These books about finding your bliss—plus, relatable memoirs, self-help guides, and childhood classics—could help you look on the bright side. How so? Those included are not only sprinkled with joyful quotes you'll want to post on Instagram, they also provide real, science-backed tips and tricks for making every single day sunnier.

Written by psychologists and experts in the field of happiness, books like The Happiness Advantage, The How of Happiness, The Power of Positive Thinking, and Authentic Happiness double as guides you can easily read right before bed. Separately, certain novels like Hector and the Search for Happiness and Eat, Pray, Love, not to mention memoirs such as Shonda Rhimes's Year of Yes, explore the idea of happiness in a way that feels a little more, well, real. And who could forget a classic, Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss? Scroll through our list and begin your happiness journey now.