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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as rest)
avg rating 4.03 — 13,219 ratings — published 2022
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as rest)
avg rating 3.80 — 80,041 ratings — published 2020
REST in Practice: Hypermedia and Systems Architecture (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as rest)
avg rating 3.84 — 480 ratings — published 2010
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as rest)
avg rating 4.49 — 104,363 ratings — published 2019
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as rest)
avg rating 3.78 — 6,426 ratings — published 2016
Restful Web Services Cookbook: Solutions For Improving Scalability And Simplicity (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as rest)
avg rating 3.80 — 276 ratings — published 2010
RESTful Web Services (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as rest)
avg rating 3.86 — 749 ratings — published 2007
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as rest)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,751,565 ratings — published 1945
Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as rest)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,147 ratings — published 1999
Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as rest)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,175 ratings — published 2017
Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as rest)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,830 ratings — published 2017
The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as rest)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,267 ratings — published 2006
Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 4.45 — 18,127 ratings — published 2015
The Art of Rest: How to Find Respite in the Modern Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 3.59 — 2,856 ratings — published 2019
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,347,702 ratings — published 2017
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,620,032 ratings — published 2020
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 4.36 — 235,920 ratings — published 2017
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,712,910 ratings — published 1997
RESTful Web APIs: Services for a Changing World (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 3.71 — 300 ratings — published 2013
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,066,977 ratings — published 1960
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as rest)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,707,782 ratings — published 1988
Hotel Magnifique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 3.76 — 33,806 ratings — published 2022
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 4.56 — 799,001 ratings — published 2016
Rest Is Sacred: Reclaiming Our Brilliance through the Practice of Stillness (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 4.53 — 120 ratings — published
Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 4.36 — 467 ratings — published 2022
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 3.65 — 57,394 ratings — published 2019
Laziness Does Not Exist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 3.89 — 11,556 ratings — published 2021
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,530,930 ratings — published 2012
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,587,052 ratings — published 1937
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,952,501 ratings — published 1963
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,779,653 ratings — published 2001
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,572,789 ratings — published 1943
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,088,980 ratings — published 1925
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,043,759 ratings — published 1998
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 4 times as rest)
avg rating 4.35 — 856,795 ratings — published 1978
22 Bahnen (Tilda und Ida, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.13 — 71,537 ratings — published 2023
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.33 — 89,501 ratings — published 2021
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 3.77 — 370,549 ratings — published 1925
Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.22 — 329 ratings — published
Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.52 — 436 ratings — published
The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 3.72 — 8,686 ratings — published 2014
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,602,354 ratings — published 2020
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 3.94 — 591,101 ratings — published -500
Leisure: The Basis of Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,080 ratings — published 1948
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,921,973 ratings — published 1937
Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.08 — 785 ratings — published 2016
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.28 — 442,192 ratings — published 1967
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as rest)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,199,726 ratings — published 2015
“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.”
―
―
“The Day is Done
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
I see the lights of the village
Gleam through the rain and the mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me
That my soul cannot resist:
A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And banish the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of Time.
For, like strains of martial music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's endless toil and endeavor;
And to-night I long for rest.
Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;
Who, through long days of labor,
And nights devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music
Of wonderful melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.”
― The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
I see the lights of the village
Gleam through the rain and the mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me
That my soul cannot resist:
A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And banish the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of Time.
For, like strains of martial music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's endless toil and endeavor;
And to-night I long for rest.
Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;
Who, through long days of labor,
And nights devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music
Of wonderful melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.”
― The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems
