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Minimalism
The best books for clearing the clutter and living a minimalist life.
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
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Marie Kondō (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 387,891 ratings
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The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life
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Francine Jay (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 12,995 ratings
score: 679,
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Walden or, Life in the Woods
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3.77 avg rating — 201,823 ratings
score: 663,
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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
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3.80 avg rating — 43,266 ratings
score: 599,
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6 people voted
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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Greg McKeown (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 127,328 ratings
score: 561,
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6 people voted
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Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.
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Lisa J. Shultz (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 188 ratings
score: 500,
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5 people voted
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Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
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3.76 avg rating — 7,903 ratings
score: 496,
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It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff
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3.80 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
score: 494,
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Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life
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3.49 avg rating — 3,103 ratings
score: 489,
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5 people voted
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Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists
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Joshua Fields Millburn (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 9,744 ratings
score: 394,
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4 people voted
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Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life
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Joshua Becker (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 4,925 ratings
score: 392,
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4 people voted
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Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
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4.22 avg rating — 15,383 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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The Minimalist Mindset
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Danny Dover (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 487 ratings
score: 298,
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3 people voted
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The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify
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Francine Jay (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 12,995 ratings
score: 297,
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
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3.42 avg rating — 30,773 ratings
score: 295,
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3 people voted
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The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own
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Joshua Becker (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 15,696 ratings
score: 293,
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Clutterfree with Kids
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Joshua Becker (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
score: 286,
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3 people voted
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My Exile Lifestyle
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Colin Wright (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 308 ratings
score: 282,
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3 people voted
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You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap): How One Woman Radically Simplified Her Life and How You Can Too
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3.67 avg rating — 2,569 ratings
score: 276,
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3 people voted
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Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace And Fulfillment In A Complex World
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3.70 avg rating — 443 ratings
score: 273,
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3 people voted
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Simple Home: Calm Spaces for Comfortable Living
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3.54 avg rating — 70 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Lighten Up: Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier with Less
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3.43 avg rating — 470 ratings
score: 195,
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2 people voted
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Minimalism: Essential Essays
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Joshua Fields Millburn (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 3,337 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui: Free Yourself from Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Clutter Forever
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Karen Kingston (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 4,291 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir
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3.79 avg rating — 3,234 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
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3.82 avg rating — 454 ratings
score: 175,
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2 people voted
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The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Health—and a Vision for Change
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4.08 avg rating — 4,363 ratings
score: 173,
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2 people voted
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Simple Matters: Living with Less and Ending Up with More
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3.85 avg rating — 1,967 ratings
score: 161,
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2 people voted
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The Value of Voluntary Simplicity
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4.02 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Cozy Life: Rediscover the Joy of the Simple Things Through the Danish Concept of Hygge
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Pia Edberg (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 3,136 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Synnøves system: slik ryddet jeg meg lykkelig
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3.51 avg rating — 162 ratings
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Hygge: The Danish Secrets of Happiness: How to be Happy and Healthy in Your Daily Life
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Maya Thoresen (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 488 ratings
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The Magic of Tiny Business: You Don't Have to Go Big to Make a Great Living
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Sharon Rowe (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 439 ratings
score: 100,
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Minimalism: How To Be The Simplest Minimalist
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Stuffocation
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James Wallman (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 3,488 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Art of Minimalism: A Simple Guide to Declutter and Organize Your Life
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Olivia Telford (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 192 ratings
score: 100,
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Goodbye Clutter, Hello Simplicity
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4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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How on earth can I be eco-friendly?
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Lianne Bell (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 100,
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The Hidden Words Of Bahá'u'lláh
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4.57 avg rating — 571 ratings
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fog between mountains: monoku
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Solar Energy On A Shoestring Budget
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2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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How I Lived a Year on Just a Pound a Day
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3.74 avg rating — 368 ratings
score: 99,
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Mindfulness: The Remarkable Truth Behind Meditation and Being Present in Your Life
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Olivia Telford (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 188 ratings
score: 99,
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The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
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Dave Bruno (Goodreads Author)
2.90 avg rating — 2,322 ratings
score: 98,
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Winemaking With Canned and Dried Fruit
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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 98,
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7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
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Jen Hatmaker (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 19,742 ratings
score: 98,
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Hygge: Discovering The Danish Art Of Happiness – How To Live Cozily And Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures
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Olivia Telford (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 636 ratings
score: 98,
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Saved: How I Quit Worrying About Money and Became the Richest Guy in the World
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3.39 avg rating — 334 ratings
score: 97,
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KnitLit (too): Stories from Sheep to Shawl . . . and More Writing About Knitting
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Molly Wolf (Editor)
3.62 avg rating — 248 ratings
score: 97,
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Breathing Room: Open Your Heart by Decluttering Your Home
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3.82 avg rating — 254 ratings
score: 97,
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The Zero-Waste Lifestyle: Live Well by Throwing Away Less
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3.61 avg rating — 913 ratings
score: 96,
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The People's Republic of Chemicals
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4.09 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up
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Marie Kondō (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 43,735 ratings
score: 96,
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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4.01 avg rating — 846,966 ratings
score: 95,
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Commit To Get Fit: Find the Secret to Your Own True and Everlasting Weight Loss
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3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 94,
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Inheriting Clutter: How to Calm the Chaos Your Parents Leave Behind
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3.85 avg rating — 191 ratings
score: 94,
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The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life
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Joshua Becker (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 8,955 ratings
score: 94,
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Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes
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Tom Rath (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 7,849 ratings
score: 93,
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Downsizing: Confronting Our Possessions in Later Life
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3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential
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3.71 avg rating — 10,562 ratings
score: 92,
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Food for Free
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4.21 avg rating — 1,041 ratings
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Discovery of LESS
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Chris Lovett (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Miss Minimalist: Inspiration to Downsize, Declutter, and Simplify
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Francine Jay (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 2,206 ratings
score: 91,
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How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change a Planet?
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3.56 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Living With Less: An Unexpected Key to Happiness
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Joshua Becker (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 224 ratings
score: 90,
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A Year Unplugged: A Family's Life Without Technology
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Sharael Kolberg (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
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3.93 avg rating — 14,819 ratings
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No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About Your Beauty Products and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics
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4.09 avg rating — 889 ratings
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The Effortless Life: A Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, & Flow
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3.72 avg rating — 491 ratings
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Material World: A Global Family Portrait
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Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America
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Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash
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The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit
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Stephen Hren (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Salt, Lemons, Vinegar, and Baking Soda
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Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
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Gorgeously Green : 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
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In the Jumble: The joys of finding, buying and wearing second hand clothes
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Victoria Lochhead (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe
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Simplicity: Essays
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Joshua Fields Millburn (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 407 ratings
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
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Your Money or Your Life
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Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living
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Tsh Oxenreider (Goodreads Author)
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Organized Simplicity: The Art of Minimalism Getting Rid of Clutter in a Cluttered World
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Stuffocation
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James Wallman (Goodreads Author)
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Affluenza
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