5 Best Books for Introverts

Do you listen more than you talk? Do you dislike conflict? Do you not work well in a team? If your answer to these questions is a (quiet) yes, then rejoice: There's never been a better time to be an introvert -- literature-wise at least.

Besides lightweight S&M (the Fifty Shades series) and teenage death matches (The Hunger Games), introversion seems to have become a major preoccupation of writers in recent years, a movement currently fronted by the bestselling Susan Cain tome, Quiet.

Covering a wide range of topics such as "What is an introvert?", how introverts can capitalise on their strengths in a world which largely appears to reward extroversion, and great introverts throughout history, these books show that one doesn't have to be loud to be heard.