Sign up to our emails and be the first to know about new releases, special offers and more.
Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!
Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.
Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
The School of Life
60 prompt cards designed to remind us of the many reasons we have to be thankful.
In stock at 2 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 2 shops
52 exercises designed to open the mind and break through creative blocks.
In a charming, naively illustrated tale, we follow the adventures of Bunny - a version of all of us - as he encounters a series of obstacles we are in…
This is a book that patiently unpacks the causes of our greatest stresses and gives us a succession of highly persuasive, beautiful and sometimes dryly comic arguments with which to…
This volume explores the way we can easily pine for what is costly and out of reach - and it gently returns us to ourselves, full of new found wonder…
In stock at 3 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 3 shops
Focus on how to improve your instincts and overcome all obstacles to finding that special someone.
This book takes us on a journey into our deepest, most elusive selves and arms us with a set of tools to understand our characters properly.
People who want to express admiration for culture often say it’s valuable ‘for its own sake’. The School of Life disagrees, believing that the world has, up to now, not…
A thought-provoking and practical guide to one of the greatest questions we will ever face - what is the meaning of life?
A book to offer comfort and guidance to those dealing with the sorrows of heartbreak.
A book to help us navigate the dating process and guide us through the joys and anxieties of finding a partner.
A thoughtful exploration of the complex motivations and emotions behind affairs.
A practical and definitive guide to arguments in love, teaching us how to argue more effectively.
A bold rethinking of one of humankind’s most important and popular rituals.
An in-depth exploration of what really lies behind our problematic behavioural patterns in the workplace, and a blueprint for the emotional skills we need to overcome them.
The Joys and Sorrows of Parenting promises us a gentle way of staying calm around one of the most arduous yet deeply fulfilling jobs in the world.
A guide to a more consoling, humane and in its own way joyful perspective on the complexities of love.
A practical guide that explores the roots of procrastination and offers the reader thoughtful advice on the art of managing it.
A compassionate and hopeful guide to achieving emotional wellbeing.
In stock at 4 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 4 shops
A book to inspire closeness and connection, helping people not only to find love but to make it last.
A guide to rediscovering niceness as one of the highest of all human achievements.
A practical guide to finding fulfilling work by understanding yourself.
In stock at 5 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 5 shops
An outline for a new kind of wedding ceremony free from theology, with new rituals designed to prepare us for modern marriage.
An original and comprehensive look at what it is we seek when we set off on an adventure abroad - and at how we can travel better, so that our…
A collection of the essential emotional lessons we need in order to thrive.
This essential guide to philosophy reminds us of the wit, humanity and relevance from great philosophers including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Confucius, Lao Tzu and Buddha on thoughts about love, work, anxiety…
A therapeutic and consoling workbook with exercises to soothe anxiety and create a state of calm.
A guide to modern times that explores the challenges living in the 21st century can pose to our mental wellbeing.
A reassuring guide on how to overcome failure, teaching us that we can learn to fail well.
A guide to emotional healing and living a more self-accepting life by learning to love oneself.
A guide to developing the art of finding serenity by understanding the sources of our anxiety and frustrations.
Explores and appreciates the small pleasures found in everyday life.
An inspiring curated selection of 40 photographs and artworks with accompanying essays examining the skill of confidence.
In stock at 6 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 6 shops
An intimate look at the complexities of family life told through evocative photography and authentic interviews.
Order online and we’ll ship when availablePre-order now
A book to offer clarity and guidance when facing the difficult decision of whether your relationship has a future.
The School of Life's Everyday Adventures invites you to explore new things in familiar places.
Therapeutic exercises to help couples nurture patience, forgiveness and humour.
A practical guide to balancing and maintaining physical and mental harmony
A parenting guide providing compassionate instruction and insight into raising a resilient well-balanced child.
An engaging, alternative history of the world for children, which helps to make sense of today.
In stock at 7 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 7 shops
A thought-provoking and practical workbook with exercises to help you discover a career that is truly fulfilling.
Accessible philosophy for children; a collection of important concepts from 25 famous thinkers, contextualised in relatable everyday scenarios.
These cards reopen channels of emotional communication that have, very understandably, become clogged up over time.
Stimulating conversation can be tough in adult life. Designed to help liven up a slow evening, The School of Life's Games for Grown-Ups is a fun alternative to stale chit-chat…
School Of Life
A set of cards which display beautiful photographs of life’s small pleasures.
This is a set of twenty beautiful cards, each containing a short essay on a key concept in psychotherapy, creating a pack that offers a perfect introduction to the subject.