Elizabeth Day Book order (chronological)

A game-changing guide to being happier, healthier and succeeding better, based on the Sunday Times bestseller - 150,000 copies sold!

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW WITH AN EXTRA CHAPTER! 'Essential reading' Guardian 'A joyful read' Sunday Times 'Disarmingly honest' Daily Mirror 'Bravely revealing' Bernardine Evaristo 'Filled with relatable insights' Daily Mail 'Funny, moving, helpful and true' Sathnam Sanghera 'A generous guide to a part of life every bit as crucial as romance' Observer As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as - if not more - important? So why is it hard to find the right words to express what these uniquely complex bonds mean to us? In this fascinating, insightful and uniquely moving book, Elizabeth Day embarks on a journey to find out. Friendaholic unpacks the significance and evolution of friendship from the ancient wisdom of Cicero to the modern curse of ghosting. How and why do we make friends? Is friendship an antidote to loneliness? How should we deal with a frenemy? And is it ok to end a friendship that has gone awry? Friendaholic examines what makes a 'good' friend and asks us what kind of friend we want to be - to each other but also to ourselves.

Set in 1960s California, this debut features the unique voice of Elizabeth Zott, a scientist whose career takes an unexpected turn when she becomes the star of a popular TV cooking show. Elizabeth is anything but average, and she would be the first to assert that no woman is. Despite her scientific background, she faces significant gender bias in her field. The only bright spot on her journey to professional success is her encounter with Calvin Evans, a superstar colleague who treats her and her ideas as equals. Calvin, a Nobel nominee, is kind, awkward, and tenacious, and their chemistry is undeniable. However, three years later, Elizabeth finds herself an unwed single mother in the early 60s, now the host of "Supper at Six." Her unconventional cooking style—"take one pint of H2O and add a pinch of sodium chloride"—and her independent spirit are becoming revolutionary. Elizabeth isn't just teaching women how to cook; she's inspiring them to challenge societal norms. With humor, keen observations, and a vibrant cast of characters, including a memorable canine companion, this story is as original and lively as its protagonist.

'Terrifyingly BRILLIANT' MARIAN KEYES, AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS 'A book that needed to exist in the world. It is the book that was missing' LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN AND ANIMAL 'Magnificent: I read it one sitting' KATE MOSSE, AUTHOR OF THE CITY OF TEARS

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Fail 'Elizabeth Day has revolutionised the way we see failure' Stylist 'A beautiful timely and humane book' Alain de Botton

Op basis van haar eigen ervaringen legt de Britse schrijfster en journaliste uit wat je kunt leren van dingen die fout gaan, waarin je te kort schiet of mislukt.

As the train pressed on, I realised that my life was in the process of taking a different direction, plotted according to a new constellation. Because, although I didn't know it yet, I was about to meet Ben and nothing would ever be the same again.' Martin Gilmour is an outsider. When he wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesn't wear the right clothes or speak with the right kind of accent. But then he meets the dazzling, popular and wealthy Ben Fitzmaurice, and gains admission to an exclusive world. Soon Martin is enjoying tennis parties and Easter egg hunts at the Fitzmaurice family's estate, as Ben becomes the brother he never had. But Martin has a secret. He knows something about Ben, something he will never tell. It is a secret that will bind the two of them together for the best part of 25 years. At Ben's 40th birthday party, the great and the good of British society are gathering to celebrate in a haze of champagne, drugs and glamour. Amid the hundreds of guests - the politicians, the celebrities, the old-money and newly rich - Martin once again feels that disturbing pang of not-quite belonging. His wife, Lucy, has her reservations too. There is disquiet in the air. But Ben wouldn't do anything to damage their friendship. Would he?

Beatrice Kizza, a woman in flight from a homeland that condemned her for daring to love, flees to London. There, she shields her sorrow from the indifference of her adopted city, and navigates a night-time world of shift-work and bedsits. Howard Pink is a self-made millionaire who has risen from Petticoat Lane to the mansions of Kensington on a tide of determination and bluster. Yet self-doubt still snaps at his heels and his life is shadowed by the terrible loss that has shaken him to his foundations. Carol Hetherington, recently widowed, is living the quiet life in Wandsworth with her cat and The Jeremy Kyle Show for company. As she tries to come to terms with the absence her husband has left on the other side of the bed, she frets over her daughter's prospects and wonders if she'll ever be happy again. Esme Reade is a young journalist learning to muck-rake and doorstep in pursuit of the elusive scoop, even as she longs to find some greater meaning and leave her imprint on the world. Four strangers, each inhabitants of the same city, where the gulf between those who have too much and those who will never have enough is impossibly vast. But when the glass that separates Howard's and Beatrice's worlds is shattered by an inexcusable act, they discover that the capital has connected them in ways they could never have imagined.