About the book
Kate Bowler's case for joy rests on separating it from happiness: joy, in her account, does not wait for the hard parts of life to be resolved. A Duke University professor who studies America's obsession with progress, Bowler draws on ten years of serious illness and on stories from historians, philosophers and religious scholars. She suggests that the relentless pursuit of happiness may keep people from joy, and offers practices for making room for it, such as loosening control, introducing novelty and choosing charity. After surviving a stage-four cancer diagnosis, she went looking for a joy that has nothing to do with toxic positivity. The book came out in 2026.
Adam Grant included it in The 12 New Books to Enliven Spring and Summer as a guide to finding light when the world feels dark.
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Where to find light even when the world seems dark.
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