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Health & Wellness Books for the New Year

Cozy up with these inspirational reads for 2025

Sally Brewster, owner of Park Road Books, and her staff curated a list of the best Health & Wellness books to read heading into 2025. The list, which includes three titles by local authors, covers subjects ranging from healthy eating to parenting, insomnia to mental health, time management and more. They're listed in no particular order.

  1. Consider This: Reflections for Finding Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab*
  2. Give Me Space but Don’t Go Far (a memoir) by Haley Weaver*
  3. 8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success by Michelle Icard*
  4. How to ADHD: An Insider’s Guide to Working with Your Brain by Jessica McCabe
  5. Hello Sleep: The Science and Art of Overcoming Insomnia Without Medications by Jade Wu, PhD
  6. Health Nut: a Feel-Good Cookbook by Jess Damuck

*Designates local authors

Park Road Books, which opened in Park Road Shopping Center in 1977, is Charlotte's only independent full-service bookstore. Park Road Books welcomes customers in for local author events, book clubs and just to stop by and meet Yola, the official store mascot and best-read dog in town.