Reading inspires my writing, fuels my creativity and sometimes helps me escape for a bit. I thought I would share my reading list with you. What are you reading right now?
The Books I read and recommend over and over again
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Jo Dominguez
Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives by Wayne Muller
What Should I Do with My Life? by Po Bronson
Fiction
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond
No One You Know by Michelle Richmond
In Leah’s Wake by Terri Giuliano Long
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession by Paulo Coelho
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Cross Roads by Wm Paul Young
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Someday, Someday, Maybe: by Lauren Graham
Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
Dream of the Blue Room: by Michelle Richmond
The Signature of All Things: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert
Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Non-fiction
On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Learning to Breathe: My Yearlong Quest to Bring Calm to My Life by Priscilla Warner
Tiny Buddha, Simple Wisdom for Life’s Hard Questions by Lori Deschene
The Flinch by Julien Smith
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as If It Were Your Last by Lee Lipsenthal M.D.
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields
The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
Miracle for Jen by Linda Barrick
Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas, and Found Happiness by Dominique Browning
Last Words by George Carlin
Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life by Gretchen Rubin
You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap): How One Woman Radically Simplified Her Life and How You Can Too by Tammy Strobel
No Place Like Home: A Memoir in 39 Apartments by Brooke Berman
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself by Lissa Rankin
Living the Simple Life: A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More by Elaine St. James
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
Eat to Live: by Joel Fuhrman
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World by Gary Vaynerchuk
Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists by Joshua Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Everything I Know by Paul Jarvis
Thrive by Arianna Huffington
Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do by Chris Guillebeau
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David Perlmutter, MD
The More of Less by Joshua Becker
The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom by Melissa Hartwig & Dallas Hartwig
Food Freedom Forever by Melissa Hartwig
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead By Brené Brown
Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path by Erin Loechner
The Joy of Less By Francine Jay
Love Warrior (Oprah’s Book Club): A Memoir by Glennon Doyle Melton
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron
Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path by Erin Loechner
100 Essentials: Simple Kitchen + Capsule Wardrobe + Minimalist Home by Francine Jay
How to Murder Your Life: A Memoir by Cat Marnell
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferris
Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook by Tony Robbins
Everyday Adventures Journal: Tiny Quests to Spark Your Creative Life by Tammy Strobel
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