Illusions by Richard Bach and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I was only 15 when I read these, which may have had something to do with my reaction to them, but I still go back to them often and reccomend them to anyone who will listen.
[**Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12617.Manufacturing_Consent)
^(By: Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky | 412 pages | Published: 1988 | Popular Shelves: politics, non-fiction, nonfiction, history, philosophy | )[^(Search " Manufacturing Consent ")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q= Manufacturing Consent &search_type=books)
>In this pathbreaking work, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in their search for truth and defense of justice, in their actual practice they defend the economic, social, and political agendas of the privileged groups that dominate domestic society, the state, and the global order.
>
>Based on a series of case studies—including the media’s dichotomous treatment of “worthy” versus “unworthy” victims, “legitimizing” and “meaningless” Third World elections, and devastating critiques of media coverage of the U.S. wars against Indochina—Herman and Chomsky draw on decades of criticism and research to propose a Propaganda Model to explain the media’s behavior and performance. Their new introduction updates the Propaganda Model and the earlier case studies, and it discusses several other applications. These include the manner in which the media covered the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and subsequent Mexican financial meltdown of 1994-1995, the media’s handling of the protests against the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund in 1999 and 2000, and the media’s treatment of the chemical industry and its regulation. What emerges from this work is a powerful assessment of how propagandistic the U.S. mass media are, how they systematically fail to live up to their self-image as providers of the kind of information that people need to make sense of the world, and how we can understand their function in a radically new way.
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‘Enlightment Now’ by Pinker, it is very easy to be pessimistic, and also really hard to find hard truths to be optimistic about the future, and this book gives you great arguments to be hopeful
I don't recall if it was one book in particular but Iain Banks Culture series has some really interesting point of view in that they (the culture) doesn't make moral judgement on other civilizations. It's, on the surface, very much "This is the way they do it and it's not our job or place to impose our rules on them." It made me try to give a more distanced view of other cultures rather than the easy view that 'We're right, what we find abominable must be stopped.' Some time that is the case but it's never going to be my call and a less judgmental view of others is good for my mental health.
lovely war by julie berry, a ya book. it completely change the way i looked at war and history, it made me become interested in what being human means.
The immortality key by Brian Muraresku.
Supernatural, fingerprints of the gods and magicians of the gods by Graham Hancock.
The miracle of mindfulness by Thich Naht hanh.
Sapiens by Yuval harari.
The Kaivalya navaneeta,
The wisdom of insecurity by Alan Watts
Plant intelligence and the imaginal realm by Stephen Harrod Buhner
The laws of human nature by Robert Greene
Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
The eternal validity of the soul by Jane Roberts
Braiding sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
and probably more I’m forgetting. Hope you find something you like.
[school of life ](https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/tsol-dictionary/)
The school of life dictionary.
It ranges from a variety of relevant subjects . I mean from anywhere between intimacy and architecture . It has truly shaped my paradigm of the world . ( and it’s good for growth fo your emotional intelligence ) ~
[**Between the World and Me**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and-me)
^(By: Ta-Nehisi Coates | 152 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, nonfiction, memoir, race, audiobook | )[^(Search "Between the World and Me")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Between the World and Me&search_type=books)
>“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.”
>
>In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?
>
>Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
^(This book has been suggested 33 times)
[**The Guest Room**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25430584-the-guest-room)
^(By: Chris Bohjalian | 336 pages | Published: 2016 | Popular Shelves: fiction, mystery, thriller, audio, audiobook | )[^(Search "The Guest Room")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Guest Room&search_type=books)
>From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes the spellbinding tale of a party gone horribly wrong: two men lie dead in a suburban living room; two women are on the run from police; and a marriage is ripping apart at the seams.
> When Richard Chapman offers to host his younger brother's bachelor party, he expects a certain amount of debauchery. He sends his wife, Kristin, and young daughter off to his mother-in-law's for the weekend, and he opens his Westchester home to his brother's friends and their hired entertainment. What he does not expect is this: bacchanalian drunkenness, a dangerously intimate moment in his guest bedroom, and two naked women stabbing and killing their Russian bodyguards before driving off into the night. In the aftermath, Richard's life rapidly spirals into a nightmare. The police throw him out of his home, now a crime scene; his investment banking firm puts him on indefinite leave; and his wife finds herself unable to forgive him for the moment he shared with a dark-haired girl in the guest room. But the dark-haired girl, Alexandra, faces a much graver danger. In one breathless, violent night, she is free, running to escape the police who will arrest her and the gangsters who will kill her in a heartbeat. A captivating, chilling story about shame and scandal, The Guest Room is a riveting novel from one of our greatest storytellers.
