Details: Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781786892690 Publisher: Canongate Books Age Range: Adult Overview Notes on a Nervous Planet is Matt Haig's number one Sunday Times bestselling follow-up to Reasons to Stay Alive. Blending memoir, reportage and practical insight, Haig examines why modern life leaves so many of us anxious and overwhelmed, and offers a hopeful, humane route back to calm. Honest, witty and endlessly quotable, it's a book readers return to again and again whenever the world feels like too much. About the Book The world is messing with our minds, and Matt Haig wants to help us do something about it. Drawing on his own years of living with anxiety and panic attacks, Haig turns his attention outward, asking why rates of stress and anxiety keep rising even as we become more connected than ever. Across short, digestible chapters he explores sleep, the news cycle, social media, addiction, work, technology and play, unpicking the everyday habits of the digital age that quietly erode our wellbeing. Rather than offering a dry self-help manual, Haig writes with the same warmth, humour and vulnerability that made Reasons to Stay Alive a phenomenon, mixing personal anecdote with wider cultural observation. The result is part memoir, part manifesto: an invitation to slow down, notice what's actually making us unwell, and reclaim some peace of mind in a world designed to keep us restless. It's a book to dip into or read cover to cover, packed with lines readers underline and return to. Praised by critics and fellow writers alike for its honesty and readability, it has become a touchstone for anyone trying to navigate modern anxiety, phone dependency and information overload. Whether you're newly grappling with stress or have lived with it for years, Haig's compassionate, non-judgemental voice makes this a genuinely useful companion, not just a diagnosis of what's wrong with modern life. Bestselling mental health read from the author of The Midnight Library Tackles social media, news, sleep and digital overload in short, readable chapters Warm, witty and personal tone rather than clinical self-help Ideal gift for anyone feeling overwhelmed by modern life Ideal for fans of Reasons to Stay Alive and mindfulness-led non-fiction Brand new UK paperback edition About the Author Matt Haig is the internationally bestselling author of novels including The Midnight Library, How to Stop Time, The Humans and The Radleys, alongside the children's novel A Boy Called Christmas and the memoir Reasons to Stay Alive. Known for writing candidly about his own experiences with anxiety and depression, Haig has become one of the most widely read voices on mental health, with his work translated into over fifty languages and read by millions worldwide. Why You'll Love This Book Honest, funny and genuinely useful, this is the book to reach for when modern life feels too loud. Matt Haig turns his own experience of anxiety into practical, comforting wisdom that helps readers switch off, slow down and feel more human again. Please Note: Cover design may vary slightly; this is the current UK edition with ISBN 9781786892690 as shown.