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Laziness Does Not Exist
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Devon Price (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 10,901 ratings
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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
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Jenny Odell (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 55,102 ratings
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Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
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The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
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Simone Stolzoff (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 8,376 ratings
score: 99,
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Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
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Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism
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Amelia Horgan (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
score: 98,
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Lean Out: A Meditation on the Madness of Modern Life
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The Mythology of Work: How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself
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3.50 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 6,067 ratings
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work
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All the Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive
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Rainesford Stauffer (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
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Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
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Jenny Odell (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 4,692 ratings
score: 94,
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Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
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Sarah Jaffe (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 5,303 ratings
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