Collins English Dictionary named hygge the runner-up (after "Brexit") as word of the year in the UK in 2016.[1] This followed a period during which several books focusing on hygge had been marketed in the UK,[9] such as The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking,[10] Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness by Marie Tourell Søderberg,[11] and The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well by Louisa Thomsen Brits.[12]