The Courage To Be Disliked

Authors: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

Popular philosophy | Sociology: family & relationships | Social, group or collective psychology | Advice on careers & achieving success

Published on 1^st October 2026 by Atlantic Books in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 288 pages
198mm x 129mm | 0g

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE 15 MILLION COPY BESTSELLERStop people-pleasing and achieve true happiness.

'I highly recommend it to everybody... a really interesting book' Andrew Huberman, Huberman LabMillions have already benefited from the wisdom dispensed in The Courage to Be Disliked, its simple yet profound advice showing us how to harness our inner power to become the person we would like to be.

A philosopher and a student have a discussion. Their conversation reveals a profoundly liberating way of thinking: by developing the courage to change, set healthy boundaries and resist the impulse to please others, it is possible to find genuine and lasting happiness.

Your life is not something that someone gives you, but something you choose yourself, and you are the one who decides how you live.