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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.88 — 394,195 ratings — published 2010
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.80 — 44,496 ratings — published 2015
Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,574 ratings — published 1981
The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.81 — 16,093 ratings — published 2016
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life (ebook)
by (shelved 26 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.78 — 13,129 ratings — published 2010
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.06 — 132,180 ratings — published 2011
The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,149 ratings — published 1997
Your Money or Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.99 — 30,812 ratings — published 1992
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.05 — 96,093 ratings — published 2019
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.46 — 70,650 ratings — published 2018
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.77 — 204,911 ratings — published 1854
Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace And Fulfillment In A Complex World (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.69 — 441 ratings — published 2000
Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,092 ratings — published 2017
Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.89 — 44,239 ratings — published 2012
Down to Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.19 — 682 ratings — published 2012
Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.87 — 5,323 ratings — published 2018
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.77 — 115,440 ratings — published 2016
Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 14 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,748 ratings — published 2010
The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,060 ratings — published 2017
Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.82 — 64,005 ratings — published 2016
You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap): How One Woman Radically Simplified Her Life and How You Can Too
by (shelved 12 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,564 ratings — published 2012
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.05 — 113,329 ratings — published 2007
The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.69 — 9,201 ratings — published 2018
Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,959 ratings — published 2010
The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.71 — 10,614 ratings — published 2008
Living the Simple Life: A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.55 — 875 ratings — published 1996
The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,020 ratings — published 1970
The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.53 — 302 ratings — published 1997
Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.75 — 7,910 ratings — published 2013
Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.69 — 11,199 ratings — published 2011
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,914 ratings — published 2001
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.42 — 33,351 ratings — published 2017
Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.64 — 4,884 ratings — published 2017
A Book of Simple Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.52 — 2,202 ratings — published 2015
Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.66 — 4,244 ratings — published 2014
Clutterfree with Kids (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.65 — 2,524 ratings — published 2014
The Man Who Quit Money (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,289 ratings — published 2012
7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.06 — 19,803 ratings — published 2011
Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things That Really Matter (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,050 ratings — published 1994
The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,477 ratings — published 1992
Simple Matters: Living with Less and Ending Up with More (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,982 ratings — published 2015
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.22 — 15,948 ratings — published 2009
The Simplicity Reader (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.04 — 145 ratings — published 1999
The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,914 ratings — published 1998
Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,896 ratings — published 2008
Zen: The Art of Simple Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.87 — 13,142 ratings — published 2009
Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.55 — 17,732 ratings — published 2019
Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.73 — 8,846 ratings — published 2018
The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.97 — 32,815 ratings — published 2015
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,197,598 ratings — published 1996
“...there are often many things we feel we should do that, in fact, we don't really have to do. Getting to the point where we can tell the difference is a major milestone in the simplification process.”
― Living the Simple Life: A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More
― Living the Simple Life: A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More
“I do not particularly like the word 'work.' Human beings are the only animals who have to work, and I think that is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Other animals make their livings by living, but people work like crazy, thinking that they have to in order to stay alive. The bigger the job, the greater the challenge, the more wonderful they think it is. It would be good to give up that way of thinking and live an easy, comfortable life with plenty of free time. I think that the way animals live in the tropics, stepping outside in the morning and evening to see if there is something to eat, and taking a long nap in the afternoon, must be a wonderful life. For human beings, a life of such simplicity would be possible if one worked to produce directly his daily necessities. In such a life, work is not work as people generally think of it, but simply doing what needs to be done.”
― The One-Straw Revolution
― The One-Straw Revolution
