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Next Years Best Years

Taking Your Retirement to the Next Level

Next Years Best Years is an inspiring new life-long resource to help you go to the next level of the emotional and practical aspects of this inevitable, though often poorly understood life-transition. One that may represent a quarter of your lifetime.

Focusing on the positive upside, you will discover its unique opportunities, challenges and solutions.

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Summer Book Recommendations 2026 · News Staff · June 2026

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Whether retirement is decades away or just around the corner—or whether you are supporting someone through the transition—this is a book worth returning to more than once. It leaves readers with an appealing question: What if your next years really could be your best years?

— Denise Bates
Dean, University College · Tufts University

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Next Years Best Years goes deeper than inspiration

Practical guidance, thoughtful reflection, and meaningful resources to help readers shape a richer next chapter.

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Linked References to deepen learning

Curated sources and direct links to original materials for readers who want more than surface-level encouragement.

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Ways to expand your world

Opportunities to spark joy, curiosity, and forward motion in the next season of life.

Best practices and attitudes with personal examples of:

Creating a sense of purpose while fostering relationships
Sharing the knowledge of your "Experienced Brain"
Trying things beyond your comfort zone

Next Years Best Years is for you if:

You're thinking seriously about retirement in your future.

You're retired — but looking for more.

You love someone entering this season of life.

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"Next Years Best Years is not just a guide to retirement, it's a companion through the maze of life's transitions. With wisdom and insight, Dr. Agress taps into the well of personal experience to offer a roadmap for discovering purpose, joy, and fulfillment in the next chapter of life, making it a must-read for anyone embarking on a new journey."

David Perlmutter, MD

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain and Brain Wash

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"Next Years Best Years is a sparkling gem. Dr. Harry Agress has given us a delightful, deeply thoughtful, and easy-to-follow guide to happiness, fulfillment and mental sharpness in retirement. Next Years Best Years is a sparkling gem. It’s packed with excellent advice, worksheets, anecdotes, and inspiring thoughts on how our next Act can be even more inspiring and fun than the previous."

R. Thomas Herman

Columnist for The Wall Street Journal’s Wealth Management Section, Journalism Lecturer at University of San Diego, and former Lecturer at Yale University

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"Having known Dr. Agress as a Radiology colleague throughout his professional clinical and teaching career and now in his retirement, I was thrilled to read Next Years Best Years. As in all of Harry's endeavors, this book is so well written and thoughtful. The contents are well organized, introspective and easy to both grasp and relate to at any point in one's career. I could only smile as the enthusiastic Harry Agress that I know comes through in each chapter with detailed reflection and uplifting consideration."

Lawrence H. Schwartz, MD

Chairman, Department of Radiology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. New York, NY

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"What a find! This unique resource bursts with practical information and real-world recommendations that can help anyone negotiate the sometimes uncertain passage into retirement. Laced with humor and sage advice, Dr. Agness shares in-the-trenches tips, personal revelations and successful strategies for navigating the journey. A must-read for everyone who wants their next years to be their best years."

Franklin H. Zimmerman, MD

Award-winning Cardiologist and Author, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Northwell Health

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“Having just finished Harry Agress’ passionate and insightful book, Next Years Best Years, I have a completely new outlook on retirement. Getting this sneak peak into planning ahead and valuing this stage of life now makes me look forward to this time more than ever. Harry is as inspiring as he is informative, sending a message of encouragement to us all. Now I have more than just good intentions, I have a roadmap! Thank you Harry.”

Clifford Pickett

Professional World Travel and Commercial Photographer, Educator and Creative Consultant to National Geographic, British Airways and Clinique

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“A delightful and refreshingly informative guide for meeting the "What Now? Moment" called retirement and realizing some of this life's most enjoyable and meaningful treasures.”

Ken Druck, Ph.D

Author of "Courageous Aging: Your Best Years Ever Reimagined" and "How We Go On: Self-Compassion, Courage and Gratitude on the Path Forward."