Best Freedom Books — 24 Honest Reviews

Every book below was read and judged on one question: will it change what you do on Monday morning? Each review tells you who should read it, who should skip it and the three ideas worth keeping.

Choose Yourself

James Altucher · Freedom

Messy, honest and energizing; a wake-up call written by someone who overslept.

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The 4-Hour Workweek

Timothy Ferriss · Freedom

Overpromising title, genuinely useful middle; a provocation worth reading once.

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Company of One

Paul Jarvis · Freedom

Calm and useful; permission to stay small, with a method.

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Untamed

Glennon Doyle · Freedom

Raw and freeing; a memoir that works as a mirror.

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Outer Order, Inner Calm

Gretchen Rubin · Freedom

Brief and practical.

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Marie Kondo · Freedom

Decisive and, for many, transformative.

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Spark Joy

Marie Kondo · Freedom

Useful companion for practitioners.

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The Minimalist Home

Joshua Becker · Freedom

Practical and moderate.

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Everything That Remains

Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus · Freedom

Affecting memoir.

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Love People, Use Things

Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus · Freedom

Broad and reflective.

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Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life

Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus · Freedom

Brief introduction.

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Decluttering at the Speed of Life

Dana K. White · Freedom

Realistic and kind.

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Organizing from the Inside Out

Julie Morgenstern · Freedom

Systematic and durable.

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Lagom

Niki Brantmark · Freedom

Light and pleasant.

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Walden

Henry David Thoreau · Freedom

Difficult, essential, beautiful.

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How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind

Dana K. White · Freedom

Honest and freeing.

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The Crossroads of Should and Must

Elle Luna · Freedom

A small, beautiful push.

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Hell Yeah or No

Derek Sivers · Freedom

The best small book on saying no.

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How to Live

Derek Sivers · Freedom

Twenty-seven convictions, contradicting.

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A Simpler Life

The School of Life · Freedom

Minimalism, psychologically.

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Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey · Freedom

Cantankerous and in love with emptiness.

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The Year of Less

Cait Flanders · Freedom

Honest and relatable; a year of less, told well.

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The More of Less

Joshua Becker · Freedom

Practical and humane; family-friendly minimalism.

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24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week

Tiffany Shlain · Freedom

Simple and compelling; a practice worth keeping.

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