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Home & Minimalism

Books about decluttering, order, simple living, and making a calmer home.

  • 12 Books
  • 78 Insights
A still life that evokes the Home & Minimalism reading room

A shelf with an argument.

Every collection gathers books around a practical life problem. Open the title that feels closest, then let the shelf widen the frame.

  1. 1
    Spark Joy

    Marie Kondo · 2012

    A joyful home is not full of perfect things. It is full of finished decisions.

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    The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

    Margareta Magnusson · 2017

    Death cleaning is not about death. It is about leaving a little more room for love.

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  3. 3
    The Little Book of Hygge

    Meik Wiking · 2016

    Hygge is the art of making ordinary time feel safe, warm, and worth sharing.

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  4. 4
    How to Keep House While Drowning

    K.C. Davis · 2022

    Care tasks are morally neutral. They exist to serve you, not to measure you.

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  5. 5
    The Year of Less

    Cait Flanders · 2018

    Enough is easier to find when the noise of more gets quiet.

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    The Secret to Peak Productivity

    Tamara Myles · 2014

    Clear the ground, then climb. The summit is rarely the hard part; base camp is.

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    Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life

    Joshua Becker · 2010

    Own what serves the life you want. Let the rest go, and keep the room for the people and work you love.

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    Decluttering at the Speed of Life

    Dana K. White · 2018

    The container is not judging you. It is telling you the truth about what fits.

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    Happier at Home

    Gretchen Rubin · 2012

    Home changes when small experiments make love easier to practice.

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  10. 10
    Outer Order, Inner Calm

    Gretchen Rubin · 2019

    A room gets calmer when every object stops asking an unfinished question.

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  11. 11
    The Lazy Genius Way

    Kendra Adachi · 2020

    Make what matters easier, and let the rest become lighter.

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    The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up

    Marie Kondo · 2017

    Tidying changes when each object is asked whether it belongs in the life you are building now.

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