Laina Richards

Last May, amidst a successful season with the Golden State Warriors, 33-year-old shooting guard and small forward Andre Iguodala took time out of his busy schedule to sit down with Thrive Global founder and CEO Arianna Huffington for the Thrive Global Podcast with iHeartRadio. Iguodala is an investor in Thrive Global and has experienced first-hand the impact that well-being can have on performance.

Whether you swear by self-help books, find solace in your book club, or truly believe reading can be a form of medicine, you’re far from alone in feeling that books can improve your life in a variety of ways. If you’ve ever experienced the gut-wrenching feeling of turning the last page on a book or series you were deeply invested in, you know that the worlds created by authors can become very real escapes, and characters can feel like friends.

Whether you swear by self-help books, find solace in your book club, or truly believe reading can be a form of medicine, you’re far from alone in feeling that books can improve your life in a variety of ways. If you’ve ever experienced the gut-wrenching feeling of turning the last page on a book or series you were deeply invested in, you know that the worlds created by authors can become very real escapes, and characters can feel like friends.