282 books
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108 voters
Simple Living Books
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.88 — 391,796 ratings — published 2010
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.80 — 44,042 ratings — published 2015
Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,575 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 — 15,921 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 — 13,075 ratings — published 2010
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.06 — 130,327 ratings — published 2011
The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,151 ratings — published 1997
Your Money or Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.99 — 30,542 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 — 94,833 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 — 68,707 ratings — published 2018
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.77 — 203,859 ratings — published 1854
Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.88 — 44,034 ratings — published 2012
Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace And Fulfillment In A Complex World (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.70 — 442 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 3.93 — 7,037 ratings — published 2017
Down to Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.19 — 678 ratings — published 2012
Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.87 — 5,286 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 — 114,262 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 — 4,743 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 3.65 — 6,578 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 — 63,641 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 — 2,569 ratings — published 2012
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.05 — 113,050 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 — 9,075 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 — 4,950 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 — 10,598 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 3.56 — 874 ratings — published 1996
The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.55 — 302 ratings — published 1997
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 — 2,016 ratings — published 1970
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,903 ratings — published 2001
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 — 7,909 ratings — published 2013
Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.69 — 11,159 ratings — published 2011
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.42 — 32,405 ratings — published 2017
Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.65 — 4,855 ratings — published 2017
A Book of Simple Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.51 — 2,182 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 — 4,242 ratings — published 2014
Clutterfree with Kids (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.65 — 2,512 ratings — published 2014
The Man Who Quit Money (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,284 ratings — published 2012
7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.06 — 19,788 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 — 2,040 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 — 1,475 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 — 1,979 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 — 15,749 ratings — published 2009
The Simplicity Reader (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.03 — 147 ratings — published 1999
The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.17 — 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 — 2,897 ratings — published 2008
Zen: The Art of Simple Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.87 — 12,885 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 — 17,598 ratings — published 2019
Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as simple-living)
avg rating 3.73 — 8,809 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 — 32,494 ratings — published 2015
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as simple-living)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,188,378 ratings — published 1996
“Living aboard one's sailboat and having neither house nor vehicle nor job, and needing none, would be hubris—the most arrogant presumption—and therefore suitable punishable by the gods. One would be drowned by Poseidon early on and die extremely happy.”
― The Journals of Constant Waterman: Paddling, Poling, and Sailing for the Love of It
― The Journals of Constant Waterman: Paddling, Poling, and Sailing for the Love of It
“You know you’ve lost your simplicity when you’ve found your busy-ness.”
― Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality
― Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality












