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    Best Books for Seniors

    Senior favorites + thought-provoking.

    On aging well

    • Being Mortal — Atul Gawande.
    • Successful Aging — Daniel Levitin.
    • From Strength to Strength — Arthur Brooks.
    • The Telomere Effect — Blackburn + Epel.
    • Outlive — Peter Attia.
    • All Libby/library available.

    Memoir + biography

    • The Light We Carry — Michelle Obama.
    • Spare — Prince Harry.
    • Educated — Tara Westover.
    • Leadership in Turbulent Times — Doris Kearns Goodwin.
    • The Unwinding of the Miracle — Julie Yip-Williams.
    • All thought-provoking.

    Cozy mysteries

    • Senior favorite genre.
    • Thursday Murder Club — Richard Osman.
    • Louise Penny — Inspector Gamache series.
    • Charles Todd — Bess Crawford.
    • Alexander McCall Smith — No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
    • Light reading + fun.

    Big ideas

    • Sapiens — Yuval Noah Harari.
    • Bowling Alone — Robert Putnam.
    • Thinking Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman.
    • The Code Breaker — Walter Isaacson.
    • How to Change Your Mind — Michael Pollan.

    Spirituality + reflection

    • Tuesdays with Morrie — Mitch Albom.
    • The Last Lecture — Randy Pausch.
    • When Things Fall Apart — Pema Chödrön.
    • The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle.
    • Man's Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl.

    Free at library

    All free at library — physical or via Libby app. See /tools/libby-app-for-seniors. Book club discussion adds joy. Goodreads tracks reading. NYT Best Sellers — see what's popular. Reading = brain exercise + pleasure.