Any recommendations on books that have been successful at lessening depression and anxiety? please and thank you.

If you are Christian: I have found that the "Catholics Guide to Depression" is an excellent resource book for Christian believers. You don't have to be Catholic to get help from this spiritual and medical book. Co-written by a psychiatrist and a priest, it combines spirituality and medical in the treatment of depression. It includes many instances of famous religious people and saints and their struggles to modern tx.