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Des Moines Public Library business book pick: “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life” by Arthur C. Brooks

Why you should read it: This 2022 bestseller from Harvard professor and the Atlantic’s “happiness columnist” Arthur C. Brooks works as a roadmap for finding purpose and success as we age. At the pinnacle of his career, at 50 years old, Brooks embarked on a seven-year journey to learn how to transform his future so his older years could be a time of happiness, purpose and success.