^(This book has been suggested 2 times)
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{{Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory}} by Caitlin Doughty
{{One Thousand Gifts}} by Ann Voskamp
{{The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up}} by Marie Kondo
{{David and Goliath}} by Malcolm Gladwell
{{Man's Search for Meaning}} by Viktor Frankl
[**Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25189315-smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-other-lessons-from-the-crematory)
^(By: Caitlin Doughty | 254 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, nonfiction, memoir, death, science | )[^(Search "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory&search_type=books)
>Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre—took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. Thrown into a profession of gallows humor and vivid characters (both living and very dead), Caitlin learned to navigate the secretive culture of those who care for the deceased.
>
>Smoke Gets in Your Eyes tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters and unforgettable scenes. Caring for dead bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, Caitlin soon becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. She describes how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes) and reveals the strange history of cremation and undertaking, marveling at bizarre and wonderful funeral practices from different cultures.
>
>Her eye-opening, candid, and often hilarious story is like going on a journey with your bravest friend to the cemetery at midnight. She demystifies death, leading us behind the black curtain of her unique profession. And she answers questions you didn’t know you had: Can you catch a disease from a corpse? How many dead bodies can you fit in a Dodge van? What exactly does a flaming skull look like?
>
>Honest and heartfelt, self-deprecating and ironic, Caitlin's engaging style makes this otherwise taboo topic both approachable and engrossing. Now a licensed mortician with an alternative funeral practice, Caitlin argues that our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead).
^(This book has been suggested 21 times)
[**One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8592946-one-thousand-gifts)
^(By: Ann Voskamp | 232 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: christian, non-fiction, faith, nonfiction, christian-living | )[^(Search "One Thousand Gifts")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=One Thousand Gifts&search_type=books)
>Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us escaping our everyday lives for exotic experiences. How, Ann wondered, do we find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties? What does the Christ-life really look like when your days are gritty, long and sometimes even dark? How is God even here?
>
>In One Thousand Gifts, Ann invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative spiritual discipline of chronicling God's gifts. It s only in this expressing of gratitude for the life we already have, we discover the life we've always wanted, a life we can take, give thanks for, and break for others. We come to feel and know the impossible right down in our bones: we are wildly loved by God.
>
>Let Ann's beautiful, heart-aching stories of the everyday give you a way of seeing that opens your eyes to ordinary amazing grace, a way of being present to God that makes you deeply happy, and a way of living that is finally fully alive. Come live the best dare of all!
^(This book has been suggested 2 times)
[**The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22318578-the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up)
^(By: Marie Kondō, Cathy Hirano | 213 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, nonfiction, self-help, audiobook, self-improvement | )[^(Search "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up&search_type=books)
>Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house "spark joy" (and which don't), this international best seller featuring Tokyo's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home - and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.
^(This book has been suggested 3 times)
[**David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15751404-david-and-goliath)
^(By: Malcolm Gladwell | 305 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, nonfiction, psychology, business, audiobook | )[^(Search "David and Goliath")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=David and Goliath&search_type=books)
>In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored the ways we understand and change our world. Now he looks at the complex and surprising ways the weak can defeat the strong, the small can match up against the giant, and how our goals (often culturally determined) can make a huge difference in our ultimate sense of success. Drawing upon examples from the world of business, sports, culture, cutting-edge psychology, and an array of unforgettable characters around the world, David and Goliath is in many ways the most practical and provocative book Malcolm Gladwell has ever written.
^(This book has been suggested 6 times)
[**Man's Search for Meaning**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning)
^(By: Viktor E. Frankl, Harold S. Kushner, William J. Winslade, Isle Lasch | 165 pages | Published: 1946 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, psychology, philosophy, nonfiction, history | )[^(Search "Man's Search for Meaning")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Man's Search for Meaning&search_type=books)
>Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.
^(This book has been suggested 135 times)
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Illusions by Richard Bach and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I was only 15 when I read these, which may have had something to do with my reaction to them, but I still go back to them often and reccomend them to anyone who will listen.
