Living a Long and Rich Life: The Best Books about Aging to Read Now
Despite a cultural obsession with anti-aging creams, laser and injection treatments, designer diets, and even AI-enabled drug research that promises to increase longevity, there is still one fundamental and incontrovertible fact of life: we all get old eventually. Why not consider it a privilege? Aging offers the hope that we are granted a longer window of time to live a rich life. Here is a selection of books that provide a guide to the mental, physical and emotional needs for the second half of life.
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Doctor and longevity expert Peter Attia MD partnered with science and fitness journalist Bill Gifford to pen this guide to living a longer and more fulfilling life. Attia and Gifford's book is founded on science and provides tips and tricks to improving physical, cognitive, and emotional health.
Tim Ferriss & Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia"I’m very appreciative to Peter for the multiple years and arduous work he put into writing Outlive. It’s an important resource for people who want to take more initiative to stay healthy, and it is deserving of its major success." — Renowned cardiologist Eric Topol on his website Ground Truths
Tim Ferriss & Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.Hardcover, 2023
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brooks explores success and happiness in later life, blending personal stories, brain science, and historical figures' biographies. A guide to transitioning from raw smarts to wisdom, this book is a roadmap for a fulfilling second half of life, offering practical advice and a strategic life plan.
Steve Case & Ryan Holiday
From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
Arthur C. Brooks“To the overachievers, success addicts, and tired strivers who are fairly confident you can’t keep it up forever but will try anyway—this book is for you. Arthur Brooks shows you it’s possible to build a life that really does get better with age.” — Simon Sinek, optimist and author of Start with Why and The Infinite Game
Steve Case & Ryan HolidayHardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A 102-year-old consulting physician shares her approach to a long and full life in six lessons.
Atria Books & Penguin Michael Joseph
The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age
Gladys McGarey"Based on her own experience—some of it difficult and emotionally draining—she places huge importance on the ability to regain perspective and purpose after a physical illness or crisis. This is essential for healing, medically and emotionally, says McGarey, whose own life story reveals she has had to practice what she preaches." —Wall Street Journal
Atria Books & Penguin Michael JosephOut of stock
A guide to the second half of life, describing what to expect physically, psychologically, functionally, and emotionally as you age.
Hopkins Press & RBmediaTopAuthors
Honest Aging: An Insider's Guide to the Second Half of Life
Rosanne M. Leipzig”It’s the most comprehensive examination of what to expect in later life I’ve come across in a dozen years covering aging." — Judith Graham in The Washington Post
Hopkins Press & RBmediaTopAuthorsPaperback, 2023
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A renowned neurologist shares simple everyday tips to help us prevent memory decline as we age.
The Complete Guide to Memory: The Science of Strengthening Your Mind
Richard Restak"The author of more than 20 books on the mind...Dr. Restak’s latest book, includes tools such as mental exercises, sleep habits and diet that can help boost memory. Yet Dr. Restak ventures beyond this familiar territory, considering every facet of memory — how memory is connected to creative thinking, technology’s impact on memory, how memory shapes identity." —Hope Reese in The New York Times
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& Skyhorse PublishingHardcover, 2022
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book