The Right Book Can Change Everything - Introducing the Book Prescriptions and Reading Companion App

Hello!

I hope you are well and staying cool in this glorious weather! I'm so pleased to share something I've been building for a while behind the scenes, and I think it's going to make a real difference to how you discover, search for and choose what to read both in a personal and professional capacity.

The Book Prescriptions and Reading Companion App is now live! And Book Therapy subscribers here are the first to know and access so this is a very special moment for me.

Built on the foundation of my book Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading, the app gives you instant access to my entire library of carefully curated book recommendations, organised in an A–Z format by mental health and wellbeing themes, across fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

For readers, it's a trusted guide through some of life's most challenging and meaningful experiences.

For practitioners, it's a professional resource that saves hours of research and helps you recommend literature across fiction, nonfiction and poetry with confidence.

And because reading works best when paired with reflection, the app also includes a built-in journaling portal:
a private space to capture thoughts, insights, and responses to what you're reading, deepening the therapeutic value of every book. This will be the home of my favourite bibliotherapy technique: literary journaling :)

I hope it's a tool that you can come back to as often as you like and it will be continually updated with fresh recommendations so that there is always a book for whatever you have on your mind!

If there is a theme not covered or listed, you can also email me and I will be sure to add appropriate recommendations.

For £3.99 per month, or £39 per year (effectively two months free on an annual subscription), you get access to a living, growing library of book prescriptions rooted in over a decade of bibliotherapy practice.

👉 Sign up and start exploring: https://bookprescriptions.booktherapy.io/

Books have the power to help us understand ourselves, process emotions, find connection, and show us new ways of living and being. This app puts that power at your fingertips.

I'd love for you to be a part of it. If you have any questions don't hesitate to reply here or email me at bijal@booktherapy.io (And of course if you wanted a more bespoke service, my Personalised Book Prescription service is always available.)

Wishing you a wonderful rest of the week and weekend ahead.

Warmly,
Bijal Shah, Author, Bibliotherapist & Founder, Book Therapy