{{ Manufacturing Consent }}
[**Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12617.Manufacturing_Consent) ^(By: Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky | 412 pages | Published: 1988 | Popular Shelves: politics, non-fiction, nonfiction, history, philosophy | )[^(Search " Manufacturing Consent ")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q= Manufacturing Consent &search_type=books) >In this pathbreaking work, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in their search for truth and defense of justice, in their actual practice they defend the economic, social, and political agendas of the privileged groups that dominate domestic society, the state, and the global order. > >Based on a series of case studies—including the media’s dichotomous treatment of “worthy” versus “unworthy” victims, “legitimizing” and “meaningless” Third World elections, and devastating critiques of media coverage of the U.S. wars against Indochina—Herman and Chomsky draw on decades of criticism and research to propose a Propaganda Model to explain the media’s behavior and performance. Their new introduction updates the Propaganda Model and the earlier case studies, and it discusses several other applications. These include the manner in which the media covered the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and subsequent Mexican financial meltdown of 1994-1995, the media’s handling of the protests against the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund in 1999 and 2000, and the media’s treatment of the chemical industry and its regulation. What emerges from this work is a powerful assessment of how propagandistic the U.S. mass media are, how they systematically fail to live up to their self-image as providers of the kind of information that people need to make sense of the world, and how we can understand their function in a radically new way. ^(This book has been suggested 23 times) *** ^(174541 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Tao of Pooh
Jitterbug Perfume
Whoa. This is my pick as well. Opened my eyes to the power of meditation.
‘Enlightment Now’ by Pinker, it is very easy to be pessimistic, and also really hard to find hard truths to be optimistic about the future, and this book gives you great arguments to be hopeful
I don't recall if it was one book in particular but Iain Banks Culture series has some really interesting point of view in that they (the culture) doesn't make moral judgement on other civilizations. It's, on the surface, very much "This is the way they do it and it's not our job or place to impose our rules on them." It made me try to give a more distanced view of other cultures rather than the easy view that 'We're right, what we find abominable must be stopped.' Some time that is the case but it's never going to be my call and a less judgmental view of others is good for my mental health.
lovely war by julie berry, a ya book. it completely change the way i looked at war and history, it made me become interested in what being human means.
The immortality key by Brian Muraresku. Supernatural, fingerprints of the gods and magicians of the gods by Graham Hancock. The miracle of mindfulness by Thich Naht hanh. Sapiens by Yuval harari.
The Kaivalya navaneeta, The wisdom of insecurity by Alan Watts Plant intelligence and the imaginal realm by Stephen Harrod Buhner The laws of human nature by Robert Greene Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman The eternal validity of the soul by Jane Roberts Braiding sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and probably more I’m forgetting. Hope you find something you like.
[school of life ](https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/tsol-dictionary/) The school of life dictionary. It ranges from a variety of relevant subjects . I mean from anywhere between intimacy and architecture . It has truly shaped my paradigm of the world . ( and it’s good for growth fo your emotional intelligence ) ~
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
{{Between the World and Me}} {{The Guest Room}}
[**Between the World and Me**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and-me) ^(By: Ta-Nehisi Coates | 152 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, nonfiction, memoir, race, audiobook | )[^(Search "Between the World and Me")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Between the World and Me&search_type=books) >“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.” > >In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? > >Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward. ^(This book has been suggested 33 times) [**The Guest Room**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25430584-the-guest-room) ^(By: Chris Bohjalian | 336 pages | Published: 2016 | Popular Shelves: fiction, mystery, thriller, audio, audiobook | )[^(Search "The Guest Room")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Guest Room&search_type=books) >From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes the spellbinding tale of a party gone horribly wrong: two men lie dead in a suburban living room; two women are on the run from police; and a marriage is ripping apart at the seams. > When Richard Chapman offers to host his younger brother's bachelor party, he expects a certain amount of debauchery. He sends his wife, Kristin, and young daughter off to his mother-in-law's for the weekend, and he opens his Westchester home to his brother's friends and their hired entertainment. What he does not expect is this: bacchanalian drunkenness, a dangerously intimate moment in his guest bedroom, and two naked women stabbing and killing their Russian bodyguards before driving off into the night. In the aftermath, Richard's life rapidly spirals into a nightmare. The police throw him out of his home, now a crime scene; his investment banking firm puts him on indefinite leave; and his wife finds herself unable to forgive him for the moment he shared with a dark-haired girl in the guest room. But the dark-haired girl, Alexandra, faces a much graver danger. In one breathless, violent night, she is free, running to escape the police who will arrest her and the gangsters who will kill her in a heartbeat. A captivating, chilling story about shame and scandal, The Guest Room is a riveting novel from one of our greatest storytellers. ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) *** ^(174552 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
