😊 Happiness Research

Midlife

by Kieran Setiya • 2017

A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.

3.56

3k+

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💀 Mortality Acceptance

Midlife 93%

A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.

by Kieran Setiya 2017

3.56

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💀 Mortality Acceptance

What Do You Want Out of Life?

by Valerie Tiberius • 2023

Your goals are at war. A philosophical guide to brokering peace by renegotiating what you value.

3.19

373

🏛️ Practical Philosophy ⚔️ Goal Conflict Resolution 🎯 Values Identification

What Do You Want Out of Life? 93%

Your goals are at war. A philosophical guide to brokering peace by renegotiating what you value.

by Valerie Tiberius 2023

3.19

373 ratings

🏛️ Practical Philosophy ⚔️ Goal Conflict Resolution 🎯 Values Identification

The Myths of Happiness

by Sonja Lyubomirsky • 2012

Life's big milestones satisfy less than promised. The science of why, and what works better.

3.66

2k+

🧪 Positive Psychology 🔄 Life Transitions 👥 Social Comparison

The Myths of Happiness 93%

Life's big milestones satisfy less than promised. The science of why, and what works better.

by Sonja Lyubomirsky 2012

3.66

2k+ ratings

🧪 Positive Psychology 🔄 Life Transitions 👥 Social Comparison

A Life of Meaning

by James Hollis • 2023

Midlife isn't a crisis. It's the moment your unconscious patterns demand a reckoning.

4.54

579

🧠 Depth Psychology 🌅 Midlife Transition 🌑 Shadow Work

A Life of Meaning 93%

Midlife isn't a crisis. It's the moment your unconscious patterns demand a reckoning.

by James Hollis 2023

4.54

579 ratings

🧠 Depth Psychology 🌅 Midlife Transition 🌑 Shadow Work

You Deserve This Sh!t

by Jordan Tarver • 2021

Find your path by asking yourself the questions you've been avoiding. The rest is practice.

3.48

947

🔍 Self-Discovery ✍️ Life Design 🧘 Mindfulness Exercises

You Deserve This Sh!t 93%

Find your path by asking yourself the questions you've been avoiding. The rest is practice.

by Jordan Tarver 2021

3.48

947 ratings

🔍 Self-Discovery ✍️ Life Design 🧘 Mindfulness Exercises

How to Age

by Anne Karpf • 2014

You were born aging. The fear is cultural, not biological, and it can be unlearned.

3.66

477

🏛️ Aging And Culture ⚖️ Ageism 👩 Aging And Gender

How to Age 93%

You were born aging. The fear is cultural, not biological, and it can be unlearned.

by Anne Karpf 2014

3.66

477 ratings

🏛️ Aging And Culture ⚖️ Ageism 👩 Aging And Gender

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