Books like Feeling Good
Feeling Good by David D. Burns reads as practical, supportive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What Feeling Good is like to read
A clear, workbook-style guide to cognitive techniques for lifting depression, written in plain instructive prose with exercises and worked examples. Best for: readers seeking a practical, evidence-based self-help program for depression and anxiety.
Cognitive therapy and the emotional disorders
Aaron T. Beck · 1976
A foundational clinical guide laying out how distorted thinking drives emotional suffering, written in clear expository prose aimed at clinicians and thoughtful lay readers.
Ten days to self-esteem
David D. Burns · 1993
A structured, workbook-style leader's manual translating cognitive-therapy principles into a ten-session group program — practical, encouraging, and exercise-driven rather than narrative.
A new guide to rational living
Albert Ellis · 1975
A methodical, evidence-grounded toolkit for identifying and dismantling irrational thought patterns through structured cognitive work.
Drive yourself sane!
Susan Presby Kodish · 1993
Both explore mental health & cognitive behavioral therapy
You can beat depression
Preston, John · 1989
Both explore depression
Eating Less
Gillian Riley · 1998
Same self-help feel
Women Who Think Too Much
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema · 2003
A clinician-guided walk through why rumination traps women in anxiety and depression, paired with concrete cognitive strategies to break the loop.
Rewire Your Anxious Brain
Catherine M. Pittman · 2014
A structured, clinically-grounded self-help guide that walks readers through the neuroscience of anxiety and gives concrete brain-based coping strategies.
Control Your Mind and Master Your Feelings
Eric Robertson · 2019
A brief, plainly-worded self-help guide aimed at readers struggling with anxiety, promising practical techniques to regulate thoughts and emotions.
Change your brain, change your life
Daniel G. Amen · 1998
An accessible, case-study-driven tour of how brain function shapes mood and behavior, paired with practical prescriptions for change.
How to live 365 days a year
John A. Schindler · 1954
A brisk, plainspoken mid-century self-help classic arguing that emotional habits shape physical health, delivered with a doctor's confident bedside manner and practical prescriptions.
Stop obsessing!
Edna B. Foa · 1991
Both explore anxiety & cognitive behavioral therapy
About Feeling Good — what the genome says
Is Feeling Good a complete story or a cliffhanger?
It's a complete, standalone-satisfying story.
Who is Feeling Good for?
readers seeking a practical, evidence-based self-help program for depression and anxiety
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