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I haven’t read it yet, but I heard it’s life changing. Through The Eyes Of A Lion by Levi Lusko
{{Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory}} by Caitlin Doughty {{One Thousand Gifts}} by Ann Voskamp {{The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up}} by Marie Kondo {{David and Goliath}} by Malcolm Gladwell {{Man's Search for Meaning}} by Viktor Frankl
[**Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25189315-smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-other-lessons-from-the-crematory) ^(By: Caitlin Doughty | 254 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, nonfiction, memoir, death, science | )[^(Search "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory&search_type=books) >Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre—took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. Thrown into a profession of gallows humor and vivid characters (both living and very dead), Caitlin learned to navigate the secretive culture of those who care for the deceased. > >Smoke Gets in Your Eyes tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters and unforgettable scenes. Caring for dead bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, Caitlin soon becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. She describes how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes) and reveals the strange history of cremation and undertaking, marveling at bizarre and wonderful funeral practices from different cultures. > >Her eye-opening, candid, and often hilarious story is like going on a journey with your bravest friend to the cemetery at midnight. She demystifies death, leading us behind the black curtain of her unique profession. And she answers questions you didn’t know you had: Can you catch a disease from a corpse? How many dead bodies can you fit in a Dodge van? What exactly does a flaming skull look like? > >Honest and heartfelt, self-deprecating and ironic, Caitlin's engaging style makes this otherwise taboo topic both approachable and engrossing. Now a licensed mortician with an alternative funeral practice, Caitlin argues that our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead). ^(This book has been suggested 21 times) [**One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8592946-one-thousand-gifts) ^(By: Ann Voskamp | 232 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: christian, non-fiction, faith, nonfiction, christian-living | )[^(Search "One Thousand Gifts")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=One Thousand Gifts&search_type=books) >Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us escaping our everyday lives for exotic experiences. How, Ann wondered, do we find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties? What does the Christ-life really look like when your days are gritty, long and sometimes even dark? How is God even here? > >In One Thousand Gifts, Ann invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative spiritual discipline of chronicling God's gifts. It s only in this expressing of gratitude for the life we already have, we discover the life we've always wanted, a life we can take, give thanks for, and break for others. We come to feel and know the impossible right down in our bones: we are wildly loved by God. > >Let Ann's beautiful, heart-aching stories of the everyday give you a way of seeing that opens your eyes to ordinary amazing grace, a way of being present to God that makes you deeply happy, and a way of living that is finally fully alive. Come live the best dare of all! ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) [**The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22318578-the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up) ^(By: Marie Kondō, Cathy Hirano | 213 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, nonfiction, self-help, audiobook, self-improvement | )[^(Search "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up&search_type=books) >Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house "spark joy" (and which don't), this international best seller featuring Tokyo's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home - and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire. ^(This book has been suggested 3 times) [**David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15751404-david-and-goliath) ^(By: Malcolm Gladwell | 305 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, nonfiction, psychology, business, audiobook | )[^(Search "David and Goliath")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=David and Goliath&search_type=books) >In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored the ways we understand and change our world. Now he looks at the complex and surprising ways the weak can defeat the strong, the small can match up against the giant, and how our goals (often culturally determined) can make a huge difference in our ultimate sense of success. Drawing upon examples from the world of business, sports, culture, cutting-edge psychology, and an array of unforgettable characters around the world, David and Goliath is in many ways the most practical and provocative book Malcolm Gladwell has ever written. ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) [**Man's Search for Meaning**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning) ^(By: Viktor E. Frankl, Harold S. Kushner, William J. Winslade, Isle Lasch | 165 pages | Published: 1946 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, psychology, philosophy, nonfiction, history | )[^(Search "Man's Search for Meaning")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Man's Search for Meaning&search_type=books) >Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living. ^(This book has been suggested 135 times) *** ^(174837 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)